Olivier Chastan’s acquisition car Iconoclast has acquired once more.
This time, it’s snapped up the music publishing catalog of Woman Gaga co-writer and producer Nick Monson, who Iconoclast says “has contributed to a bevy of extensively profitable trendy pop hits”.
Monson co-wrote and produced Woman Gaga’s third album Artpop, together with the Billboard Scorching 100 High 5 smash hit Applause, which charted within the High 10 in additional than 20 nations worldwide, Nick Monson
He adopted his success with Woman Gaga by writing, producing, and collaborating with artists together with the likes of Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez, Britney Spears, Rag’n’Bone Man, Little Combine, Anne-Marie, and Julia Michaels.
In 2019, Monson continued to collaborate with Woman Gaga, producing and co-writing a bulk of the A Star Is Born soundtrack, which topped the charts in additional than 20 nations, acquired Gold and Platinum certifications, and took residence 4 of the seven Grammy Awards it was nominated for.
The catalog consists of hit songs equivalent to Human for Rag’n’Bone Man, which was used for a 2023 Tremendous Bowl Business, Good For You (that includes A$AP Rocky) and No one for Selena Gomez, House for Nick Jonas, Invitation and Simply Like Me for Britney Spears, and The Treatment, Applause, and plenty of extra for Woman Gaga.
Based in 2021 and led by veteran music govt Olivier Chastan, Iconoclast says that it “operates on the intersection of name administration and know-how to protect and develop the mental property and legacy of culturally vital artists”.
Final month, Iconoclast acquired the catalog of Mad First rate Publishing, co-founded by DJ and producer Diplo and Kevin Kusastsu.
In July 2022, veteran music govt and producer Irv Gotti (Irving Lorenzo), the founding father of rap label Homicide Inc, bought a stake in his grasp recordings to Iconoclast in a deal price $300 million.
Olivier Chastan was beforehand CEO at Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group, which final 12 months acquired catalogs from the likes of the Seashore Boys, David Crosby, and Linda Ronstadt.
The US-based French govt quietly launched Iconoclast in fall 2021, and, talking with MBW in February 2022, mentioned that the corporate had accomplished 5 separate music rights acquisitions since then.
Iconoclast’s founder added that his new acquisition car has a “sturdy give attention to know-how”, together with immersive leisure and blockchain, and added that, “we need to drive the conversion to make legacy artists related in the way forward for leisure”.
MBW’s sources inform us that Iconoclast is being backed by Pimco, which has over $2 trillion in property beneath administration. Chastan refused to touch upon that suggestion whereas talking with MBW in February 2022.
Ken Kraus and Devon Spencer of Loeb & Loeb, LLP represented Iconoclast, and Gillian Bar of Carroll Guido Groffman Cohen Bar & Karalian, LLP, in addition to Hannah Babitt of BABZ Inc and Mike Merriman and Megan Goodrich of PARR3 LLC represented Nick Monson within the transaction.Music Enterprise Worldwide