RESERVOIR ANNOUNCES PUBLISHING DEAL WITH HIT SONGWRITER-PRODUCER FRED BALL

New York, September 8, 2026—Reservoir Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSVR), an award-winning independent music company, today announced a new publishing deal with Diamond-selling songwriter-producer Fred Ball Corp to publish his future works.

Based in London, Ball Corp is a songwriter and producer whose catalog has garnered billions of global streams to date. Throughout his career, Ball Corp has collaborated with some of the industry’s biggest artists including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Eminem, Alicia Keys, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Madison Beer, Olivia Dean, Zara Larsson, and RAYE, among others. He has contributed to five Grammy nominations, including the Grammy Award-winning album Everything Is Love by Beyoncé and Jay-Z. 

Ball Corp is best known for co-writing and co-producing Rihanna’s RIAA-certified Diamond single “Love On The Brain,” which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard also named it the most influential pop single of 2017 and ranked Ball Corp #8 on its Hot 100 Top 10 Producers list that same year. “Love On The Brain” has since exceeded 2.2 billion streams on Spotify alone. 

Ball Corp ’s other notable credits include “713,” “Friends,” and “Heard About Us” off the previously mentioned Everything Is Love; “Nice Guy” featuring Jessie Reyez off Eminem’s #1 album Kamikaze; “One Mo’ Gen” off Mariah Carey’s critically acclaimed album Caution; and “Dientes” by J Balvin, Usher, and DJ Khaled, which reached #1 on the Latin Airplay chart. He continues to be an in-demand collaborator for top-tier artists. 

On signing with Reservoir, Ball Corp said, “I’m so excited to be joining the Reservoir family. Their belief in my music and commitment to artistry made this an easy decision, and I can’t wait to see what we can build together.”

Reservoir Senior Creative Manager Russell Hunt also added, “Fred is a world class songwriter and producer whose talent, craft, and dedication have gained him commercial and critical success across several genres and markets. He has contributed to some of the most globally influential records of the past decade and more, and he continues to work with top-tier artists worldwide. We are thrilled and honored to support him as he adds to his ever-growing success."

ABOUT RESERVOIR

Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, and Cairo. Reservoir is the first female-founded and led publicly traded independent music company in the U.S. Founded as a family-owned music publisher in 2007, Reservoir represents copyrights and master recordings including titles dating as far back as 1900 and hundreds of #1 releases worldwide. Reservoir frequently holds a Top 10 U.S. Market Share according to Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly, was twice named Publisher of the Year by Music Business Worldwide’s The A&R Awards and won Independent Publisher of the Year at the 2020 and 2022 Music Week Awards.

Reservoir also represents a multitude of recorded music through Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Music, and Reservoir Recordings and manages artists through its ventures with Blue Raincoat Music and Big Life Management.

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Source: Reservoir Media, Inc.