RCA Records has announced a new partnership and label deal with Loud Robot, the record label from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, to release new musical talent.
To kick off this partnership, Nnena, the first musical signing to Loud Robot, today releases a brand-new track and video for “Heart Moan,” the second track from her forthcoming debut EP “Bipolar Af,” which is set for release on June 25. Other new artist signings to Loud Robot/RCA Records will be announced soon.
Rapper-singer-songwriter Nnena Adigwe was born in Cleveland to Nigerian parents. A former basketball player, she began writing comedic sketches during college which led to more full-fledged projects that required music. Rather than pay licensing fees, she decided to do it herself.
RCA COO John Fleckenstein said, “Nnena is such a talent. Full of personality, stories and song. We are thrilled to announce her debut! And I cannot imagine a more...
To kick off this partnership, Nnena, the first musical signing to Loud Robot, today releases a brand-new track and video for “Heart Moan,” the second track from her forthcoming debut EP “Bipolar Af,” which is set for release on June 25. Other new artist signings to Loud Robot/RCA Records will be announced soon.
Rapper-singer-songwriter Nnena Adigwe was born in Cleveland to Nigerian parents. A former basketball player, she began writing comedic sketches during college which led to more full-fledged projects that required music. Rather than pay licensing fees, she decided to do it herself.
RCA COO John Fleckenstein said, “Nnena is such a talent. Full of personality, stories and song. We are thrilled to announce her debut! And I cannot imagine a more...
- 6/11/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Kelly Clarkson is clearing the air. The "Piece by Piece" singer gave an interview to Australia's Kyle & Jackie O Show and said her label once "blackmailed" her to work with Dr. Luke, who is embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with Kesha, who claims he drugged and sexually assaulted her while working together. Clarkson currently works with RCA, so many believed she was talking about that record company. It turns out she wasn't, as she clarified her comments on Twitter Tuesday. "Want to clarify that my current regime at @RCARecords is not the same one who forced me to work w/Dr. Luke," she wrote. "Peter Edge is rad & a good dude!" Edge is the chairman and CEO...
- 3/8/2016
- E! Online
One Direction are reportedly at the centre of a record label bidding war in the Us. The X Factor boyband are said to have attracted some of the biggest names in the North American music industry. Meetings are being held this week between their management and label bosses to determine which contract the boys will sign, reports The Sun. According to the tabloid, the bidding will start tomorrow when One Direction's manager Richard Griffiths will meet with RCA Records CEO Peter Edge, Columbia chairman Rob Stringer and Epic boss La Reid in Los Angeles. One Direction (more)...
- 10/11/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
“American Idol” Season Nine winner Lee DeWyze might not be having a “Beautiful Day” now that he’s been dropped by RCA Records, according to both Popdust and The Hollywood Reporter. DeWyze hasn’t been much of a money-maker ala Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia and Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery; according to Popdust, DeWyze’s debut album, “Live It Up,” which was released November 2010, sold only 168,000 copies, whereas McCreery’s debut album, “Clear As Day,” is expected to sell 175,000 copies in its first week alone, already selling more than DeWyze’s debut album. According to RCA CEO Peter Edge, successful “American Idol” winners have to have the right songs to stay on top....
- 10/9/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
Lee DeWyze has been dropped by RCA Records. The record label's CEO Peter Edge confirmed that the Season 9 American Idol winner is no longer working with the company, reveals The Hollywood Reporter. A rep for DeWyze has said that the singer is "in a good place right now", insisting that he is looking forward to a number of exciting projects. Meanwhile, Edge said of American Idol contestants' inconsistent success: "The best Idol results come from doing great A&R (artists and repertoire). The TV platform provides amazing coverage, but if you don't have the right songs, it doesn't really mean a whole hell of a lot. "We've seen American Idol winners come and go in a heartbeat, and we've seen them have great records, like Kelly Clarkson, starting with 'Since U Been (more)...
- 10/6/2011
- by By Tara Fowler
- Digital Spy
Season-nine winner's album was lowest-selling by show champ.
By Gil Kaufman
Lee DeWyze
Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images
Season-nine "American Idol" winner Lee DeWyze has set a couple of records since taking home the title two years ago over dreadlocked rival Crystal Bowersox. Unfortunately for him, though, they're not the kinds you want to brag about.
After landing the worst-selling debut album from an "Idol" winner in history, the soft-spoken rocker has quietly been dumped by his label, RCA Records, after just one release.
The singer and former paint-store clerk failed to catch fire with an audience while selling just 168,000 copies of his 2010 major-label bow, Live It Up. With only sporadic touring and no single topping the charts, DeWyze was largely off the radar in the months following the album's release as he kept a much lower profile than previous winners. He becomes only the second "Idol" winner to be dropped after a single album,...
By Gil Kaufman
Lee DeWyze
Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images
Season-nine "American Idol" winner Lee DeWyze has set a couple of records since taking home the title two years ago over dreadlocked rival Crystal Bowersox. Unfortunately for him, though, they're not the kinds you want to brag about.
After landing the worst-selling debut album from an "Idol" winner in history, the soft-spoken rocker has quietly been dumped by his label, RCA Records, after just one release.
The singer and former paint-store clerk failed to catch fire with an audience while selling just 168,000 copies of his 2010 major-label bow, Live It Up. With only sporadic touring and no single topping the charts, DeWyze was largely off the radar in the months following the album's release as he kept a much lower profile than previous winners. He becomes only the second "Idol" winner to be dropped after a single album,...
- 10/6/2011
- MTV Music News
Brandy has inked a new recording contract. The singer and Drop Dead Diva actress is expected to release her sixth studio LP under the deal - a joint venture between RCA Records and producer Breyon Prescott's Chameleon Records - in early 2012. Chief executive of RCA Music Group Peter Edge said in a statement: "Throughout her career, Brandy has consistently won the vote as everyone's favorite female vocalist. "I am sure that in her next chapter at RCA and in partnership with Breyon Prescott, we will record her most exciting music to date." Brandy also expressed her excitement over her new relationship with RCA, adding: "This is truly a blessing. (more)...
- 8/23/2011
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
Brandy aims to drop her sixth solo album on RCA Records early next year.
By Rob Markman
Brandy
Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Images
Everyone loves a comeback, and R&B singer Brandy is looking to make her return to music after a near-three-year hiatus.
It was December 2008 when the singer released her last album, Human, and now, according to the Los Angeles Times, Brandy has signed a deal with RCA Records and producer Breyon Prescott's Chameleon Records to release her sixth album. The LP is tentatively scheduled for an early 2012 drop.
"Throughout her career, Brandy has consistently won the vote as everyone's favorite female vocalist," Peter Edge, chief executive of RCA Music Group, said in a statement. "I am sure that in her next chapter at RCA and in partnership with Breyon Prescott, we will record her most exciting music to date."
"This is truly a blessing," Brandy said in a statement.
By Rob Markman
Brandy
Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Images
Everyone loves a comeback, and R&B singer Brandy is looking to make her return to music after a near-three-year hiatus.
It was December 2008 when the singer released her last album, Human, and now, according to the Los Angeles Times, Brandy has signed a deal with RCA Records and producer Breyon Prescott's Chameleon Records to release her sixth album. The LP is tentatively scheduled for an early 2012 drop.
"Throughout her career, Brandy has consistently won the vote as everyone's favorite female vocalist," Peter Edge, chief executive of RCA Music Group, said in a statement. "I am sure that in her next chapter at RCA and in partnership with Breyon Prescott, we will record her most exciting music to date."
"This is truly a blessing," Brandy said in a statement.
- 8/23/2011
- MTV Music News
L.A. band is set to release What Did You Think Was Going To Happen? in September.
By Jocelyn Vena
2Am Club
Photo: MTV News
This September, L.A. outfit 2Am Club will release their debut studio album, What Did You Think Was Going To Happen? and for it, the guys hit the studio with a number of top-grade producers including former Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison and hip-hop producer No ID, who they say helped shape one "ridiculous" track for their album.
"The beginning of the No ID collaboration is he had a track [and] we did our album with an A&R guy named Peter Edge, who worked with Alicia keys and D'Angelo and has done a bunch of amazing records over the last few years," 2 Am-er Tyler Cordy explained to MTV News. "And we just heard it one day and it was ridiculous. And it always had been there.
By Jocelyn Vena
2Am Club
Photo: MTV News
This September, L.A. outfit 2Am Club will release their debut studio album, What Did You Think Was Going To Happen? and for it, the guys hit the studio with a number of top-grade producers including former Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison and hip-hop producer No ID, who they say helped shape one "ridiculous" track for their album.
"The beginning of the No ID collaboration is he had a track [and] we did our album with an A&R guy named Peter Edge, who worked with Alicia keys and D'Angelo and has done a bunch of amazing records over the last few years," 2 Am-er Tyler Cordy explained to MTV News. "And we just heard it one day and it was ridiculous. And it always had been there.
- 8/30/2010
- MTV Music News
Want to hear Alicia Keys’ “The Element of Freedom” a week before it’s in stores? That’s simple—just “friend” the artist on Facebook. Starting today, the album is streaming in its entirety on her Facebook fan page using Involver technology. If you’re not a fan yet, you’re just a click away. “The Element of Freedom” is Keys’ fourth studio album. Keys executive produced the set along with Jeff Robinson, Peter Edge and Kerry “Krucial” Brothers. The set includes first single, “Doesn’t Mean Anything,” which peaked at No. 14 on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart,”...
- 12/7/2009
- Hitfix
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