BMG Posts $900 Million-Plus in Revenue for 2022, Spent Over $400 Million on Catalog Acquisitions
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music Editor BMG posted its strongest year of growth in 2022, with annual revenues of $911 million (up 30% over last year) and made more than $400 million worth of acquisitions in the booming catalog market, the company announced Thursday in its annual earnings report.
The company’s annual operating EBITDA was up by more than 35% to $205 million. Founded in 2008, the Berlin-based company has been a steady presence in the music industry, basing its strength on tried-and-true artists and catalogs that range from Adam Lambert to Cypress Hill, from T.
Rex to the Trojan reggae label. Its publishing division is one of the biggest in the industry, and it has made bold moves into the music documentary business — including a major stake in the critically lauded David Bowie doc “Moonage Daydream.” That growth has been led by outgoing CEO Hartwig Masuch, who is passing the torch to longtime exec Thomas Coesfield.
The company’s recorded-music business’s revenues grew by 38% over 2021 and its publishing business boosted 26%, according to the report.
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