It’s time to take stock at the end of one of the busiest years the music business has seen in recent memory. Our special end of year review looks back ...
Warner Chappell Music UK has partnered with dance label Defected Records to launch a new joint venture.
WCM UK will now exclusively administer the publishing roster and catalogue of Defected ...
Andy Daniell is rejoining Defected Records as director of music.
Effective from this month, Daniell will report to CEO Wez Saunders, with a remit to oversee the label’s entire ...
2024 is a big year for house music institution Defected. As well as marking 25 years in business, the independent company is looking ahead with its Defected 2.0 manifesto. ...
For a quarter of a century now, Defected Records have operated at the beating heart of the dance music world. To kickstart its 25th anniversary celebrations, CEO Wez Saunders, joined ...
For our latest issue, Music Week is excited to welcome the industry's newest superstar, Tyla, to our cover.
In the wake of releasing her viral smash hit Water in ...
PPL paid out £279.6 million to 165,000 performers and recording rights-holders in 2023.
It marks an increase of £34.9 million (14.3%) on the previous year, and is the highest annual ...
Defected has promoted Melvo Baptiste to director of music, Glitterbox, overseeing the label’s recordings schedule, talent and curation across its global repertoire of events into 2024 and beyond.
Baptiste steps ...
The Circuit Group and Defected have formed a strategic partnership, Music Week can reveal.
Music Week reported on the launch of The Circuit Group – a collective of artist managers ...
Defected Records has partnered with LabelRadar, the demo submission platform within The Beatport Group’s Music Services division.
Through LabelRadar, Defected Records is now welcoming demo submissions from artists worldwide here ...
