Sony Music Leisure has acquired Nordic dance label One Seven Music and appointed its co-founder Janus Barnewitz as Managing Director of Sony Music Denmark.
The acquisition builds on a 14-year partnership between Sony Music and One Seven Music, in keeping with an announcement on Tuesday (March 24). Monetary phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Barnewitz, whose appointment takes impact instantly, succeeds Henrik Daldorph, who’s leaving the corporate after serving 20 years main Sony Music Denmark.
Barnewitz will report back to Sony Music President of Continental Europe and Africa, Daniel Lieberberg, and will probably be tasked with overseeing Sony Music Denmarkâs total technique, A&R and inventive improvement, in addition to coordinate with Sony Musicâs world groups.
Previous to the appointment, he beforehand served as Managing Director of disco:wax and No3, two labels acquired by Sony Music Denmark in 2012 and 2018, respectively. In these roles, he was credited with discovering and creating a number of Danish artists domestically and internationally, together with rapper Gilli (MXIII), The Minds of 99, and Martin Jensen. The labels reached a 10% market share in Denmark below his watch, Sony Music stated.
Barnewitz co-founded One Seven Music with Morten Vilhelm.
âJanus is likely one of the most aheadâpondering and culturally intuitive executives within the Danish music panorama.â
Daniel Lieberberg, Sony Music
Commenting on the event, Daniel Lieberberg, President of Continental Europe & Africa at Sony Music, stated: âJanus is likely one of the most aheadâpondering and culturally intuitive executives within the Danish music panorama.â
âHis potential to determine expertise early and arrange artists for long run success makes him the perfect chief for Sony Music Denmark. I’m excited to see how he’ll assist form the subsequent chapter of our technique within the area.â
Lieberberg additionally commented on Daldorphâs departure, saying: âWe wish to prolong our profound gratitude to Henrik Daldorph for his extraordinary contributions and management over the previous 20 years. His imaginative and prescient, dedication, and strategic steerage have formed Sony Music Denmarkâs identification and success, laying the inspiration for the corporateâs subsequent part. We want him effectively for the long run.â
âWith the extra inventive energy of One Seven, weâre effectively positioned to drive progress, assist our artists, and form the subsequent chapter of Danish music collectively.â
Janus Barnewitz, Sony Music Denmark
Barnewitz stated: âIâm enthusiastic about the way forward for Sony Music Denmark and the alternatives forward. With the extra inventive energy of One Seven, weâre effectively positioned to drive progress, assist our artists, and form the subsequent chapter of Danish music collectively.â
The acquisition of One Seven Music comes because the Danish music market continues to develop, with the business contributing DKK 16.3 billion ($2.53 billion) yearly to Danish GDP, in keeping with the Danish Artist Union final 12 months.
Two weeks in the past, Common Music Nordics, a division of Common Music Central Europe, unveiled a brand new operational construction unifying its models in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Baltics.
The acquisition marks the newest for Sony Music, after the corporate purchased Spookland â a Paris-based unbiased report label and publishing firm that represents French singer-songwriter Jain â in February.
In January, Sony Music acquired Munich-based label F.A.M.E. Recordings and Nashville-based unbiased publishing and artist improvement firm Huge Yellow Canine Music (BYD).
Different main purchases over the previous 12 months embody âa major stakeâ in Parts Music, a Finland-based unbiased music writer with a catalog of about 10,000 compositions; a portion of the catalog of Alofoke Music, the label based by distinguished Dominican Republic-based media character Santiago âAlofokeâ MatĂas; and the âfull rightsâ to the favored Spookiz animated sequence.
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