TikTok has already achieved massive influence in today’s music industry, sending songs that find popularity on the app to the top of the Billboard charts. Now the company is launching its own music ...

Sony Music-owned music distribution company AWAL has launched in India and South Asia, following the acquisition of OKListen, a digital music platform for independent artists and record labels. Based ...

The deal gives UMG exclusive global distribution and publishing rights for Excel's film and TV soundtracks moving forward. By Dan Rys The Universal Music Group has kicked off 2026 with the first big ...

As part of the deal, which values Excel at $290 million, Universal Music Group will receive global rights to all future original soundtracks attached to projects produced by the fast-growing Indian ...

Universal Music Group’s Indian division has secured a significant minority stake in one of Bollywood’s leading production houses, gaining global soundtrack rights in the process, it was confirmed on ...

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L-R: Sanujeet Bhujabal (MD, Universal Music India), Farhan Akhtar (Co-Founder Excel Entertainment), Ritesh Sidhwani ( Co-Founder Excel Entertainment), Devraj Sanyal (Chairman & CEO Universal Music ...