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. […]
It appears KXNG Crooked wants his money. The Long Beach native caused a mild stir on Friday after suggesting he was still awaiting payment from Death Row Records. Crooked made the claim in response to a Snoop Dogg […]
Shakira put her breakup with longtime partner Gerard Pique into a song — one that’s taken over the music industry … and which just won her a crap ton of world record awards. The Latin […]
Today, the Guinness World Records (GWR), confirmed that multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning and Latin GRAMMY Award-winning Shakira, has broken 14 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS. Her collaboration with Argentinian DJ and Producer Bizarrap on “Music Sessions Vol. 53” makes […]
A little over a year after Snoop Dogg secured ownership of Death Row Records, many of its albums are back on streaming services. “Yessir. Heard you. Death Row Records catalog is back streaming everywhere tonight,” […]
Photo Credit: Tower Records Tower Records has unveiled its new creative space called Tower Labs in Brooklyn, New York. The new creative space is located on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg and is designed to give […]
Nicki Minaj is launching her own record label. The rap legend has announced her new imprint of Republic Records – the name of which is not known at this time – which will boast the […]
Metal Blade Records has announced a new book from founder Brian Slagel, “Swing Of The Blade: More Stories From Metal Blade Records”, due out May 9, 2023. “Swing Of The Blade: More Stories From Metal […]
iStockphoto / Nadya So The luckiest woman alive has just smashed multiple four-leaf clover world records with a collection so large and impressive it’s hard to believe it’s real. Gabriella Gerhardt of Wisconsin just broke […]
The surging house music producer aims to build Dollhouse Records into a “platform for community, inclusivity, art and underground revival.” Known for her unique blend of bass and U.K. house, Kendoll has launched her new […]