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SoundExchange announces 17 new deals with collective management organizations worldwide, covering over 90% of the global neighboring rights market.
On Monday, SoundExchange announced the addition of 17 new agreements with collective management organizations (CMO) worldwide in recent months. The most recent signings with partners in Kenya, Barbados, Panama, Paraguay, and European territories bring the non-profit organization’s portfolio to over 90 agreements while expanding coverage of the available global neighboring rights market to over 91%.
The SoundExchange International Services team reached the bulk of these agreements in 2025, with new rights owner pacts in the latter half of the year with Barbados’ Copyright Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (COSCAP), Sociedad de Gestion de Productores Fonograficos del Paraguay (SGP), and the Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP). Already, SoundExchange has finalized agreements in 2026 with Kenya’s KAMP and Norway’s Gramo.
The largest neighboring rights collective in the world, SoundExchange boasts nearly 500,000 artists and rights owners who trust the company to collect their international royalties. As a non-profit, SoundExchange aims to streamline the complex administrative burden of international collections under the lowest administration rate among comparable neighboring rights organizations.
“Expanding our network of agreements with partner CMOs throughout the work [sic] bolsters our ability to offer premier international neighboring rights services and reflects SoundExchange’s commitment to ensuring that creators are fairly compensated for their work, no matter where their music is played,” said Michael Huppe, President and CEO of SoundExchange. “This growth strengthens our global reach and reinforces our mission to deliver transparency and efficiency for artists and rights holders worldwide.”
SoundExchange has executed the following new international performer and rights owner agreements:
- Austria – Linz AG Strom GmbH (LSG)
- Barbados – Copyright Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, Inc. (COSCAP)
- Czech Republic – Intergram
- Croatia – Hrvatska Udruga Za Zaštitu Izvodačkih Prava (HUZIP)
- Denmark – Music Producers’ Management Organization (MPO)
- El Salvador – Asociación Salvadoreña de Productores de Fonogramas y Afines (ASAP)
- India – Indian Singers’ and Musicians’ Rights Association (ISAMRA)
- Kenya – Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP)
- Lithuania – Lietuvos Gretutinių Teisių Asociacija (AGATA)
- Netherlands – Collective Management Organisation for the Neighbouring Rights of Performing Artists (NORMA)
- Norway – Gramo
- Panama – Sociedad Panameña de Productores Fonográficos (PRODUCE)
- Paraguay – Sociedad de Gestión de Productores Fonográficos del Paraguay (SGP)
- Poland – Stowarzyszenie Artystów Wykonawców (STOART)
- Portugal – Audiogest
- Switzerland – SwissPerform
