Island Records In The News

Spotify expands into six new countries, including Venezuela and Iraq

Spotify is now available in 184 markets

Vevo unveils 2022’s Artists To Watch, partners with MBW to showcase rising stars

Leading global video platform reveals first influential tastemaker list of the year

Karen Kwak named Executive Vice President/Head of A&R at Warner Records

Exec to join the company on November 1

Billy Porter signs with Island UK and Republic Records

Porter has also released a new single entitled, Children

Abbey Road turns 90: Iconic London studios to host free two-day festival to celebrate anniversary

Studios to open doors for free, two-day festival on November 11 and 12

Raleigh Music Publishing buys Lee Morris catalog including hit Blue Velvet, recorded by Bobby Vinton and others

Bobby Vinton's version of Morris’s song Blue Velvet topped the Billboard in 1963

Clive Black joins Primary Wave in the UK to focus on catalog acquisitions of ‘iconic and legendary song writers’

'Clive is a force in the music industry in the UK,' says Larry Mestel, Founder & CEO of Primary Wave Music

Irving Azoff and Tim Leiweke’s Oak View Group expands into Canada

New deal marks OVG’s first development property in Canada