Category : Record Labels
Birdman Launches Rich Gang and YMCMB Fashion Brands
Birdman launches two new apparel brands, Rich Gang and YMCMB, in partnership with Bravado at the Agenda Trade Show in Las Vegas....
Verve Records Announces Love to Love You Donna
Verve Records announces LOVE TO LOVE YOU DONNA, a new remix album celebrating disco legend Donna Summer with contributions from top DJs and remixers....
Ciara Talks Rihanna Beef and Record Label Rumors with the Morning Riot
https://youtu.be/Ox7bfp9kYvICiara called WGCI's Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot to talk about her new single, her relationship with Future and beef with Rihanna....
Russell Simmons & Partners Launch All Def Music
Russell Simmons, Brian Robbins and Steve Rifkind partner with Universal Music Group to launch All Def Music, the first major label created specifically for YouTube...
Capitol Music Group & Insurgency Music Relaunch Priority Records
Capitol Music Group partners with Insurgency Music to relaunch Priority Records, the legendary hip-hop label home to Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and JAY Z....
UMG East Coast Label Group Names Two Vice Presidents
Universal Music Group's East Coast Label Group promotes Jules Ferree and Mauro DeCeglie to Vice Presidents of Brand Partnerships for Island Def Jam and Republic...
Recording Academy Elects Officers, Updates GRAMMY Categories
The Recording Academy elected new national officers including Christine Albert as Chair and approved category changes for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards....
Tiara Thomas Signs To Division1/Interscope Records
Singer-songwriter Tiara Thomas signs to Rico Love's Division1/Interscope Records after co-writing Wale's #1 hit 'Bad' while attending Ball State University....
Capitol Records Signs Multi-Year Deal with Producer RedOne
Capitol Records signs multi-year worldwide deal with Grammy-winning producer RedOne, bringing his 2101 Records label to Capitol Tower operations....
Mountain Dew & Complex Launch Green Label Youth Culture
Mountain Dew and Complex Media launch Green-Label.com, a digital platform covering youth culture across music, art, sports and style. The site evolves Mountain Dew's legacy...
Frank Arigo Named SVP of Marketing at Republic Records
Republic Records promotes Frank Arigo to Senior Vice President of Marketing after 13 years with the label. Arigo has led campaigns for The Weeknd, Amy...
Rob Harvey Joins Republic Records as Top 40 Director
Rob Harvey joins Republic Records as Senior Director of Top 40, bringing 13+ years of radio promotion experience from Interscope Geffen A&M....
Interscope Recording Artist Mateo Joins Keyshia Cole On Tour
Interscope artist Mateo opens for Keyshia Cole on her 18-city Woman to Woman tour. The R&B singer prepares new single release while supporting the multiplatinum...
Motown and EMI Gospel Announce Joint Venture
Motown Records and EMI Gospel announce joint venture creating Motown Gospel label. CeCe Winans becomes first major signing with new album planned for 2014....
Afrojack Signs Exclusive Worldwide Deal With UMG
Grammy-winning DJ Afrojack signs exclusive worldwide deal with Universal Music Group. His new single 'As Your Friend' featuring Chris Brown impacts radio this week....
Ne-Yo Signs Sonna Rele to Universal Motown Records
Ne-Yo signs international artist Sonna Rele to Universal Motown Records in his role as Senior VP of A&R. He surprised her on stage in London...
FBI Releases Records on Whitney Houston
FBI releases 128-page file revealing three investigations involving Whitney Houston, including a 1992 extortion attempt and fan mail threats in 1988 and 1999....
Epic Records Removes Lil Wayne’s Emmett Till Verse
Epic Records forced Future to remove Lil Wayne's controversial verse referencing Emmett Till from 'Karate Chop' after pressure from civil rights groups....
Sylvia Rhone Announces Joint Venture With Epic Records
Epic Records forms joint venture with music industry legend Sylvia Rhone to launch Vested in Culture label. The new venture will debut artists including Kat...
MKTO Signs with Columbia Records, Releases Debut
MKTO, comprised of Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller, officially signed with Columbia Records and released their debut single 'Thank You.' The duo blends pop, hip-hop...
Craig Davis Exits Capitol Records LA Move
Capitol Records is relocating back to Los Angeles' iconic Capitol Building in Hollywood within 6 weeks. Rep Craig Davis exits the company this Friday....
Gee Roberson Launches Record Label with Interscope
Gee Roberson transitions from Geffen Records Chairman to launch Blueprint, a new full-service record label distributed by Interscope Geffen A&M....
Changes at Warner Music Group. Moscowitz Resigns
Todd Moscowitz resigns as co-President/CEO of Warner Music Group, with labels now reporting to COO Julie Greenwald. Drake's new label headed to WMG....
UMG Partners with Moontoast on D2C Expansion
Universal Music Group partners with Moontoast to expand direct-to-consumer offerings through social commerce and analytics platforms across digital channels....
Adidas NEO Label Announces Justin Bieber As New Style Icon
Adidas NEO Label appoints Justin Bieber as global style icon in two-year partnership through 2014. Fans can hunt for his custom gold sneakers online to...