Reservoir Media has inked a global publishing deal with Grammy and Juno award-winning singer-songwriter kd lang.
The company says the deal includes its future projects and “partial backlog.”
Lang has worked with superstars from Roy Orbison to Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, Loretta Lynn and Tony Bennett.
Reservoir’s latest deal comes just two weeks after inking new label management deals with Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records.
Lang has eight Juno Awards to her name, including Songwriter of the Year (1993), four Grammy Awards, including Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (2004) for A wonderful world with Tony Bennett, a BRIT Award, an AMA, a VMA and four awards from GLAAD, among others.
In 1996, she was awarded Canada’s highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada, and in 2013 was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
In addition to these recognitions, lang was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Hall of Fame this September.
In the early 1980s, Lang began releasing music as the lead singer for the country-swing band The Reclines.
He went on to release three albums with the group, seven solo studio albums, several collaborative albums (including the aforementioned A wonderful world with Tony Bennett), as well as contributions to film soundtracks such as the James Bond film Tomorrow never dies and the 2006 Academy Award-winning animated film Happy feet.
In 2017, Lang embarked on a world tour to celebrate 25 years of her multi-platinum selling Ingenuewhich includes her singles Constant Craving and Miss Chatelaine. In 2021 it was released reforma collection of dance remixes.
“It’s an absolute thrill to work with Reservoir! Golnar is a force of nature and understands me as an artist.”
kd lang
On signing with Reservoir, lang said: “It’s an absolute thrill to work with Reservoir! Golnar is a force of nature and understands me as an artist. I am deeply inspired and have complete confidence in this creative partnership.”
“It never gets old when a legendary artist like kd lang decides to call Reservoir home.”
Golnar Khosrowshahi, Reservoir
Golnar Khosrowshahi, Founder and CEO of Reservoir, added: “It never gets old when a legendary artist like kd lang decides to call Reservoir home.
“Her incomparable voice and music are a gift to the world. We look forward to helping her share these gifts with new audiences and supporting her as she embarks on the next chapter of her career.”
She added: “As a Canadian, I’m especially proud to work with kd and their manager, Steve Jensen, and I’d also like to thank Bruce Roberts, our first Reservoir songwriter, for introducing us to kd.”
Reservoir’s deal with kd lang is the latest in a string of recent deals for the music rights company. In August, Reservoir acquired the publishing rights to the catalog of the late songwriter and guitarist Billy Strange.
Other acquisitions in the past year include his producer rights and publishing catalog 2 Pac producer Big D Evansthe works of the Latin music hitmaker Rudy Peresand the Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer’s catalog Mannie Fresh.
Other notable acquisitions include catalogs of rock artists Greg Kihnmembers of the R&B group THE Threadssaxophonist Son Rollinsand songwriter Louis Fine.
Reservoir’s continued investment in music catalogs has contributed to its strong financial performance. In the first quarter of fiscal 2025, the company reported a 8% annual revenue growth in $34.3 million. Income from publications, which corresponded 24 million dollars of the whole, saw a 15% up year-over-year due to catalog acquisitions and increased streaming revenue.
In an investor prospectus released earlier this calendar year, Reservoir said it had spent approx 1 billion dollars on catalog acquisitions and signings since it launched in 2007.
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