Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Tom Ley Israel ...

The relationship between artists and record labels in Nigeria has often been fraught with tension and misunderstandings. As the music industry continues to flourish, gaining international ...

Chappell Roan won best new artist at the Grammys and used her speech to hold record labels accountable. After thanking her friends, family and team, the “Good Luck, Babe!” singer said ...

Chappell Roan called out the record labels during her acceptance speech at the 2025 Grammy Awards. The singer took the stage at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to accept her first Grammy after ...

In her speech accepting the award for new artist at the 67th Grammys on Sunday, Chappell Roan called on record labels to do right by their artists. Roan, who rose to fame last year with her hits ...

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“If my label had prioritised it, I could have been provided care for a company I was giving everything to. Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and ...

CREDIT: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Chappell Roan has won the Best New Artist award at the ongoing 67th Grammy Awards, and her speech took aim at record labels by talking ...

“If my label would have prioritized artists’ health I could have been provided care by a company I was giving everything to,” Roan continued. “So record labels need to treat their artists ...

Instead, the “Good Luck, Babe!” singer used her moment onstage to call out record labels for not providing emerging artists with livable wages.Reading aloud from the journal in her hands ...

As the 26-year-old singer took the stage at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to accept her first Grammy for Best New Artist, the "Pink Pony Club" winner used her time to call out record labels.