Sound Royalties, which finances advances to artists, songwriters and others backed by their royalty income, reported it closed a record-setting $135 million in transactions in 2025. President Michael Bizenov has characterized the 12-year-old company as providing financial options to musicians who do not want to sell their catalogs, and, in 2025, that frequent Ariana Grande collaborator and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Tayla Parx and Kurt Vile producer Jon Gilbert. “The fact that we are seeing so many creators trusting us to fund their growth … shows that Sound Royalties is providing a successful mechanism for building sustainable, long-term careers in the creative industries,” Bizenov said in a statement. Sound Royalties — Elizabeth Dilts Marshall