Word Collections to Provide Global Publishing Administration for Pop Hit Maker Richard Marx

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Word Collections announces an agreement to provide global publishing administration to legendary pop hit maker Richard Marx.Global digital publishing administrator Word Collections has announced a partnership with legendary pop hit maker Richard Marx to provide global publishing administration. Richard Marx scored 14 Top 20 hits, including three No. 1 singles, between 1987 and 1994, and has the distinction of being the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 of the Billboard charts.

Richard Marx’s first No. 1 success as a songwriter came in 1984 with “What About Me?”, recorded by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, and James Ingram, topping the US and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts. His second chart-topper, 1985’s “Crazy,” a song he co-wrote with Rogers, reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. His self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, with his first single, “Don’t Mean Nothing,” reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

As a singer, his No. 1 hits include “Hazard,” “Right Here Waiting,” “Hold On to the Nights,” “Endless Summer Nights,” and “Satisfied.” He holds the distinction of having written songs that have achieved the No. 1 spot on various Billboard charts in each of the last four decades.

The signing follows a string of other notable signings, including legendary metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, songwriting team Adler & Ross, director and composer Robert Rodriguez, alt-rock hit makers Sponge, Nu-Disco festival faves Poolside, Michael Batio, New Orleans Funk band Galactic, Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee and Boyz II Men songwriter Dallas Austin, and TikTok star Liana Flores.Word Collections is a first-of-its-kind global digital publishing administration company that removes intermediaries, circumvents black boxes, reduces administration fees, identifies original, live, and cover versions of all recordings of songs, and pays songwriters, publishers, and authors more money more quickly with an unparalleled accuracy and transparency.

Founded by Jeff Price in July 2020, Word Collections initially focused on global publishing administration for comedians and other spoken word artists. A year later, Word Collections expanded its global publishing administration repertoire to include musical compositions.

Word Collections currently administers the publishing catalogs for Metallica, Greta Van Fleet, Jason Mraz, Grace Potter, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, The 502s, Sublime with Rome, Silversun Pickups, John Oates, Houndmouth, The Walters, Songwriters Guild of America, Gerencia360, St. Nicholas, Baroness, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, The Offspring’s Bryan Dexter Holland, Shriekback, DLG., Bazanji, Gomba Music, Robin Williams, George Carlin, Margaret Cho, Jerry Seinfeld, David Cross, Ron White, Bill Hicks, Bill Engvall, Billy Crystal, and numerous other songwriters, publishers, authors, and spoken word comedians.