Common Music Poland has acquired the catalog enterprise of Kayax Information.
The settlement, introduced on Thursday (August 20), covers international recording rights to the label’s catalog plus the rights to the Kayax Information model, Common mentioned.
It additionally sees Common Music Poland enter a strategic partnership with Kayax‘s separate administration enterprise, Kayax Administration, which isn’t a part of the acquisition.
Monetary phrases of the transaction weren’t disclosed by Common or Kayax.
Based in 2001 and primarily based in Warsaw, Kayax Information has a roster that features Smolik, Zakopower, Nosowska, Krzysztof Zalewski, Natalia Przybysz, Maria Peszek, Brodka, Artur Rojek, Mery Spolsky and Karaś/Rogucki, in line with the announcement.
Information issued underneath the Kayax banner additionally embody albums by Hey, Urszula Dudziak, Reni Jusis, Skubas and The Dumplings.
Kayax lists amongst its releases Brodka‘s Clashes, Krzysztof Zalewski‘s Złoto, Nosowska‘s Basta, Zakopower‘s Boso, Maria Peszek‘s Maria Awaria and Artur Rojek‘s Składam się z ciągłych powtórzeń.
Kayax places its catalog at near 130 albums.
The label additionally lists singer Kayah‘s 2009 album Skała amongst its releases.
Kayah mentioned in Might 2025, nonetheless, that she had recovered grasp recording rights to her albums launched after 2003, and was now not underneath a recording contract with Kayax Manufacturing & Publishing.
On her account, that will place her post-2003 recordings exterior the catalog Common has acquired.
“That is an thrilling transaction for Common Music Poland. From the very starting I’ve admired Kayax Information‘ skill to mix creative integrity with industrial success, whereas persistently discovering and nurturing a few of the most vital voices in up to date Polish music.
“Combining Common Music‘s international experience with the expertise of the Kayax Administration staff will assist create new alternatives for each established artists and the subsequent era of expertise.
“Combining Common Music‘s international experience with the expertise of the Kayax Administration staff will assist create new alternatives for each established artists and the subsequent era of expertise.”
Maciej Kutak, Common Music Group
“That is one other vital step in delivering our mission of connecting Polish artists with followers world wide,” mentioned Maciej Kutak, CEO, Common Music Poland & SVP Central Japanese Europe, Common Music Group.
Tomasz “Tomik” Grewiński co-founded Kayax Information with Kayah in 2001.
He turned sole proprietor in April 2025 after shopping for out her stake in Kayax Manufacturing & Publishing, the corporate behind the label.
Grewiński is proprietor and Managing Director of Kayax Administration, which stays an unbiased firm.
“For greater than twenty years, we constructed Kayax Information along with extraordinary artists, making a catalog that has develop into an vital a part of the historical past of up to date Polish music.
“I’m assured that Common Music Poland will present this physique of labor with the very best basis for its continued development,” mentioned Grewiński.
“Kayax Administration is coming into a brand new chapter. Along with my staff, we wish to focus much more on what we do greatest: growing the careers of the artists we symbolize and constructing their private manufacturers.
“We are going to proceed strengthening our place by offering complete artist administration whereas increasing our roster with promising new expertise and the subsequent era of artists,” Grewiński added.
“We are going to proceed strengthening our place by offering complete artist administration whereas increasing our roster with promising new expertise and the subsequent era of artists.”
Tomasz Grewiński, Kayax Information
As soon as the transaction completes, Kayax Information will hold its personal id as Common Music Poland‘s fourth label.
Paweł Tetłak will take the function of Head of Kayax Information, whereas Jakub Barzak will oversee each Kayax Information and Polydor Recordings Poland.
Kayax mentioned in its personal announcement that it’s going to now not function as a file label in its earlier kind, and is switching to a distribution and licensing mannequin, with administration and distribution because the pillars of the enterprise.
The deal arrives throughout a run of Common transactions in Europe.
UMG closed its USD $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings in February, after the European Fee cleared the deal given that Curve Royalty Programs was divested.
Earlier than that, Common acquired Netherlands-based music firm 8Ball in 2025, having accomplished the complete buyout of Belgium-founded [PIAS] the earlier fall.
Common Music Poland sits inside Common Music Central Europe.
Frank Briegmann is Chairman & CEO of that division and of Deutsche Grammophon.
Kutak was named CEO of Common Music Poland and SVP, Central Japanese Europe in November 2021, with the function efficient from January 1, 2022.
The function gave him accountability for UMG operations in Greece, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
UMG Chief Working Officer Boyd Muir advised analysts on the corporate’s This autumn and FY 2025 earnings name on March 5 that UMG had purchased 18 companies in high-potential development markets over the prior three years, describing the offers as “all comparatively small” and targeted on local-language repertoire.
On the identical name, UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge named geographic growth as considered one of 4 pillars of the corporate’s subsequent part of development, alongside artist and label providers, superfan initiatives and AI.
Poland‘s recorded music revenues grew 22.3% YoY in 2024, in line with the IFPI‘s Music within the EU report, behind solely Sweden, Romania and Hungary within the bloc.
Sweden‘s 30.2% was inflated by a one-off personal copying levy fee protecting a number of years, the report famous; excluding that levy, its development was round 6.5%.
Strip out that distortion and Poland was the third fastest-growing recorded music market within the EU in 2024, behind solely Romania and Hungary.
The IFPI mentioned the fastest-growing markets tended to be these in Central, Japanese and South-Japanese Europe.
The identical report discovered that home artists took a median 50.9% of the locations on countrywide year-end high 10 lists throughout the EU.Music Enterprise Worldwide
