Universal Music Group’s A-list label Island Records and its global artist services arm Virgin Music Group have entered into a partnership with Carín León’s label Socios Music to release new music.
The partnership’s debut album, León’s album Boca Chueca Roll 1released on May 30, gives Leon his strongest first-week debut to date, debuting at No. 5 on the Billboard Mexican Regional Albums Chart and No. 8 on the Top Latin Albums chart.
Virgin and Island said in a statement on Monday (June 24) that the 19-track album “showcases Carín experimenting with a variety of genres, blending rock, country and pop.” It is characterized by Kane Brown, Leon Bridges, Pepe Aguilar, explainand Rococo Pantheon.
Genre-defying Leon has a string of hits, including a Latin Grammy-winning song how i did italso You don’t owe me, and I don’t owe you either, i appreciate it, it’s not around hereand others cumulatively exceeding 2000000000 continue playing Spotify. Leon has more than 29 million Monthly listeners to the streaming service.
Leon has achieved many milestones, including becoming the first Latin artist to perform at both theaters coachella music festival and stagecoach same year. He recently rolling stones and debuted at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
The artist from the Mexican state of Sonora has also established himself as a songwriter, with Universal Music Publishing Group Last October.
Virgin Music Group co-chief executive said: “Karin Leon has become one of the most exciting and creative artists in the world today.” JT Myers and Nat Pastor said in a statement.
“He has also built a world-class team around himself and together we have built on the great work Carlin has done throughout his incredible career.”
justin donkey and Imran MajeedIsland Records co-CEO added: “Carín León is a true anomaly. He transcends not only the boundaries of style and sound, but also culture. We are delighted to be working with Carín and the manager Jorge Juarez Through new collaborations with Virgin Music Group and Socios Music. There is no limit to what we can achieve together.
“Karin Leon has become one of the most exciting and creative artists in the world today.”
JT Myers and Nat Pastor, Virgin Music Group
“We are proud to have assembled an incredibly collaborative team at Virgin Music Group and Island Records to work with us to propel Carín’s career to greater heights,” said Leon’s manager and Socios Music Business Partner said partner Jorge Juarez. “We are already seeing tremendous benefits from this new partnership and are excited about the future.”
León will kick off the new album tour on July 22 in Paso Robles, California, with stops in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Nashville, Houston and Toronto, and a landmark performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City show.
For Virgin Music Group, this is just the latest in a series of new deals the artist and label services company has signed recently, including publishing partnerships with independent labels, publishers and management companies location music; Distribution protocol neon gold recordannounced earlier this month; and with Jay SeanRecently established brands Entertainment at 3amwill focus on cultivating South Asian artists.
The deals follow last fall’s decision to integrate groove“Bringing global platform and marketing technology to Virgin Music, Virgin said it will enable it to “offer a full suite of global services to independent artists and labels, providing unparalleled expertise in the music industry.”
“We are already seeing tremendous benefits from this new partnership and are excited about the future.”
Jorge Juarez, musical partner
As part of Universal Music Group’s reorganization earlier this year, Island Records and Def Jam, HG and republiccentered around a project called ” Legion of the Republic.
Jim Lobo Appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Republic Legion, reporting directly to the Co-CEO of the label group, monte lipman and Avery Lipman.global music business
