The Weeknd Is Most Popular Musician on Planet, Per Guinness World Records

The Weeknd Is Most Popular Musician on Planet, Per Guinness World Records

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 […]

UMG Buys Hyperion Records Amid Apple Music Classical Debut

UMG Buys Hyperion Records Amid Apple Music Classical Debut

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 […]

Spinning Gold Casablanca Records and its Founder Neil Bogart on Screen – Rolling Stone

Spinning Gold Casablanca Records and its Founder Neil Bogart on Screen – Rolling Stone

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 […]

Warner Records Launches Flagship Electronic Dance Music Label, Major Recordings

Warner Records electronic dance music

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. […]

Chrysalis Records Inks Physical and Digital Distribution Pact with Secretly Distribution

Chrysalis Records

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. […]

Shakira breaks 14 Guinness World Records – Music News

Shakira breaks 14 Guinness World Records - Music News

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 […]

Kendoll Launches Dollhouse Records With Piping Hot House Track, "Strike a Pose"

Kendoll Launches Dollhouse Records With Piping Hot House Track, "Strike a Pose"

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 […]

Nycesound Production Partners With Artium Records and Def Jam

Nycesound Production Partners With Artium Records and Def Jam

Nycesound Productions, a Canadian independent record label founded by Terry ‘T-Nyce’ Opoku and Ty ‘Focus’ Manning in 2020, has announced a partnership with Artium Records and Def Jam Recordings. Black-owned label Nycesound Productions currently rosters bubbling […]

Yusuf / Cat Stevens Pays Homage to George Harrison with “Here Comes The Sun” Cover, Announces Partnership with Dark Horse Records

Yusuf / Cat Stevens Pays Homage to George Harrison with "Here Comes The Sun" Cover, Announces Partnership with Dark Horse Records

Today, Yusuf / Cat Stevens has shared an endearing cover of “Here Comes The Sun” as a homage to the late George Harrison. The song arrives in tandem with Stevens’ announcement, that he has partnered […]

Uncharted territory: how the Fall’s fractious New Zealand tour nearly sank Flying Nun records | Music

Doug Hood (left), Craig Scanlon of the Fall (centre) and Chris Knox at Sounds Unlimited record store in Auckland in August 1982.

When Flying Nun announced in 1983 that it was going to issue a new live album by the renowned Mancunian outfit the Fall, the news came as a bit of a surprise. The label had […]

Rude Records announce three-date UK tour featuring Delaire The Liar, Modern Error and Oakman

Rude Records announce three-date UK tour featuring Delaire The Liar, Modern Error and Oakman

Use Scan QR Code to copy link and share it Image credit: Rude records Rude Records artists are going on a three date UK tour featuring Delaire The Liar, Modern Error and Oakman This spring, […]