Record labels have been around for decades and, for a long time, being signed to one meant that an artist made it in the music industry. But what does a label actually do, how do they make a profit ...

Record labels have played a pivotal role in the music industry for decades, providing artists with the resources, support and exposure needed to succeed in a highly competitive field. While the music ...

Record labels exist to sell music from artists who only receive a small percentage of profits unless they run their own labels. Usually major labels finance manufacturing and distribution costs and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chappell Roan demanded that record labels provide a living wage and health care to developing artists while accepting her Best New ...

Since the pandemic began, every record labels’ marketing team has been throwing around the same buzzword phrase: “getting creative.” Traditional album marketing tactics like touring — which is ...

One of the key tenets of my advising firm is the concept of “The Mirror of Desire.” We walk all of our clients through this exercise to help them differentiate between “Product” and “Purpose.” In ...

How do you build a fanbase? Are 360 Deals really that scary? Should you sign a record deal? We spoke with music power players about the pros, cons, purpose, and functions of record labels, A&RS and, ...

What's left of the old record/music business model? Brick and mortar "record" stores are going away, and commercial radio doesn't play a lot of new music. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

This weekend, the Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based record label Numero Group will celebrate its twentieth anniversary with two nights of live shows at downtown L.A.’s Palace Theater. The fact that ...

In honor of Power Players week, Billboard's Hip-Hop team celebrates the legendary hip-hop labels that molded the superstars we love. As Hip-Hop shaped the sound of the streets and transformed the ...

The world's largest instrumental musicians union sued Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group in Manhattan federal court ...

AI music startup Suno has raised a $400 million Series D round at a $5.4 billion valuation — more than double its previous round — even as it fights copyright lawsuits from the world's biggest record ...