MusicBird Acquires the Catalogue of Songwriter/Producer Alex P
MusicBird announced its acquisition of the song catalogue of Greek-Swedish songwriter and producer, Alexander “Alex P” Papaconstantinou. MusicBird has acquired Alex’s writers share and his share of publishing across a fantastic collection of songs.
MusicBird has acquired Alex’s writers share and his share of publishing across a fantastic collection of songs.
Adopting the producer pseudonym name Alex P in 2011, when he joined the world-renowned RedOne production and 2101 Songs writing team, Alex went on to produce and co-write several hit songs. The collaboration with RedOne lasted until 2014 during which time Alex co-wrote and produced the Enrique Iglesias hit “I Like How It Feels” and co-wrote and produced the Khaled album “C’est La Vie”.
In 2013 Marc Anthony covered “C’est La Vie” as a salsa track called “Vivir Mi Vida” for his studio album 3.0 which won a Latin Grammy and holds the record for the second-longest run inside the Billboard Latin Songs top 5 at 51 weeks. During his time with RedOne, Alex co-wrote or produced several hit singles leading to 3 BMI Awards and a Latin Grammy.
Alex has written and produced multiple hits for superstar names both in Latin music and global pop including Paulina Rubio (Boys Will Be Boys), Jennifer Lopez (Live it Up ft Pitbull) and Nicki Minaj (Whip It) and has also written several songs for the Eurovision Song Contest including “Fuego” by Eleni Foureira.
Talking about the deal, Alex said: “I am extremely proud of the songs I have written over the last decade or so and to see those songs find a new home with a progressive and passionate team is fantastic as I look forward to the next chapter in my career.”
Paul Brown, CEO of MusicBird said: “We continue to be laser focused on bringing timeless hits from diverse artists and writers into the MusicBird collection and to be able to work with such an incredibly talented writer in Alex, who has written some major Latin music hits as well as broader pop hits, is very exciting for our team.”
MusicBird’s current music collection includes a mix of iconic rights (writers share, master recording income, publishing and neighbouring rights) from artists and songwriters including Midge Ure (“Vienna”, “Dancing With Tears in My Eyes”, “Fade to Grey”), songwriter J.R. Rotem (including hits by Rihanna, Jason Derulo, Fall Out Boy, Iyaz and Sean Kingston) and multiple Grammy Award winning artist Shaggy (including “It Wasn’t Me”, “Angel” and “Boombastic”).
The company entered the music acquisition space in 2021 with a focus on hits from a diverse range of genres and geographies, working across the music industry ecosystem to actively manage its rights and grow music revenues.
In February 2023, MusicBird announced a $100million loan facility deal with leading international bank, MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) to power its growth and fund further music rights deals.
