Spirit Music Group

About Spirit Music Group

Spirit Music Group was founded in 1995 by a group of music industry innovators seeking to return music publishing to its entrepreneurial, service-oriented roots. The company aimed to create a haven for veteran songwriters, emerging talents, and song owners across all genres and regions, fostering mentorship, sharing information, and aggressively developing and revitalizing careers and catalogs.

Today, Spirit Music Group stands as one of the world’s leading independent music publishers, owning and managing over 75,000 songs spanning seven decades and various musical genres. Its repertoire features some of the most beloved songs and songwriters in history, including hits by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Dion, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Santana, The Beach Boys, Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, Alice Cooper, Pure Prairie League, Chicago, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Brad Paisley, Chaka Khan, Anita Baker, The Go-Go’s, Madonna, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Toto, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Ricky Martin, Keith Urban, Usher, Dido, Jewel, Jason Aldean, and Mary J. Blige. It also includes the complete catalogs of iconic songwriters and artists such as Pete Townshend, Marc Bolan, Boz Scaggs, The Marshall Tucker Band, Billy Squier, Graham Nash, Charles Mingus, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Henry Mancini, T Bone Burnett, Rick Nowels, and C&C Music Factory, alongside breakthrough works from newer artists like James Bay, John Newman, Sam Hunt, Scissor Sisters, Matt & Kim, Kodaline, San Cisco, Eric Paslay, Big Data, and Chris Stapleton.

In recent years, Spirit has achieved significant growth through a series of strategic acquisitions and initiatives. In July 2014, the company acquired Cal IV Entertainment, establishing Spirit Music Nashville and bringing in top writers along with 25 #1 copyrights and top 10 singles. In August 2015, Spirit expanded globally by partnering with B-Unique (home of James Bay and John Newman) and opening a London office, attracting prominent UK writers like Johnny McDaid and Johnny Coffer (Ed Sheeran, John Newman, Rag’n’Bone Man, Robbie Williams). January 2016 saw further expansion through a deal with Nashville hit-maker Frank Rogers, adding another 40 #1 hits and establishing its Spirit Fluid division. In April 2016, Spirit launched Spirit Music Latino in partnership with Sunflower Entertainment Group. By March 2017, the company entered the production music arena, forming Spirit Production Music and the custom music division Spirit Music Collective through a partnership with Alan Ett’s Opus 1 Music Library, The Music Collective, and Audio Horizon, absorbing 150,000 high-quality production music tracks and over 40 unique music libraries.

Spirit has earned a strong reputation as an aggressive royalty administrator and a premier promoter of its songs across film, television, advertising, and various new media. The company has evolved its role beyond traditional royalty collection and song promotion, proactively creating and executing marketing plans to revitalize its clients’ songs and expand their brands.

Spirit Music Group is headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Los Angeles, Nashville, and the Netherlands.