Warner Music Group owner Len Blavatnik was smart enough to spark a public offering last month — and wise enough to put it on ice this week. Blavatnik, the Ukranian-born billionaire who presciently purchased Warner Music Group back in 2011, savvily deci…
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Megan Thee Stallion Says Her Label Is Blocking the Release of New Music
Texas rapper Megan Thee Stallion says renegotiating her contract has led to a nasty dispute with her label. Her upcoming album, Suga, is due to release on May 2. That release may not be happening after one of her labels put a freeze on those plans. The…
Juicy J Slams Columbia Records In New Song — ‘F*k Columbia Records’
Juicy J posted — then deleted—a vicious Columbia Records diss track. And if the title and lyrics of rapper Juicy J’s newest single are any indication, he’s not a very big fan of his record label. On the heels of a few strongly worded (and highly criti…
Universal Music Reshuffles Its Leadership Deck In India
Universal Music Group (UMG) has made several personnel changes to the leadership teams within Universal Music India (UMI). In a breakdown of the changes emailed to DMN this morning, UMI described the changes as part of an ongoing effort to “reinforce” …
BTS label Big Hit Entertainment Is Rapidly Moving Forward With IPO Plans
It seems that BTS label Big Hit Entertainment will be going public much sooner than anticipated. After being valued at over $1 billion last summer (a figure that, though impressive at the time, has since been proven to be far too low), Big Hit execs i…
Storied Chrysalis Records Reemerges as a Frontline Label
Fifty-two years after its founding, the storied Chrysalis Records is reemerging as a frontline label. The record company’s officials announced today that their brand would relaunch as part of an agreement with Partisan Records, a Brooklyn-based indepen…
YG’s 4Hunnid Label Inks a Joint Venture Deal With Epic/Sony
Rapper YG has inked a JV deal between his label, 4Hunnid, and Sony Music Entertainment’s Epic Records. Per a deal first tipped by Variety this (Wednesday) morning, the Compton rapper will tie with Epic/Sony on all future works. The deal spans distribut…
AMW Group Offers Top Music Label Services for Musicians and Record Labels
The music and entertainment industry has experienced a noticeable decline in the way its traditional record label and entertainment houses were initially set up to capitalize on the creative talents of the artists and musicians it signed. The following…
2019’s US-Based Streaming Music Market Was Larger Than the Entire Recorded Music Market in 2017
According to a detailed report shared this (Tuesday) afternoon by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 2019 brought a substantial uptick in US-based music industry revenue. Streaming catapulted the double-digit gains; the format is now…
Believe, Nuclear Blast Launch ‘Blood Blast Distribution’ — Specializing in ‘Extreme Music’
Is genre-specialized music distribution next? Believe and Nuclear Blast Records are cutting the ribbon on Blood Blast Distribution — for those that prefer the more brutal side of things. Nuclear Blast Records has long been a force in the extreme metal …