Common Music Higher China (UMGC), a division of Common Music Group, has acquired the recorded rights to the Service Inventive catalog of Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties Mandopop.
The catalog contains recordings by the group Little Tigers and singer-songwriter Johnny Chiang, together with acts together with Nicky Wu, Alec Su, You Huan Pai Dui, Hong Hai Er, and Lady Group.
The deal was introduced on Monday (June 8) at UMGC’s inaugural China Summit in Beijing.
The acquisition follows a partnership launched in 2025 between UMGC and Taiwan-based music firmSkyhigh Leisure, which beforehand managed the catalog.
That collaboration led to the restoration, remastering, and international streaming relaunch of greater than 600 recordings and 66 albums, together with 24 releases from Little Tigers and Johnny Chiang, in keeping with UMGC.
In response to the announcement, the repertoire is “broadly thought to be one of many foundational catalogs of the fashionable Chinese language period”, and “helped outline the primary golden age of Chinese language-language youth popular culture, and formed the emotional reminiscence of a number of generations throughout the Chinese language-speaking world”.
It’s the first catalog acquisition by UMGC within the area, the corporate stated.
“We’re deeply grateful to Shirley Miao for her belief in putting this extraordinary catalog with Common Music, and we’ll honor that belief by preserving its legacy whereas creating new potentialities for these works within the years forward.”
Timothy Xu, Common Music Higher China
Timothy Xu, Chairman & Chief Government Officer, Common Music Higher China, stated: “The Little Tigers, Johnny Chiang and the broader Service Inventive catalog characterize some of the necessary chapters within the historical past of Chinese language-language common music. These songs helped form the sound, id and collective reminiscence of a complete technology.
“We’re deeply grateful to Shirley Miao for her belief in putting this extraordinary catalog with Common Music, and we’ll honor that belief by preserving its legacy whereas creating new potentialities for these works within the years forward.”
UMGC’s inaugural China Summit befell after China overtook Germany to turn into the world’s fourth-largest recorded music market in 2025, in keeping with the IFPI.
China’s recorded music revenues grew 20.1%YoYfinal 12 months, the quickest price among the many world’s 20 largest markets.
“The landmark acquisition of the Service Inventive catalog demonstrates our ongoing dedication to preserving China’s necessary musical heritage, and with Jason Zhang becoming a member of our international artist roster UMGC is firmly on the forefront of Chinese language pop music.”
Below Chairman & Chief Government Officer TimothyXu, UMGC has signed a sequence of offers with Chinese language artists.
They embrace an unique international settlement with Liu Huan, identified domestically because the “King of Chinese language Pop,” overlaying recording and publishing rights, and, most lately, a take care of Chinese language singer, songwriter, and producer JasonZhang.
The Service Inventive deal additionally follows Xu‘s feedback to MBW in a current interview on the corporate’s urge for food for dealmaking available in the market.
“M&A is a vital technique for Common Music in China,” Xu advised MBW.
“I imagine Tim and the UMGC group will proceed to take care of these works with the fervour, respect, and long-term dedication they deserve.”
Shirley Miao, Service Inventive
Shirley Miao, Founding father of Service Inventive, stated: “These songs have been my life’s work. For almost forty years, I’ve devoted myself to caring for this catalog and carrying it by totally different eras. There’s quite a lot of emotion in lastly passing it on.”
Added Miao: What issues most to me is figuring out they’re now within the palms of individuals and an organization I really belief. I imagine Tim and the UMGC group will proceed to take care of these works with the fervour, respect, and long-term dedication they deserve.”
“Our work with Common Music started with a shared aim: to deliver these classics again to listeners in the very best method. By cautious restoration, remastering and international streaming relaunch, we had been capable of protect the heat and character of the unique recordings whereas suited to at present’s digital platforms.”
Mark Liu, Skyhigh Leisure
Mark Liu, Chief Government Officer, Skyhigh Leisure, stated: “Our work with Common Music started with a shared aim: to deliver these classics again to listeners in the very best method. By cautious restoration, remastering and international streaming relaunch, we had been capable of protect the heat and character of the unique recordings whereas suited to at present’s digital platforms.”
“Congratulations to Common Music, Skyhigh Leisure, and Service Inventive on this partnership.”
Nicky Wu, Little Tigers
Nicky Wu (吴奇隆), member of Little Tigers, stated: “Congratulations to Common Music, Skyhigh Leisure, and Service Inventive on this partnership. I imagine Common Music will rigorously protect the youth and recollections all of us shared collectively, whereas serving to these traditional songs from Chinese language pop music proceed to succeed in extra audiences and journey even additional for years to return.”
Johnny Chiang (姜育恒), Mandopop singer-songwriter, stated: “Trying again on these years, each melody created throughout the Service Inventive period stays a valuable treasure of its time. I’m very pleased to see these timeless classics turn into a part of UMG’s catalog legacy, and I hope they’ll proceed to maneuver new generations of listeners for a few years forward.”
Adam Granite, CEO of Common Music Group AMEA, stated: “UMGC’s inaugural China Summit mirrored the vitality, ambition and funding we deliver to this dynamic music market. The landmark acquisition of the Service Inventive catalog demonstrates our ongoing dedication to preserving China’s necessary musical heritage, and with Jason Zhang becoming a member of our international artist roster UMGC is firmly on the forefront of Chinese language pop music.
“Thanks to all of the companions and artists who joined us on this big day, and who proceed to work with us as we take China’s music to audiences around the globe.”
The deal follows the information of UMG’s current signing of celebrity Chinese language singer, songwriter, and producer Jason Zhang.
Along with Jason Zhang’s private label ‘Planet Tradition’, UMGC will work throughout Jason Zhang’s future recorded music, artist administration, dwell efficiency, worldwide presence and broader strategic growthMusic Enterprise Worldwide
