{"id":229643,"date":"2025-04-24T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=229643"},"modified":"2025-04-24T20:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:33:50","slug":"indias-tips-music-generated-9-1m-in-calendar-q1-as-ebitda-grew-24-yoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/indias-tips-music-generated-9-1m-in-calendar-q1-as-ebitda-grew-24-yoy\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Tips Music generated $9.1m in calendar Q1 as EBITDA grew 24% YoY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India-headquartered music company TIPS Music, formerly Tips Industries, has published its financial results for its full fiscal year and fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2025\u00a0 (calendar Q1).<\/p>\n<p>The company reports that its calendar Q1 revenues stood at 78.5 crore, which works out to <strong>INR 785 million (USD $9.1 million)<\/strong>, up<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> 24% YoY.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__tweeny hidden-xs hidden-ms hidden-sm\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"992 1200 1440\" data-name=\"628x90 Sponsor banner #5 (992+1200+1440)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__banner mb-advert__banner--inline hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"480\" data-name=\"468x60 Sponsor banner #5 (480)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__mobile mb-advert__mobile--inline hidden-ms hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"320 768\" data-name=\"300x50 Sponsor banner #5 (320+768)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\"><\/div>      <\/div>      \n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tips&#8217; operating EBITDA also grew<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> 24% YoY<\/strong><\/span> in calendar Q1 to reach INR 373 million (<strong>USD $4.3m<\/strong>), giving the company an EBITDA margin of <strong>47.5%, <\/strong>down slightly from 47.7% in the prior year quarter (ending March 31, 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><figure class=\"mbw-articlepic mbw-articlepic--center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img  class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-80x44.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-80x44.png 80w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-160x87.png 160w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-320x175.png 320w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-418x228.png 418w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-648x353.png 648w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-836x456.png 836w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/tips-quarterly-revenues-in-rs-1296x707.png 1296w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"><\/a><\/figure><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #1\" data-params=\"dfp_spu1\" id=\"dfp_spu1\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the company&#8217;s latest financial results, Kumar Taurani, Chairman &amp; Managing Director, said: &#8220;I am pleased to report that the company has delivered a strong performance for FY 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am pleased to report that the company has delivered a strong performance for FY 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kumar Taurani, Tips Music<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Added: Taurani: &#8220;We achieved a revenue of \u20b9 311 crore, representing a 29% increase YoY Profit After Tax (PAT) stood at \u20b9167 crore, reflecting a YoY 31% growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We distributed INR 136 crores in FY2025 in form of buyback and dividends. Being able to reward our shareholders in this manner is a matter of immense pride for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #2\" data-params=\"dfp_spu2\" id=\"dfp_spu2\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in Tips&#8217; financial report, the company revealed that it released <strong>105<\/strong> new songs in its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q1), comprising 37 film songs and 68 non-film songs.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s YouTube subscriber base, meanwhile, &#8220;continued its upward trajectory&#8221;, according to Tips, reaching <strong>117.1 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In calendar Q1, Tips&#8217; music on YouTube generated <strong>56.7 billion<\/strong> views, up by <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">19% YoY.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The upward trend on YouTube persisted, with our subscriber count rising to 117.1 million,&#8221; said Tips Executive Director Girish Taurani.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;With strong audience engagement and momentum, we are gearing up for an exciting slate of releases in FY 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Girish Taurani, Tips<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Two songs from the film <em>Hari Hara Veera Mallu<\/em>, released during the quarter, crossed over 50 million views on YouTube. Our catalogue continues to perform well too. The song <em>Taaron Ko Mohabbat Amber Se<\/em> from Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar movie, which was released in 2006, became a viral sensation, generating over 9 million reels and 2 billion views on Instagram in Q4 FY25 [calendar Q1] alone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another classic, <em>Badal Gayi Duniya<\/em>\u00a0from <em>Andolan<\/em> movie, which was released in 1995, surpassed <strong>100 million<\/strong> YouTube views in FY 25. With strong audience engagement and momentum, we are gearing up for an exciting slate of releases in FY 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mbw-articlepic mbw-articlepic--center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58.jpg\"><img  class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-80x31.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-80x31.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-160x62.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-320x124.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-418x162.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-648x252.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-836x325.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-18.31.58-1296x504.jpg 1296w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Hari Nair, Tips&#8217; Chief Executive Officer said: \u201cWe are pleased to announce that the growth in our revenue has been across both digital and non-digital segments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tips Music\u00a0and\u00a0Sony Music Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/sony-music-publishing-renews-exclusive-global-deal-with-indias-tips-music1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expanded<\/a> their global publishing partnership last month. It was first signed <a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/indias-tips-music-inks-global-deal-with-sony-music-publishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The expanded multi-year deal granted SMP extended rights to Tips Music\u2019s catalog, which features over<strong>\u00a032,000<\/strong>\u00a0tracks across 24 languages representing what\u2019s claimed to be \u201csome of India\u2019s most beloved film soundtracks and popular music\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><figure class=\"mbw-articlepic mbw-articlepic--right\"><img  class=\"lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Mr.-Hari-Nair-Chief-Executive-Officer-Tips-Industries-Limited-80x112.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Mr.-Hari-Nair-Chief-Executive-Officer-Tips-Industries-Limited-160x224.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Mr.-Hari-Nair-Chief-Executive-Officer-Tips-Industries-Limited-320x448.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Mr.-Hari-Nair-Chief-Executive-Officer-Tips-Industries-Limited-418x585.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Mr.-Hari-Nair-Chief-Executive-Officer-Tips-Industries-Limited-648x907.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Mr.-Hari-Nair-Chief-Executive-Officer-Tips-Industries-Limited-836x1170.jpg 836w, https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2025\/03\/Mr.-Hari-Nair-Chief-Executive-Officer-Tips-Industries-Limited-1296x1814.jpg 1296w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"><\/figure><p>\u201cWe are pleased to announce that the growth in our revenue has been across both digital and non-digital segments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hari Nair, Tips Music<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Added Nair: &#8220;In Q4, we announced an extension of our deal with Sony Music Publishing, adding YouTube as a platform for international publishing exploitation. Going ahead, we are committed to a strong growth across platforms driven by our catalogue and new content acquisition, from film and independent music.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips&#8217; operating EBITDA grew 24% YoY in calendar Q1 to reach USD $4.3m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":207071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[128534],"class_list":["post-229643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-tips-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}