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HarbourView Acquires Wolf Cousins Catalog, Securing Swift, Grande Hits

6/25/2026

Summary

HarbourView Acquires Catalog

HarbourView Equity Partners bought the publisher’s share of select Wolf Cousins compositions for a low nine-figure sum, unconfirmed.
HarbourView now controls songs such as Taylor Swift’s “Style”, Ariana Grande’s “Problem”, The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face”, Imagine Dragons’ “Believer” and DNCE’s “Cake By The Ocean”.
Warner Chappell Music will continue to administer licensing and royalty collection for the catalog.
HarbourView reports $3.88 billion in regulatory assets and ownership of more than 70 music catalogs.

Summary

Wolf Cousins Partners

The agreement between Wolf Cousins and HarbourView excludes earlier hits like Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” and Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way.”
Wolf Cousins, founded by Max Martin and Shellback to foster collaboration, now includes Ilya Salmanzadeh, Tove Lo and Ludvig Söderberg.
HarbourView Equity Partners, led by Sherrese Clarke, invests in relevant IP, recently acquiring Chaka Khan’s catalog and signing Kelly Clarkson, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Christine McVie.

History

Historical Context

In 2012 a Sony/ATV-led consortium bought EMI Music Publishing for about $2.2 billion, creating the world’s largest song-rights administrator. The deal followed Citigroup’s breakup of EMI and set a precedent for investors to acquire high-value catalogs. Echoing that pattern, HarbourView Equity Partners purchased Wolf Cousins’ pop-song catalog in 2024, signalling continued private-equity interest in music-rights assets.

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HarbourView Acquires Catalog

HarbourView Equity Partners bought the publisher’s share of select Wolf Cousins compositions for a low nine-figure sum, unconfirmed.
HarbourView now controls songs such as Taylor Swift’s “Style”, Ariana Grande’s “Problem”, The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face”, Imagine Dragons’ “Believer” and DNCE’s “Cake By The Ocean”.
Warner Chappell Music will continue to administer licensing and royalty collection for the catalog.
HarbourView reports $3.88 billion in regulatory assets and ownership of more than 70 music catalogs.

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