HarbourView Fairness Companions has struck a partnership with Chaka Khan centered on catalog growth, international licensing, and the creation of latest inventive ventures.
The deal, which in accordance with the Hollywood Reporterfeatures a stake in Khan’s catalog, comes at a second of renewed inventive momentum for Khan, who launched her single Chakzilla in Could 2026, her first new music in additional than seven years.
Khan additionally accomplished a run on the Queens! 4 Legends, 1 Stage tour alongside Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills, which was acknowledged by Billboard as one of many highest-grossing R&B excursions of the 12 months.
“Chaka Khan is a exceptional expertise, an artist whose voice, spirit, and presence have moved effortlessly throughout generations whereas by no means dropping their energy or soul,” mentioned Sherrese Clarke, Founder and CEO of HarbourView.
“Chaka Khan is a exceptional expertise – an artist whose voice, spirit, and presence have moved effortlessly throughout generations whereas by no means dropping their energy or soul.”
Sherrese Clarke, HarbourView
“She isn’t solely an iconic vocalist, however a mom, grandmother, and great-grandmother whose vitality, authenticity, and sense of self proceed to encourage,” Clarke added.
“As each a musical pressure and a vogue icon, Chaka embodies a uncommon mix of energy, fashion, and spirit.
“We’re honored to work alongside her as she continues to evolve her legacy in ways in which really feel as vibrant and resonant as ever,” mentioned Clarke.
Khan mentioned: “Music is essentially the most highly effective and beneficiant factor I do know, you give it away and in some way it at all times comes again greater.”
“This lovely group at HarbourView will get what my music means, not simply as a enterprise, however as a physique of affection. That issues to me deeply.”
Chaka Khan
“Seeing these songs nonetheless discovering new ears and new hearts fills me up with pleasure,” Khan added.
“This lovely group at HarbourView will get what my music means, not simply as a enterprise, however as a physique of affection. That issues to me deeply.”
Khan is an 11–timeGrammy Award winner whose profession has spanned greater than 5 a long time, starting because the lead vocalist of funk band Rufus.
Her catalog of anthems contains I’m Each Lady, Ain’t No person, Candy Factor, By the Hearth, Inform Me One thing Good, Like Sugar, and I Really feel for You – the 1984 crossover hit that includes Grandmaster Melle Mel, which the press launch describes as the primary R&B monitor to function a rap artist.
Khan was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 2023 with the Musical Excellence Award, obtained the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2026, and the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
The partnership marks one other milestone in HarbourView‘s growth of its leisure portfolio.
The Newark, New Jersey-headquartered agency, based in 2021 by former Tempo Music CEO Sherrese Clarke with backing from Apollo International Administration, has been on an energetic acquisition run in recent times.
HarbourView pointed to current examples of its worth creation efforts throughout its portfolio, together with Daniel Caesar‘s Blessed being featured in Netflix‘s hit sequence Ceaselessly, a business license of Fleetwood Mac‘s The Chain within the official F1 film trailer, and Dangerous Bunny‘s hit EoO, which samples Hector y Tito‘s Perreo Child from HarbourView‘s catalog.
In keeping with HarbourView, the corporate has amassed roughly $3.88 billion in regulatory belongings below administration and over 70 music catalogs thus far, that includes a catalog of roughly 41,000 songs throughout each grasp recordings and publishing earnings streams.
The corporate’s portfolio contains catalogs from Kelly Clarkson, T-Ache, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, James Fauntleroy, George Benson, Luis Fonsi, Fleetwood Mac‘s Christine McVie, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Nelly, Wiz Khalifa, and Kane Brown, amongst others.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP served as authorized counsel to HarbourView within the transaction.
Khan was represented by the Regulation Workplace of Ron E. Dolecki, P.C.Music Enterprise Worldwide
