Hipgnosis signs up Starrah – Hipgnosis Songs (SONG) has added a catalogue by Brittany Hazzard (also known as Starrah) to its repertoire after signing a deal with the American songwriter, producer and singer that includes a total of 14 US singles that have reached the Top 20 in the Billboard Hot 100 including Rihanna’s ‘Needed Me’; Drake’s ‘Fake Love’; Halsey’s ‘Now or Never’; and Nicki Minaj’s ‘No Frauds’.
Starrah co-wrote Camila Cabello’s ‘Havana’ which is the IFPI global Number 1 Song of 2018. The song, together with the subsequent remix version with Spanish lyrics from Daddy Yankee, reached Number 1 in 95 countries, rocketing Camila Cabello’s global solo-success. We note that In June 2018, Havana became Spotify’s most-streamed song ever by a solo female artist, with 888 million streams.
The founder of The Family (Music) Limited and Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, Merck Mercuriadis had this say about the most recent acquisition: “Starrah is at the forefront of today’s song writing revolution. She is taking pop artistry to new heights of success, as evidenced by the exquisite ‘Havana’ which is already an evergreen hit and ‘Girls Like You’ the longest charting Number 1 radio song of the century. I’m delighted to welcome her and her manager Nick Jarjour to the Hipgnosis Family.”
About SONG
SONG, which was founded by Merck Mercuriadis (Merck), is a Guernsey registered investment company established to offer investors a pure-play exposure to songs and associated musical intellectual property rights. In its IPO on the specialist fund segment of the London stock exchange’s main market on 11 July 2018, the company raised approximately £200m gross equity capital.
SONG: Hipgnosis signs up Starrah