After almost 30 years at Island Records in the UK, Darcus Beese is heading to the US to head up the American label.
Beese, one of the best-known and most ...
Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced an exclusive international recording agreement with Kris Wu, one of Asia’s biggest stars.
Under the agreement, Wu's future music will be released internationally, excluding ...
Annie Christensen has been captivated by Sigrid ever since a bumper package of demos landed in her inbox some time in 2016.
Island’s senior A&R director flew directly back in ...
Annie Christensen, Senior A&R manager, Island Records“I’ve never really felt a group of people on a campaign be so in tune. It’s testament to her and the music she ...
Sigrid Solbakk Raabe is sitting at the piano in her family home in Ålesund, Norway.
Outside the small, white wooden house, which was built in 1903, snow blankets the garden ...
In the new issue of Music Week, we go on the road with Norwegian pop sensation Sigrid and hear from her team, from Island president Darcus Beese to her ...
Island Records and Vertigo Releasing are partnering on the UK and Ireland release of British crime thriller The Intent 2: The Come Up.
The film, which is the prequel to ...
Island president Darcus Beese has welcomed two new appointments to the major’s Urban Division.
As exclusively revealed in the new issue of Music Week, out now, Johnny Brocklehurst and ...
Island Records’ head of urban, Alex Boateng, has told Music Week that his two new Urban Division hires represent “the final pieces of the puzzle”.
The Urban Division, which was ...
With the single climbing the Top 10 in the latest midweeks, Man’s Not Hot is rapidly becoming a comedy grime phenomenon as total sales to date hit 337,031, according ...
