KBRA Assigns Preliminary Rating to Canon Music Issuer Trust, Series 2026-1

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns a preliminary rating to one class of notes that will be issued by Canon Music Issuer Trust, a music royalty ABS securitization. Canon Music Issuer Trust represents Chord Music Partner's first music royalty securitization. The transaction will be collateralized by royalties from a music catalog of premium content from top artists and songwriters, including Suicide Boys, Morgan Wallen, Ryan Tedder, Diplo, and ZZ Top, which are among the largest in the Catalog by net publisher share and/or net label share. Royalty payments include both publishing rights and sound recording rights. As of September 30, 2025, an independent third-party valuation firm valued the Catalog at $830.0 million.

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• ABS: General Global Rating Methodology for Asset Backed Securities
• Structured Finance: Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology
• ESG Global Rating Methodology

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