News Virgin Music renews multi-year deal with Brazilian label GR6 The agreement continues a relationship that began in 2020 between the Universal Music Group-owned music distributor and the São Paulo-based label.
News Cindy Gu appointed General Manager of Southeast Asia for Virgin Music Group Gu comes to Virgin from Fabled Records and has a long portfolio of hits counting billions of streams
News Virgin Music Group inks global partnership deal with Michael Goldstone and Thaddeus Rudd’s Mom+Pop Mom+Pop is fully owned by founder Michael Goldstone and co-owner Thaddeus Rudd.
Interviews ‘We are the home for the modern African music entrepreneur.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Olukorede 'Kay' Ikazoboh, Head of Nigeria for Virgin Music Group
News IMPALA welcomes EU’s Downtown deal probe; UMG remains ‘confident’ $775M acquisition will close in H2 2025 IMPALA represents 6,000+ independent music companies in Europe
News Hannah Thompson-Waitt promoted to SVP, Commercial Strategy, at Virgin Music Group Exec previously served as Vice President of Commercial Strategy
News Adrian Pope named EVP Digital Business & Global Partner Relations at Virgin Music Group Virgin describes Pope as a “pioneer in the development of the digital music business”
News Virgin Music Group expands presence in Africa, partnering with Ghana-based services company RainLabs The partnership's goal is to ensure that the music of African artists “reaches global audiences and achieves lasting success"
News Virgin Music Group strikes global distro deal with India’s Hungama Digital Media The collaboration aims to leverage Hungama's entertainment network and Virgin's global distribution to create opportunities for Indian artists worldwide
News Partisan, the independent label home of IDLES and Blondshell, inks global distribution deal with Virgin Music Group Partisan is home to artists such as IDLES, Blondshell, PJ Harvey, Cigarettes After Sex, Laura Marling, Ezra Collective, and more
Analysis News From Ed Sheeran’s copyright appeal win to the asset-backed securities boom… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Range Music Publishing inks exclusive global admin deal with Universal Music Publishing The partnership expands Range Media’s existing relationships with UMG, which includes collaborations with Capitol and Virgin
News Three Norwegian labels merge to form Sounds Like Gold label, partnering with Virgin Music Group The combined indie labels have the 'potential to be a real game changer' in the Nordic markets
News Riot Games partners with Virgin Music for ‘Arcane’ season 2 OST Arcane's season one soundtrack proved to be a major commercial and critical success
News Virgin Music Group partners with Japan’s Frontier Works for anime music projects The global anime market has seen explosive growth in recent years.