Top executives from Billboard's Indie Power Players list and beyond weigh in on how the independent music sector has changed over the past few years.
Merlin will provide Nina with music, API-backed operational infrastructure, and support and mentorship, including collaboration with Merlin members.
Independent artists and labels had a 46.7% share of the global recorded music business in 2023, according to a new MIDiA Research report — 11 points higher than their U.S. share.
As many major labels undergo seismic shifts, the Scottish artist opens up about her own rocky road through the U.S. label system -- and reveals how she finally gained control.
The Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts will develop and promote research to "underscore the significant economic, social and cultural value of music" for policymakers.
As they launch their traveling exhibition commemorating three decades of indie music, Hopeless founder/CEO Louis Posen and GM Ian Harrison look back at the label’s history.
Probably. But executives say it shouldn’t be taken lightly.
“We prefer recording artists and producers maintain the freedom to choose whether to deliver a spatial mix, without being financially penalized,” one indie label exec says.
The Other Songs, Facet Records and Good Boy Records are trying to start a record label revolution by looking after the songwriters that power their releases.
Jimmy Humilde, CEO of Rancho Humilde; Federico Lauria, CEO of Dale Play Records, and George Prajin, CEO of Prajin Parley, talk about their success at Billboard Latin Music Week 2023.
