Universal Music Group has agreed an “expansive”, long-term partnership with The Weeknd.
The Weeknd is one of the most commercially successful artists of the streaming era and has topped IFPI’s ...
Republic Records has upped both Wendy Goldstein and Jim Roppo to the position of co-president.
LA-based Goldstein has served as president of West Coast Creative since 2019. New York-based Roppo ...
Billy Porter has signed a joint partnership agreement with Island UK and Republic Records.
The Emmy and Tony-winning actor, singer, director, composer, playwright and author has confirmed the first single, ...
Global has appointed radio programming specialist Sharon Dastur as senior programming & content advisor. She will report to James Rea, Global’s director of broadcasting.
Dastur will serve as an ...
Universal Music Greater China (UMGC) and Republic Records have announced the launch of Republic Records China. It’s the first international label division of Republic Records to launch worldwide.
Republic Records ...
UMG has announced the launch of Universal Arabic Music (UAM), a newly-created label dedicated to discovering, introducing and championing the artists and musical culture of the Middle East & North ...
DistroKid has unveiled Upstream, a new product that provides record labels and artists looking to be signed with a new method to find each other.
Upstream allows artists using DistroKid ...
When Taylor Swift announced she was dropping a surprise, indie-folk album at less than 24 hours notice, it was a huge departure from her usual modus operandi.
Could Swift ...
Universal Music Greater China’s 19-year old pop singer Linong Chen has scored China’s fastest selling debut album of 2020.
The star’s debut Unbelonging has broken several chart records ...
The Grammys has dropped the term ‘urban’ in its awards categories.
The Recording Academy said that the latest changes to the rules and guidelines for the awards reflected its “ongoing ...
