Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd (LSE:SONG) has acquired a catalogue of songs from Christine McVie of the band Fleetwood Mac.
Combined with its acquisition from Lindsey Buckingham, Hipgnosis now owns the song copyrights and writers’ share for 7 of 11 songs on the album 'Fleetwood Mac', 8 of 11 songs on the band’s phenomenally successful 'Rumours' albums, 15 of 20 songs on the less phenomenally successful but still mega-selling 'Tusk', 9 of 12 songs on 'Mirage', 9 of 12 songs on 'Tango In The Night', 11 of 16 songs on 'Greatest Hits', and 12 of 17 songs on 'The Dance'.
"Christine McVie is one of the greatest songwriters of all time having guided Fleetwood Mac to almost 150 million albums sold and making them one of the best-selling bands of all time globally. In the last 46 years the band have had three distinct writers and vocalists but Christine's importance is amply demonstrated by the fact that eight of the 16 songs on the band's Greatest Hits albums are from Christine,” said Merck Mercuriadis, the founder of The Family (Music) Limited and Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd.
“It's wonderful for us to welcome Christine to the Hipgnosis Family and particularly wonderful to reunite her once again at Hipgnosis with Lindsey Buckingham. Between Christine and Lindsey we now have 48 of 68 songs on the band's most successful albums," he added.