Music company
Record label
Reservoir Media (
Nasdaq :
RSVR ), also known as Reservoir Media Management, Reservoir,
[1] Reservoir Holdings, Inc. ,
[2] is an independent music company based in
New York City with additional offices in
Los Angeles ,
Nashville ,
[3]
Toronto ,
London , and
Abu Dhabi .
[4]
Reservoir was included in
Billboard magazine’s "Publisher's Quarterly Top 10 Market Share" every year from 2017 to 2021.
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
Reservoir was founded in 2007 as a
Music Publishing Company by Iranian-Canadian
Golnar Khosrowshahi ,
[14] who is the current CEO.
[15] Khosrowshahi was named to
Billboard ’s Power List in 2020 and 2022, and was honored as one of Billboard ’s Most Powerful Female Executives in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and a Billboard Indie Power Player in 2017 and 2018.
[16]
[17]
[18]
[19] Additionally, in 2022, Billboard named her the recipient of the Executive of the Year Award at their annual
Women In Music Awards .
[20] That same year, Khosrowshahi was named to
Variety 's New York Women's Impact Report 2022.
[21]
Khosrowshahi is the daughter of
Hassan Khosrowshahi ,
[22] an investor, and
philanthropist , and is the cousin of
Dara Khosrowshahi ,
[23] the current CEO of
Uber .
Reservoir owns over 150,000
copyrights and over 36,000
master recordings dating back to the early 1900s.
The publishing catalog includes pieces written and performed by
Billy Strayhorn ,
Hoagy Carmichael ,
John Denver ,
Sheryl Crow ,
Phantogram (band) ,
Lady Gaga ,
[24]
Camila Cabello ,
Bruno Mars ,
Cardi B and
Thomas McClary of
The Commodores .
[25] The company's roster of active writers and producers includes
Levi Hummon ,
[26]
James Fauntleroy ,
Ali Tamposi , and
Jamie Hartman .
Reservoir’s collection of film music includes rights to
scores to motion pictures
The Lion King , the
Pirates of the Caribbean series,
Gladiator and
The Dark Knight trilogy created by composer-producer
Hans Zimmer .
The company expanded in 2010 by acquiring
TVT Music Enterprises
[27] (its roster including
Scott Storch ,
[28]
Lil Jon and
The Cinematics ), Reverb Music in 2012, P&P Songs in 2013, First State Media Group (from
BMG Rights Management ) in 2014,
[29]
Century Media 's songwriters
[30] in 2017,
[31]
Chrysalis Records in 2019,
Shapiro Bernstein
[32] and Atlantic Screen Music
[33] in 2020.
Reservoir also has a partnership with PopArabia,
[34] founded by
Spek
[35] who serves as Reservoir's
EVP of International &
Emerging Markets .
The company also represents recorded music through
Chrysalis Records ,
[36]
Tommy Boy Records ,
[37] and
Philly Groove Records
[38] and manages artists with
Blue Raincoat Music
[39] and Big Life Management.
[40]
Reservoir was named "Publisher of the Year" Award at
Music Business Worldwide ’s A&R Awards in 2017 and 2019. The company also won
Music Week ’s
[41] "Independent Publisher of the Year" in 2020 and in 2022.
[42]
Reservoir’s President
[43] and
COO , Rell Lafargue also serves on the board of directors for the
Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC),
[44] the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP),
[45] and Music Publishers Canada (MPC).
[46]
In 2021, Reservoir also became a publicly traded company,
[47]
[48] listed on the
Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker RSVR. The
IPO was the result of a business combination with
special-purpose acquisition company Roth CH Acquisition Co. II.
[49]
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In March 2022, Reservoir acquired rights to the catalog of film-score composer
Henry Jackman .
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