Niclas Molinder (SE)

Niclas Molinder is a songwriter, music producer, and musician who has expanded his focus to innovating data and rights management in the music industry, always with music creators at the center. After 20 years of songwriting and producing for artists such as Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, and The Jonas Brothers, as well as running his own publishing company, RedFly Music, the Swedish entrepreneur turned his attention to solving the value gap in the music industry. In 2014, Niclas founded Session Studio, the world’s first independent global hub for authoritative pre-registration music metadata sourced from creators, alongside Max Martin, Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA),


and Avicii’s former manager, Ash Pournouri. His vision is to set a global standard for identifying music creators and their roles in songs, ensuring proper credit and fair compensation whenever their work is used. Two years later, in 2016, he co-founded the Music Rights Awareness Foundation with Max Martin and Björn Ulvaeus, an apolitical organization dedicated to educating creators about their rights in an evolving


music industry. One of the foundation’s key initiatives is Clip, a global rights-awareness platform developed in collaboration with the UN agency WIPO (the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization). Supported by creators, industry stakeholders, and governments worldwide, the platform fosters an open, inclusive community that strengthens networks and infrastructure for creative industries. Clip aims to empower creators everywhere, increasing awareness of their rights and equipping them with


the knowledge needed to receive proper recognition and fair compensation, regardless of their location, culture, or economic background.