Hipgnosis Songs Acquires Nikki Sixx Rights Catalog

Acquires Nikki Sixx Rights Catalog

MERCK MERCURIADES' HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND has acquired the music catalog of musician, songwriter and producer NIKKI SIXX, founding member, bassist and lead songwriter of MOTLEY CRUE.

With the CRUE, SIXX has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide as well as achieving seven platinum or multi-platinum certifications, nine Top 10 albums on the BILLBOARD 200 chart, 22 Top 40 mainstream rock hits, and six Top 20 singles.

In 2007, SIXX founded the hard rock band SIXX:A.M. with DJ ASHBA and JAMES MICHAEL. The band is best known for its debut song "Life is Beautiful," which reached #2 on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, alongside hits "Lies Of The Beautiful." from the band’s second studio album, and "This Is Gonna Hurt."

Last year, MOTLEY CRUE released four new songs on the soundtrack for the NETFLIX biopic, "The Dirt." a film adaptation of the band’s 2001 collaborative autobiography which spent ten weeks in the Top 10 of the N.Y. TIMES BEST SELLER list. The soundtrack album reached #1 on the iTUNES ALL GENRES ALBUM chart, #10 on the BILLBOARD 200 chart, #3 on the BILLBOARD TOP ALBUM and DIGITAL ALBUM SALES chart and Top 10 worldwide.

HIPGNOSIS has acquired 100% of NIKKI SIXX’s writer’s share of PRO income and writer’s SOUND EXCHANGE in respect of the catalog, which contains 305 songs.

HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LTC. and THE FAMILY (MUSIC) LIMITED's MERCK MERCURIADIS commented, “MOTLEY CRUE were single-handedly responsible for the L.A. rock explosion of the '80s, paving the way for everyone that came in their wake and putting rock music back onto Top 40 radio and the pop charts. NIKKI was the catalyst and architect of all of that and we are delighted to welcome him to the HIPGNOSIS family.”

Added SIXX, “MERCK and his team at HIPGNOSIS are an artist-friendly, forward-thinking company. Looking to the future I am grateful that they will treat my music with great care and respect.”

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