After years languishing in label limbo, RAYE struck out on her own — and with her megaambitious recent album, she’s riding her independence toward global superstardom. THE OTHER DAY, RAYE WAS rewatching one of her old interviews. On screen,...
Billboard’s annual list — led by Executives of the Year Tim Putnam and Zena White of Partisan Records — celebrates the most influential record labels, distribution companies and associations in the independent space today. THE NIGHT...
French music company Believe spent the last 20 years building a local-music empire around the world. Can it succeed in the United States? ON A BITTERLY COLD, BLUSTERY PARISIAN evening, 17,000 people are packed into the Accor Arena on the banks of...
Five prominent artists recount the long and winding roads that led them to independence — and what they learned on the way. Bebe Rexha The pop singer signed to Warner Records more than a decade ago, releasing her first three albums on the...
