Category : Record Labels
Verve Records: 60 Years of Historic Reissues
Verve Records celebrates 60 years with historic reissues from jazz legends including Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, and Billie Holiday throughout 2016....
Sony Music Expands in Africa with New Lagos Office
Sony Music Entertainment opens new Lagos office to expand West African operations, signing Nigerian superstar Davido to worldwide deal. The music giant also registers in...
Verizon and Sony Music Partner for go90 Content
Verizon and Sony Music announced a multi-year deal to create original video content for the go90 mobile platform. New shows include celebrity pranks, car singing...
Music Labels: Americans Favor Smaller Revenue Share
Survey reveals 53% of Americans believe music labels should get smaller revenue share so artists and streaming companies can make a living. Only 9% think...
Adele Continues to Break Records
Adele's album 25 breaks multiple sales records, selling 2.8 million copies in the U.S. within five days and surpassing NSYNC's previous record....
Sony Music to Release Soundtrack for NBC’s The Wiz LIVE!
Sony Music releases The Wiz LIVE! soundtrack featuring NE-YO, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah and Shanice Williams. The NBC special airs December 3rd....
Universal Music Group Names EVP of Public Affairs
Universal Music Group appoints Eric Berman as Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, bringing over a decade of music industry experience from Kekst and Company...
Universal Music Canada Announces New President and CEO
Universal Music Group names Jeffrey Remedios as new President and CEO of Universal Music Canada, replacing Randy Lennox who joins Bell Media....
UMG Names Jay Frank to Lead Playlist Marketing
Universal Music Group names Jay Frank as Senior VP of Global Streaming Marketing to lead playlist strategy and streaming analytics for UMG artists....
Have You Seen the New Trailer for EMPIRE Season 2?
The new EMPIRE Season 2 trailer reveals Lucious in jail while Cookie takes control. NeYo joins the cast and music team for the hit Fox...
Taylor Swift’s Letter Changes Artist Pay Policy
Taylor Swift's open letter to Apple Music sparked a major industry shift, forcing the tech giant to pay artists during trial periods. Her bold move...
Dru Hill Sues Record Label for Album Flop
Dru Hill and Sisqo are suing Kedar Entertainment Group for $1 million each, claiming the label failed to spend promised marketing dollars and shorted them...
Janet Jackson Partners with BMG for Upcoming Comeback Album
Janet Jackson partners with BMG for her first album in seven years, launching her own Rhythm Nation label. The comeback album drops Fall 2015 with...
Cultural Leaders Partner on Gun Violence Prevention
Over 25 cultural influencers including Russell Simmons and 60 U.S. Mayors joined the first National Gun Violence Awareness Day, wearing orange to honor lives lost...
Janet Jackson NOT signed to Atlantic Records
Janet Jackson is not signed to Atlantic Records as reported, but is actually signed to BMG Distribution. No new single or summer release has been...
Warner Music: Streaming Beats Downloads Last Quarter
Warner Music Group becomes first major label to earn more from streaming than downloads. CEO reports 33% streaming growth in Q2, marking historic shift in...
NBCUniversal Music & Pictures Launch Music Site
NBCUniversal Music and Universal Pictures launched NBCUniversalMusic.com, a new platform for music supervisors and agencies to search their century-old film catalog....
DeDe McGuire’s K104 All White Empire Party Pics
DeDe McGuire's K104 morning show hosted an Empire-themed All White Party in Dallas featuring cast members from the hit TV series....
“Empire:” Writers Help Round out Winning Concept
No matter what the naysayers say about image, (some of us are NEVER satisfied) Empire is still climbing the charts as an out-of-the-box smash and...
Epic Records Posts $2M Bail for Bobby Shmurda
Epic Records is expected to post $2 million bail for rapper Bobby Shmurda following his arrest on serious charges including drugs, guns, and murder....
Bobby Shmurda Epic Records Performance Resurfaces
I saw this video a couple of weeks ago. I noticed it was removed. It would not have been hard to see who was video...
Chief Keef dropped by Interscope, Calls Staff “Whitehonkies”
Chief Keef was reportedly dropped by Interscope Records two weeks ago. The rapper criticized the label's new staff after Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre's departure....
T.J. Martell Foundation Family Day Performers
T.J. Martell Foundation announces Bleachers, Us The Duo, and Bea Miller for its 15th Annual Family Day charity event on September 28, 2014 at Hammerstein...
Capitol Music Group Names New SVP, Label Sales
Vince Szydlowski appointed Senior Vice President of Label Sales at Capitol Music Group. He brings seven years of experience from Universal Music Group Distribution....
