Defected promotes Melvo Baptiste to director of music at Glitterbox

Defected has promoted Melvo Baptiste to director of music, Glitterbox, overseeing the label’s recordings schedule, talent and curation across its global repertoire of events into 2024 and beyond. Baptiste steps into his new role after seven years at Defected as part of the A&R team. He has also presented and ...

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Reactional Music partners with Defected Records to bring dance music to games

Reactional Music has signed an agreement with Defected Records to bring dance music to games. Reactional is driving musical experiences in gaming, connecting the two sectors creatively, commercially ...

Leap year: Breaking down Taylor Swift's numbers and chart records for 1989 (Taylor's Version)

Taylor Swift has done it again. After scoring the biggest opening week of 2022 with Midnights (204,501 sales in October last year), Swift has come out on top ...

Taylor Swift has the biggest opening week sales of the year so far

Taylor Swift races towards her eleventh UK No.1 album with 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which has the biggest opening week sales of the year already with 147,683 sales ...

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