Photo Credit: WMG ADA Worldwide has announced it has inked a global distribution deal with Rostrum Records. The deal will see ADA cover global distribution services for Rostrum’s entire label catalog and new releases. Rostrum […]
Photo Credit: Programas Telemedellin / CC by 3.0 Colombian pop star Karol G has signed with Interscope Records, keeping her catalog under the UMG umbrella. “Karol G is without a doubt one of the most […]
Photo Credit: Luminate Data Record Store Day 2023 has become the most successful since its creation in 2007. We look at some revealing data — like how few vinyl record buyers own a record player […]
As if she couldn’t be more legendary, Dolly Parton has broken three more Guinness World Records. On Wednesday, the international record keeper held a ceremony in Nashville to recognize the 77-year-old’s latest achievements as a […]
Photo Credit: David Shankbone / CC by 3.0 Justin Tranter’s Facet Records has announced it will be the first record label to give songwriters master points as the standard. The announcement will see Facet redistributing […]
Photo Credit: Akein O. Brown / CC by 3.0 Ice Spice continues to leave her mark as her recent “Karma” collaboration with Taylor Swift earns her the biggest streaming debut for a female rapper in […]
Greta Van Fleet, one of the acts with “Band Tees” digital merch on Snapchat. Photo Credit: Troy Larson Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP) has partnered with Universal Music Group’s Republic Records to launch “Band Tees,” a Bitmoji-centered […]
Photo Credit: Rockaway Records Over 10,000 pieces of rare Rolling Stones memorabilia and vinyl items, including a 1977 promotional display designed by Andy Warhol, have been acquired by Rockaway Records. During the 60th anniversary of […]
In one of May’s music industry hires and promotions, Ineffable Records named Pandora vet Diego Herrera (pictured) director of business development. Photo Credit: Ineffable Records Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house […]
Seventeen performing live. Photo Credit: Korea.net Hybe-signed Seventeen has reportedly become the first act to sell over four million albums in a single week as measured by South Korea’s Hanteo Chart. The 13-piece boy band’s […]
Grimes has left her deal with Columbia Records, Billboard reports citing the musician’s manager, Daouda Leonard. Grimes announced her Columbia signing in March 2021. She released two singles via the label, “Player of Games” and […]
Anitta has signed with Universal’s Republic Records, two weeks after she parted ways with Warner Music. The ‘Envolver’ singer left the major label after 11 years after complaining that they were not doing their job […]
Photo Credit: Vivien Killilea Seymour Stein, Co-Founder of Sire Records, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Stein had a unique passion for music, developing a vast knowledge of songs after […]
Getty Image Beyoncé‘s Renaissance was undoubtedly one of the biggest, if not the biggest, release of 2022. The album was full of hits; the lead single “Break My Soul” is a timeless banger, and “Alien […]
Photo Credit: 티비텐 / CC by 3.0 Kakao Entertainment announces a significant new partnership with Columbia Records, beginning with the global expansion of rising K-Pop stars, girl group IVE. Kakao Entertainment has inked a significant […]
The Weeknd, certainly no stranger to breaking records, has now been determined to be “statistically the most popular musician on the planet.” That’s the word straight from the folks at Guinness World Records, which announced […]
Photo Credit: Manuel Nägeli About one week after the formal announcement of Apple Music Classical, Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially acquired British classical label Hyperion Records. The Big Three label revealed its latest buyout […]
The greatest Artists of all time seem to have emerged fully formed from the ether of musical legend as if their success had been simply undeniable and preordained. As if Donna Summer didn’t so much […]
Photo Credit: Lindsey Byrnes Warner Records has launched its flagship electronic dance music label, Major Recordings, headed by Sam Mobarek. Warner Records announced the launch of its first flagship electronic dance music label, Major Recordings. […]
Photo Credit: Alison Wenham (COO, Chrysalis Records), Darius Van Arman (Co-CEO, Secretly Distribution), Jeremy Lascelles (CEO, Chrysalis Records) Independent record company Chrysalis Records has announced a new physical and digital distribution deal with Secretly Distribution. […]