Year of Growth, Innovation, and Global Impact
As the year closes, we reflect on shared successes, platform growth, and the partnerships shaping Cygnus Music’s global future.
Before we break, we’d like to sincerely thank you for your music, your trust, and your partnership. Working with such a diverse and talented community of artists, labels, managers, and music businesses worldwide is a privilege, and we truly value every relationship. This year has been one of strong growth, meaningful development, and even greater global reach!
In 2025, we secured new improved direct DSP partnerships with SoundCloud, Spotify, and TikTok, unlocking early access to new platform features for Cygnus Music clients, and launched a new preferential deal with Yandex, delivering additional royalties and some of the most competitive rates globally.
We expanded our network with new partnerships including Lissen, Music Worx, and AFEM, strengthened our leading YouTube MCN, and reinforced our position as a YouTube-recommended music distributor with a Pillar A–rated network and direct working relationship with YouTube. Our MCN now partners with some of the largest music channels in the world.
Across the year, we delivered extensive updates to our Label Management System, continuously adding value to our services. This included Inflyte integration, the launch of our Deals Page with over 20 exclusive offers from leading industry partners, and special client rates with Your Army, Songstats, Viberate, and more. We also launched a new payment system, enabling bank transfer and PayPal payouts every working day (Monday–Friday). Shortly, alongside continued Bitcoin payouts, we’ll be expanding payment options with an array of stablecoins. This year also saw the launch of our Neighbouring Rights partnership with Lime Blue, with a new Publishing service set to follow soon. Along with a new ‘Tracks’ module, numerous other tools and services were launched throughout the LMS, and in early 2026, we’ll release a new analytics suite, free for all Cygnus Music clients, providing deeper insight and stronger data-driven decision-making.
Trust and security remain central to everything we do. Supported by our dedicated Trust & Safety team, our use of PEX for secure rights identification, and the integration of Veriff, a world-leading identity verification provider, we continue to uphold the highest standards of protection and fraud prevention. We were honoured to chair the Artificial Streaming Committee at AIM, reinforcing our commitment to fighting streaming fraud while helping shape new industry thinking. We were proud to represent clients on main stages at IMS, ADE, and other key international conferences, connecting artists and labels with unique global opportunities.
We also proudly celebrated 16 years of Cygnus Music, now globally recognised as a specialist boutique distributor with deep expertise in technology-led and electronic music markets.
Looking Ahead to 2026
2026 is set to be our biggest year yet. We’ll be kicking things off with a refreshed new look, followed by a major development update early in the year. We have a stacked development schedule, focused on delivering innovative new services and platform enhancements, created exclusively for Cygnus Music clients, with more to be announced very soon.
For now, we wish you a restful, inspiring holiday break and a strong start to the new year.
Cygnus Music
