Erica Campbell‘s record label is suing its former distributor, claiming it was never sent a single royalty statement across three albums and more than 113 million streams.
My Block Records, the label founded by Campbell’s husband, producer Warryn Campbell, filed the lawsuit against SRG/ILS Group in New York federal court on Thursday (September 17).
The label is seeking damages in excess of USD $1 million, plus interest and legal fees, and has demanded a jury trial.
The complaint against the Norwalk, Connecticut-based company, reviewed by MBW, can be read in full here.
SRG/ILS is an independent distribution and label services company that operates in partnership with Universal Music Group‘s Virgin Music Group.
According to the complaint, My Block signed a licensing agreement with SRG in October 2021 covering distribution of the label’s master recordings.
The two sides amended that deal in September 2022, with SRG taking a higher distribution fee in return for marketing support on several projects.
The complaint details three albums released under the arrangement, and My Block says it was not accounted for on any of them.
The first was Brand New, the 2022 debut album from Lena Byrd Miles, whose single WOW (Walk on Water) reached No. 1 on Billboard‘s Gospel Airplay chart in May 2023.
The filing puts that album at over 5 million streams and over USD $50,000 in gross sales.
Next came Four Walls from The Walls Group, released in February 2023, which the complaint credits with over 53 million streams and over USD $330,000 in gross sales.
Campbell’s own I Love You followed in September 2023, and is listed in the filing at over 55 million streams and over USD $360,000 in gross sales.
That record was nominated for Best Gospel Album at the 66th Grammy Awards, while its single Feel Alright (Blessed) was nominated for Best Gospel Performance/Song.
The complaint uses near-identical wording on all three releases.
“To date, SRG has not provided Block with any royalty statements relating to the release of the album I Love You,” it reads.
“Block’s album releases Brand New, Four Walls, and I Love You sold over 113 Million streams between 2022-2024 and generated over One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in sales,” the complaint states.
The gross sales figures the filing cites for the three albums individually total around USD $740,000, though it describes each as a minimum. The complaint also says SRG failed to account for “other releases,” naming the 2019 compilation Warryn Campbell Presents My Block Inc.
The complaint adds: “SRG has never provided Block a royalty statement. Due to SRG’s breaches, Block has been harmed in its business.”
Beyond the missing statements, My Block alleges that SRG did not spend what it had committed to spend on marketing.
“SRG failed to spend contractual marketing amounts allocated for Block’s releases and has failed to provide receipts or evidence of marketing spends for Block albums,” the filing states. “… SRG failed to obtain approval of expenses associated with Block releases.”
The two companies terminated their agreements in December 2023, according to the complaint, though SRG kept the right to distribute the label’s releases through March 1, 2024.
The filing claims that winding down the deal did not release SRG from its obligation to keep paying royalties, and that no statements arrived during that final period either.
SRG/ILS was formed through a merger of SoNo Recording Group and The ILS Group in 2017, and is led by CEO Claude Villani, who is named in the complaint as the company’s owner.
Its relationship with Universal‘s independent label and artist services arm dates back to 2015 – predating both that merger and the Virgin Music Group name, which UMG launched in 2022.
The partnership was extended in May 2024, across a roster that has included Brian McKnight, Chaka Khan, and Lalah Hathaway.
The dispute lands in one of the faster-growing corners of the US market: Christian/Gospel was the second-fastest-growing genre in the country in 2025, according to Luminate data reported by MBW, adding 0.25 percentage points of market share and drawing 30 billion streams.
SRG has pushed back on the claims. In a statement to Billboard, the company said it had made “repeated efforts” to engage My Block and its representatives over the orderly transition of masters, accounting, and payments since the distribution deal ended, adding that it had kept a comprehensive record of those communications and was confident the facts and documentation would provide important context to the allegations.
It is at least the second royalty claim brought against SRG this year.
R&B singer Kenny Lattimore sued the distributor in February 2026 over royalties on his 2021 album Here to Stay, a claim SRG has denied and is contesting in court.
MBW has approached SRG/ILS Group for comment.Music Business Worldwide
