Warner Records Sets Joint Venture with Steve "Steve-O" Carless' Defiant RecordsWarner Records has announced Defiant Records, a joint venture led by Steve “Steve-O” Carless, President of A&R, Warner Records. To help mark the occasion, the influential record executive and 2023 Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Power Player is proud to announce the release of Defiant Presents: Jiggy In Jersey (ft. MCVERTT), which pairs emerging producer and artist MCVERTT with rappers Bandmanrill and Sha EK, making for a project on the cutting edge of Jersey Club music, New York Drill—and Hip-Hop dance. The news also arrives with a scorching new video for MCVERTT's "Face Down" ft. A$AP Ferg and Sexyy Red.

Listen HERE via Defiant Records/Warner Records.

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Steven “Steve-O” Carless has held senior leadership roles and delivered commercial A&R success across the Major Label business - including Atlantic Records, Def Jam Recordings, Republic Records, and Uptown Records - before accepting the President of A&R role at Warner Records in September 2021. Across his career, he has guided the careers of culturally significant and iconic artists including Pusha-T, Big Sean, YG, 2 Chainz Nipsey Hussle and Polo G. Steven and Nipsey Hussle co-founded The Marathon Agency together and he continues to play a role in safeguarding the legacy and estate of Nipsey Hussle.

“Defiant will be filled with individuals who are always challenging the status quo, always going to be in an innovation phase of their career,” says Carless.  

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Warner Records launches Defiant Records joint venture with Steve ‘Steve-O’ CarlessCarless was named President of A&R at Warner Records in September 2021
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Local artists’ market share is rising on music services, and 3 other things we learned from Denis Ladegaillerie on Believe’s latest earnings callParis-headquartered music company published its financial results for the first half of 2023 on Wednesday (August 2)
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Alice Macedo Awarded 20th Annual peermusic Latin Music AwardBMI Foundation has named Miami-based singer-songwriter Alice Macedo the winner of the 2023 peermusic Latin Music Award. Macedo’s winning song, “Te Levo Comigo,” is a love song to her home country of Brazil.

Established in 2003 by peermusic CEO Ralph Peer II, the peermusic Latin Music Award is an annual competition for young songwriters and composers of Latin music. The award includes a $5,000 monetary prize for the best original song or instrumental composition in any Latin genre. For twenty years, this award has encouraged promising young musicians who have gone on to exciting careers in performance and songwriting.

In the last two decades, the award has recognized twenty emerging songwriting and composing talents who have gone on to careers as film and media composers, songwriters, actors, and performers. Notable past winners of the award include singer/actor Mane de la Parra and songwriter Daniela Blau. Judges for the award over the years have included composer Kike Santander, Latin Grammy President Gabriel Abaroa, composer Daniel Freiberg, producer Alcover, musician Linda Briceño, producer Andrés Saavedra, and musician Nicolás Junca from the band Monsieur Periné; and representatives have included superstars such as Juanes, Chayanne, and Prince Royce.

About the award, Macedo said, “I'm truly honored to receive this year's BMI Foundation Peermusic Latin Music Award! 'Te Levo Comigo' holds a special place in my heart, as it encapsulates the love I have for my country, Brazil, and how I carry it with me wherever I go. Working with my talented friends, Chella and Artur Vienna, to bring this song to life was an unforgettable experience, and to receive such recognition for a project that we poured our hearts into is the best feeling in the world. I'm so grateful for this achievement and look forward to continuing to create meaningful music that resonates with listeners.”

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Celebrating Fifty Years of Hip-HopAugust 11th is being celebrated as the 50th anniversary of the dawn of hip-hop. In honor of DJ Kool Herc's landmark block party, we've collected ten of the groundbreaking and influential albums that came out of that first decade of old-school rap.

Beck and Phoenix at the KIA ForumBeck and Phoenix played the KIA Forum Monday night (8/7) with Jenny Lewis and Sir Chloe. 

Following sets from Sir Chloe and Jenny Lewis, French Pop group Phoenix took the stage. This was their second performance there this year having played the iHeart Alter Ego earlier this year in January. Two days later they played an intimate show at the Majestic Ventura Theater and last year played across the street at the YouTube Theater. It was the group’s Grammy winning fourth album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) that they had breakthrough success with it being their first Gold album and it contained two of their major hits “1901” and “Lisztomania.” Phoenix performed on nearly every major late night show including Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan O’Brien (Tonight Show), Craig Ferguson, and David Letterman. Phoenix would have major success in the 2010’s playing Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and Daft Punk would be surprise guests at their Madison Square Garden Performance. Since the release of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, they have released three more albums with the most recent being Alpha Zulu (2022).

Phoenix opened with their Platinum single “Lisztomania.” The show features the same dual screen like a frame with another screen behind as it did on their tour last year. Phoenix played a 19-song set full of hits like “Entertainment” “If I Ever Feel Better,” and “Ti Amo.” “Everything is Everything” was played for the first time on this tour. The second to last song was “1901,” and singer Thomas Mars walked through the crowd all the way to back and crowd surfed back onstage. Their set ended with “Identical (Reprise).” Phoenix was formed by Mars, brothers/guitarists Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai, and bassist Deck d’Arcy. Drummer Thomas Hedlund has been recording and touring with the group since 2005 and keyboardist Robin Coudert began working with the group in 2000 on United. 

Closing the show was Beck with an incredible band of bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen (St. Vincent/ Nine Inch Nails) who was also with Beck from 1996-2016, drummer Joey Waronker (Roger Waters/R.E.M.) who has been on seven of Beck’s albums and multiple tours since 1996, guitarist Jason Falkner who has been working with Beck since Sea Change (2002), keyboardist Roger Manning Jr. (Air/ Jay-Z) whose first album with Beck was Mutations, and percussionist Ian Longwell who is also Beck's music technologist. Beck has released 14 albums over the last 30 years. Beck won the 2015 Grammy Album of the Year for Morning Phase which came as a big surprise across the globe in a category against Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Pharell, and Sam Smith. 

Beck played a set of 20 songs beginning with “Devils Haircut.” Beck is not only a great writer, singer, and musician, but just a great performer overall. The graphics on the screen played a major part of the show. Beck’s set included his most famous song “Loser” and other hits like “E-Pro,” and “Que Onda Guero.” The second to last song was “Odyssey,” and Beck and his band were joined by Phoenix.  Johnsen let d’Arcy take over bass duties halfway through. For the final song “Where It’s At” beach balls were thrown out.

Simon Cowell launches SYCO music publishing company in partnership with UniversalThe new joint venture is part of a growing partnership between Cowell and UMG
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