Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Founded in 2023 by Andre Benz and Brandon De Oliveira, Broke Records is an independent record label, publisher, and distributor ...

Earlier this year, when TikTok and Universal Music Group locked horns over their licensing agreement — and the world’s largest music company removed nearly all of its artists and songwriters’ work ...

Universal Music Group revealed on Monday (March 16) that it has made a strategic investment in What the Duck (WTD), a prominent Thailand-based independent label. MBW understands that UMG has acquired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We’re not an independent label. We’re a pissed-off startup. That’s what I call it,” says producer Joey Moi, one of the three ...

The new label is part of a growing push among Latin music artists to take the independent route. Mexican superstar Danna has been in the music industry long enough to know: Labels could do more to ...

Speculation has been quietly bubbling in recent months about independent label Ninja Tune fielding acquisition interest.

Independent labels are no longer fringe players in the music industry—they’ve become a powerful global force in the recorded music economy. Independent labels have risen to a 35% share of the overall ...

Independents are so hot right now — and will be for the foreseeable future. According to a major survey commissioned by CNN, nearly half of all Americans — 44% — call themselves independents while ...

The week's most popular albums on independent labels, as compiled by Luminate, based on multi-metric consumption blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming (audio + video) ...

Independents are so hot right now — and will be for the foreseeable future. According to a major survey commissioned by CNN, nearly half of all Americans — 44% — call themselves independents while ...