Recognition Music Group

Recognition Music Group is one of the largest investors and managers of music IP rights and headquartered in London. The company was created in 2024 through the combination of songs and recordings owned by Blackstone Inc’s Hipgnosis Songs Assets and the formerly listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which Blackstone took private in July 2024. RMG includes the former Hipgnosis Song Management, which was investment adviser to both funds. The combined business was rebranded as Recognition Music Group in March 2025. On May 30, 2025, Sony Music Publishing acquired its subsidiary Hipgnosis Songs Group, and on May 11, 2026, Sony took possession of its complete catalog. History 2018: Founding of Hipgnosis Songs Fund, debut on London Stock Exchange Hipgnosis Songs Fund was founded by Merck Mercuriadis, who has managed artists including Elton John, Iron Maiden, Morrissey, Beyoncé, and Nile Rodgers. Mercuriadis said in a February 2019 interview,“Nile Rodgers and I, one day, just started riffing off of these ideas of how do we change this system, how do we change what’s going on today where the songwriter–who provides the most important component in an artist having success–is the lowest person on the