Downtown Music Taps Pieter van Rijn as CEO Following Global Integration

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Independent service provider Downtown Music names Pieter van Rijn as CEO following the completion of the company’s global integration.Downtown Music Holdings (DMH) has announced the completion of its integration strategy as a single globally operating company. That integration, which included the absorption of CD Baby’s operations into Downtown Music, further expands the company’s spectrum of services to the global music industry.

As part of the changes, DMH has also named Pieter van Rijn as CEO of Downtown Music, reporting to DMH CEO Andrew Bergman. Pieter van Rijn previously served as Group President of Downtown Music and CEO of FUGA, which DMH acquired in 2020. In 2023, he was appointed to the Downtown Music Holdings board of directors.“This is an extraordinary time for Downtown Music as we enter this next phase as a fully unified operating company. The thousands of businesses that we support at Downtown Music and the millions of trusted creators at CD Baby will now benefit from our industry-leading suite of tools and services within a single organization. I look forward to continuing to work closely with Andrew and the DMH Board in delivering this enhanced offering to all our customers,” said Pieter van Rijn, CEO of Downtown Music.

“The integration of all of our products and services under the Downtown Music umbrella alongside Pieter’s stewardship is a truly energizing moment in our journey,” said Andrew Bergman, CEO of Downtown Music Holdings. “We bring together all the critical services that creators and businesses need to navigate the modern music industry. I’m proud of the organization we’ve scaled and look forward to capitalizing on the exciting opportunities before us.”

Downtown Music is the business and professional services division under Downtown Music Holdings, the leading music services company worldwide with over 2 million clients across 145 countries, with a catalog of over 38 million music assets.Downtown’s service offerings support creators and businesses in all facets of the music industry, including music creation, publishing distribution, marketing, royalty collection, financing, accounting, and payment services.

Currently, Downtown Music supports over 4 million artists and 5,000 business clients in 150 countries who collectively generated over 1.5 trillion streams across DSPs in 2023. Downtown clients won nearly 30% of the 2024 Grammy Awards.