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Greed, gaslighting and NDAs: How record labels get rich while artists suffer
Record sales were at an all-time high in 2024, and Spotify paid out $10bn in royalties - but most of that money is going to ...
Is Charley Crockett country music’s next big 40-year-old thing?
Charley Crockett strides into Studio 3 at Sunset Sound on a recent morning like a guy who’s never lived a day without long ...
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How Top Dawg Entertainment Became the Current Most Powerful Label in Hip-Hop
SZA has become a force to be reckoned with. Her triple-platinum sophomore album SOS debuted at No. 1 in 2022. The album ...
With the Top Artists, Global Scale, and Healthy Balance Sheet, Universal Music Is an Industry Titan
The evolution of the streaming business to an artist-centric model that pays the most popular music at a higher rate per stream will benefit the record labels, like Universal, which represents the ...
Social media sensation draws major attention from record labels
Being chronically online has paid off for rising star Esha Tewari, who now has record labels competing for her attention.
Why So Many Recording Artists Struggle to Get Health Insurance
In most label deals, artists sign as independent contractors. And while SAG-AFTRA counts around 3,500 recording musicians ...
Then and Now: The Shifting Artist-Label Dynamic Transforming the Music Industry
While this shift is giving artists more independence, the big caveat is they first have to prove themselves to the public.