After meeting thousands of musical artists and industry execs over my career, I can safely say the single biggest key to a successful long run in music is to never stop being a fan. Of course there ...

Sony Music’s AWAL and Italy-based Artist First have inked a partnership pact covering distribution, promotion, and more. AWAL ...

Independent Italian distributor, record label and services company Artist First has announced a new strategic partnership with global artist development company AWAL.

Kobalt announced on Thursday its AWAL distribution and label services company will invest $150 million into building artists' careers, make 100 new hires to its staff and unveil a new line of… By ...

Artist First will offer local marketing and promotional services to AWAL artists looking to break into the Italian market.

Following Sony Music’s acquisition of AWAL earlier this week, Music Week decided to mark the occasion with a celebration of the indie giant’s biggest records. Based on Official Charts Company data, we ...

The trio was promoted following a hot start to 2025 with successes for CMAT, Little Simz and more. By Thomas Smith After a recent run of successes, AWAL has announced a series of executive promotions ...

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) recently received clearance for their purchase of Kobalt Music Group’s independent label and distributor AWAL. What does Sony want with an indie label, anyway? Well, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Competition authorities in the United Kingdom have begun an investigation into Sony Music Entertainment’s purchase of the AWAL and ...

Artists Without a Label, started by two musicians formerly signed to Polydor, are tackling the murky issue of digital royalty payments – and revealing some startling disparities There was a time when ...

Many years before “uberisation” became shorthand for disruption across a plethora of industries, the music business was arguably an early poster-child for being caught short by the rise of technology.