Republic Records In The News

Grammys drop ‘Urban’ from R&B category amongst new rules that ‘reflect the current state of the music industry.’

'Best Urban Contemporary Album' category renamed 'Best Progressive R&B Album' amongst other changes

Republic Records dumps the word ‘urban’ from its company vocabulary

Management company Milk & Honey 'eliminated' word from its company dealings yesterday

Universal commits $25m fund to support the black community in ‘first phase’ of global company Task Force

Jeff Harleston and Ethiopia Habtemariam head up company Task Force aiming to enact "lasting change"

Music business set for ‘Black Out Tuesday’ to ‘provoke accountability’ in wake of George Floyd death

Universal, Sony and Warner labels will all cease business activity on Tuesday

‘You can buy No.1s on Billboard’: Tekashi 6ix9ine claims 30,000 Ariana Grande single sales were purchased using 6 credit cards

Rapper lets the accusations fly as he misses out on Hot 100 No.1 record

Katina Bynum named Executive Vice President of East Coast Labels, Urban at Universal Music Enterprises

Bynum was previously Senior Vice President, Marketing at Cash Money/Young Money/Republic Records.

Scooter Braun is a songwriter now, with credit on new Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber single

Braun is credited on Stuck With U, and has previously gotten a songwriting nod on Justin Bieber's Purpose

Artists can now pitch for songs from BMG songwriters as company opens up ‘myBMG’ app

Artists can submit written briefs or videos to BMG’s roster of songwriters