Dance music is on a roll right now.
Singles classified as dance by the Official Charts Company have been at No.1 for 11 out of the last 16 weeks. Top ...
Dance music execs have spoken to Music Week about their ambitions to build on the streaming boom.
Exclusive analysis of Official Charts Company data has revealed the growing power of ...
It’s a time of change at Defected Records, and the indie’s latest move is a plan to “set a new industry” standard for royalty rates.
Wez Saunders, who was recently ...
Wez Saunders has acquired dance label and music group Defected, Music Week can reveal. The independent label was launched in 1999 by Simon Dunmore.
Following the management buyout by the ...
It's a new era at dance music label Defected, as the company has been acquired by Wez Saunders in a management buyout. To mark the big news revealed by ...
ADA’s Howard Corner has hailed “maverick visionary” Central Cee.
It follows ADA’s victory at the Music Week Awards 2022 in the Label/Artist Services Company Of The Year category.
Defected Records has appointed music radio specialist Sarah Beaumont as A&R for burgeoning off-shoot D4 D4NCE.
Sarah Beaumont, who spent 16 years at the BBC, was previously co-music lead ...
Defected Records has announced two new internal roles.
The company has promoted Scarlett Pares Landells to head of communications & promotion, while Amanda Hamilton has been upped to events/production & ...
Defected has renewed its deals with ADA and BMG, Music Week can reveal. The new deals with both companies run until 2024.
The news follows the London-based house music label’s ...
Dance music has been booming during the Covid-19 pandemic.
With clubbing, Ibiza and festivals off the agenda, DJ livestreams have become big business. Music publishers have also speculated on ...
