Get the latest gossip

Catalog Gold Rush: 5 Things We Learned From Citrin Cooperman’s Valuation Experts


The music catalog market is worth $20 billion, with high demand for hip-hop, pop and older music, according to Citrin Cooperman experts.

While economic and political uncertainty so far in 2025 has sent stocks and global trade on a roller coaster, the head of Citrin Cooperman’s music and entertainment valuation practice Barry Massarsky says his team has never been busier. Since joining Citrin in 2021, their business expanded to offer entertainment tax advice, audit inspection, transaction strategy, and recently, to include a valuation team focused Hollywood actors’ and directors’ participation rights. Those deals aside, the priciest catalogs have been mostly older vintage pop and rock music from artists like Queen, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Billboard