Trade Organization
Merlin provides independents the means to own their future. Merlin is a member led, music focused organization providing digital music licensing for the leading independents across the globe. Members benefit from Merlin’s premium deals, but work directly with key digital partners. Our membership consists of independent labels, distributors, and other rights-holders, representing tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world. Merlin works collaboratively with our digital partners, delivers value back to those digital partners, and seeks to drive other incremental benefits to our members. Merlin’s approach has enabled our membership to grow to represent 15% of the global market share. Merlin’s membership includes independents such as Altafonte, Armada Music, Audiosalad, AVL Group (including CD Baby, DashGo and FUGA), Beggars Group, Cinq Music Group, Dim Mak, DistroKid, Ditto, Domino, Empire, Epitaph Records, Exceleration Music, Foundation Media, K7, Hopeless, Kontor New Media, Lex Records, Mad Decent, Many Hats, MNRK, Mom & Pop, Monstercat, Mushroom Music, Nettwerk, Ninja Tune, [PIAS], Polyvinyl, Pony Canyon, Reach Records, Redeye, Secret City, Secretly, Stones Throw, Symphonic Distribution, Sub Pop, Too Lost, UnitedMasters, Vydia, Warp, Zebralution and hundreds more. Merlin has deals with over 30 digital services, including Apple, AWA, Boomplay, Deezer, Facebook/Instagram, JioSaavn, KKBox, NetEase, Pandora, Snap, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tencent, TikTok and YouTube Music, and in conversations with dozens more. Merlin has offices in London, New York, and Tokyo.