CONCORD IS THE INDEPENDENT, WORLDWIDE LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION OF SOUND RECORDINGS, MUSIC PUBLISHING AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE RIGHTS.
Concord has offices in Nashville, Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin and Miami and operates via three primary operating divisions:
CONCORD RECORDED MUSIC
Concord Recorded Music is comprised of six active labels across many musical genres: Fantasy Records, Fearless Records, Loma Vista Recordings, Rounder Records, Easy Eye Sound and Concord Jazz.
Together, they release an exciting slate of unique albums each year from current artists like The Avett Brothers, Billy Strings, Common, Denzel Curry, Grace Potter, Ghost, I Prevail, James Taylor, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Offspring, St. Vincent, Sarah Jarosz, Soccer Mommy, Steve Perry, Tanya Tucker, The War And Treaty, Yola and many more.
Concord is also home to the #1 kids’ music brand, KIDZ BOP, selling 22.5 million albums and generating 6.5 billion streams since its 2001 launch. Their two-decade music catalog is broadcast 24/7/365 in the USA exclusively on Sirius XM Channel 77. KIDZ BOP Kids, Billboard’s “#1 Kids’ Artist” for 11 consecutive years, currently record in five different languages in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia, the Baltics and Portugal with more territories to launch in 2021.
The company’s historical labels are managed by its Craft Recordings team and include such storied imprints as Fania, Independiente, Milestone, Musart, Nitro, Pablo, Prestige, Riverside, Savoy, Specialty, Stax, Telarc, Varèse Sarabande, Vee-Jay, Victory and Wind-up. The label is home to the essential recordings of artists such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, R.E.M., Joan Baez, Little Richard, Joan Sebastian, Traveling Wilburys, Otis Redding, Jewel, The Fania All-Stars, Isaac Hayes, Seether, Taking Back Sunday, Young MC, John Lee Hooker, Danny Elfman, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Ronnie Milsap, Evanescence, Nine Inch Nails, Hans Zimmer and hundreds more.
Concord's master recording portfolio contains more than 260,000 active song recordings and includes no less than 295 GRAMMY® winners (representing over 6.6% of all the GRAMMYs® ever awarded) and over 400 gold, platinum, multi-platinum and diamond RIAA certifications across 215 titles.
CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING
Concord Music Publishing is a global, full-service, independent music publisher offering bespoke creative support from its A&R, Synchronization and Marketing teams and diligent administration with in-house Copyright, Licensing, Income Tracking and Royalty departments.
Spanning nearly two centuries of song, through a vast array of genres and territories, Concord Music Publishing also supports a diverse group of contemporary creators producing important and popular new songs and musical works.
Concord Music Publishing represents more than 600,000 copyrighted works by the world’s most celebrated songwriters, composers and lyricists and includes the works of Irving Berlin, Sammy Cahn, Phil Collins, Willie Colon, John Fogerty, Marvin Hamlisch, Oscar Hammerstein II, George Harrison, Imagine Dragons, Iron Maiden, Robert Johnson, Booker T. Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Pink Floyd, Trent Reznor, Richard Rodgers, Joan Sebastian, Nikki Sixx, Pete Seeger and Mickey Stevenson.
Its current roster includes such chart-topping and critically acclaimed songwriters as Glen Ballard, Tyler Bates, Fiona Bevan, Benny Blanco, BIA, Bombay Bicycle Club, Jason Robert Brown, Tofer Brown, Daft Punk, Denzel Curry, Jacob Collier, James Earp, Noah Goldstein, Ruston Kelly, Tom Kitt, Daniel Lanois, Hillary Lindsey, Sean McConnell, Duff McKagan, Shaun Morgan, Gez O’Connell, Oh Wonder, Justin Parker, The 1975, The Revivalists, Steve Robson, Mark Ronson, Biff Stannard, Varren Wade and Walshy Fire.
Concord Music Publishing is home to the world’s leading classical music publishers, Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski, stewards of the works of renowned composers like John Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Steve Reich, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Eric Whitacre.
Concord has invested in an exclusive joint venture with PULSE Music Group, reaffirming its commitment to developing frontline pop hits. PULSE's current writer roster includes James Blake, BloodPop, Trevor Daniel, El-P, IAmTash, Tyler Johnson, Kehlani, Bonnie McKee, Flo Milli, OZ, Rich The Kid, Solly, Starrah, Ty Dolla $ign, YBN Cordae and YEBBA. Concord has also launched the new, Nashville-based talent development venture Hang Your Hat Music, in partnership with GRAMMY®/CMA awarded songwriter Hillary Lindsey.
CONCORD THEATRICALS
Concord Theatricals is the only theatrical company of its kind in the world, comprised of the catalogs of Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatricals, Samuel French, Tams-Witmark and The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection and providing comprehensive services to creators and producers including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first-class production. Concord also develops, licenses and co-produces musicals and plays for first-class productions such as HADESTOWN (Tony Award), OKLAHOMA! (2019 revival, Tony Award), JAGGED LITTLE PILL, COMPANY (2020 revival) and SING STREET on Broadway.
Concord Theatricals’ exemplary creative roster features works by Edward Albee, Irving Berlin, Agatha Christie, George & Ira Gershwin, Marvin Hamlisch, Lorraine Hansberry, Jeremy O. Harris, Kander & Ebb, Tom Kitt, Ken Ludwig, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dominique Morisseau, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Neil Simon, Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder and August Wilson.
Concord Theatricals’ Musicals include A CHORUS LINE, ANASTASIA, BYE BYE BIRDIE, CATS, DREAMGIRLS, EVITA, FUNNY GIRL, GREASE, GYPSY, HADESTOWN, HAIR, HELLO DOLLY!, IN THE HEIGHTS, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, OKLAHOMA!, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, WHITE CHRISTMAS and THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Concord Theatricals’ Plays include A RAISIN IN THE SUN, AUGUST WILSON’S THE CENTURY CYCLE, THE BOYS IN THE BAND, DETROIT ’67, EURYDICE, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, LEND ME A TENOR, LOST IN YONKERS, SLAVE PLAY, THE NORMAL HEART, OUR TOWN, PETER PAN, TRUE WEST and THE WOLVES.
Concord Theatricals has brand partnerships with Marvel Comics, Nickelodeon and Peanuts.
Concord is a private company funded by long-term institutional capital and members of Concord’s management team. At the forefront of intellectual property valuation, acquisition and utilization, the Concord investment underscores the partners’ belief in the lasting and appreciating global value of superior original