AnonyNymous:
Nigerians floating label anyhow. Nonsense.
In the American music industry there are only three labels: Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Any other 'label' you hear about is actually a sublabel to one of these three, or an imprint. But in Nigeria you'll have one upcoming artist forming his own 'record label'. Lmao.

nah wao

buh you can sabi lie o

haba, how can you say america as a whole have just three record label

Cashmoney
young money cashmoney billionaire (YMCMB)
rock nation
Taylor gang
shady aftermath
virgin records
good music
etc

Came:
Wetin him dey sing way him go get music label self... Na dem sabi ooooo...

My brother even if him no dey sing anything, e beta make him dey on im own than make KCEE dey tell d whole world say him pick am 4 gutter.

AnonyNymous:
Nigerians floating label anyhow. Nonsense.
In the American music industry there are only three labels: Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Any other 'label' you hear about is actually a sublabel to one of these three, or an imprint. But in Nigeria you'll have one upcoming artist forming his own 'record label'. Lmao.

some of you here just open your gob like anyhow.



So why should we follow the Americans footstep? Is it not the end that justifies the means? Fame, quality and money. And our boys are well and truly getting the 3 with their own label.



Olamide left his label after just his 1st album and became a monster. Wizkid left his label after his 1st album and also became a monster. That's what you call balls of steel! It means our boys are actually smarter and independent.



And as per the Sony, universal and Warner Bros you mentioned, things have changed in the USA too. Artists now only sign record deals with them, other stuffs are handled by their own personal label and management.

brixton:
You go Linda ikeji blog, copy her post and come nairaland post am as if na ur blog generate the news.

Nna make u de fear God

like anuntie smelly p nor de copy another person

I saw this coming......

It's just a matter of time....

He was never happy especially during photography with the level owner n kcee

AnonyNymous:
Nigerians floating label anyhow. Nonsense.
In the American music industry there are only three labels: Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Any other 'label' you hear about is actually a sublabel to one of these three, or an imprint. But in Nigeria you'll have one upcoming artist forming his own 'record label'. Lmao.

I don't take Nigeria record labels serious anymore..

Smile rudely and off to studio..

I can see from people's post that not many know who harry is. Just forget the fact that he can sing. He knows music,he is an instrumentalist,a song writer etc. he is the force behind 5 star.

AnonyNymous:

Are you a musician? If you aren't then cool no problem bro. But if you make music, learn more about how the music industry works

Are you an artiste bro?

AnonyNymous:
Nigerians floating label anyhow. Nonsense.
In the American music industry there are only three labels: Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Any other 'label' you hear about is actually a sublabel to one of these three, or an imprint. But in Nigeria you'll have one upcoming artist forming his own 'record label'. Lmao.

Only three labels Shut up if you don't know. What about Columbia, Epic, RSA etc.. ..

AnonyNymous:

Here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label

Wikipedia that anybody can edit offuuuu

nairaman66:


Sad you don't know anything! All the hit songs by Kcee was written by Harrisong.., ask anyone!

Not just by kcee... A lot of hit songs in the industry were written by Mr Songz himself.. Including GOBE.


He is not getting the respect he deserves...

Vivvvy1:












Damn!

lol

AnonyNymous:
Nigerians floating label anyhow. Nonsense.
In the American music industry there are only three labels: Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Any other 'label' you hear about is actually a sublabel to one of these three, or an imprint. But in Nigeria you'll have one upcoming artist forming his own 'record label'. Lmao.

The structures are quite different so you cannot compare the 2 .... There are no big label companies you could compare with their American counterparts. Most Nigerian artistes form their label to push their own work and be free of a contractual shackle that Music labels often impose on Artistes.

wunderkiind:

Not just by kcee... A lot of hit songs in the industry were written by Mr Songz himself.. Including GOBE.


He is not getting the respect he deserves...

Rightly said! Was just responding WRT what someone said. He is really gifted!

pocohantas:
I'm more concerned about skibii.
Who tied that guy's career?
Tecno and some other artistes should write song and give that guy.
Make im sing, let's see if he'll blow.

ur comment gat me lafin.. Chai 9ja get bad mouth ooo. Una dey use joke dey yab pesin.. Kontinu

While he is not expected to do boy-boy forever he should respect the terms of his contract otherwise he will have a litigation to battle which will distract him

paradigmshift:


not an insult ,Harry song is writing all the songs. kcee Na gab

Why didn't he write any hit song prior joining 5star music?

AnonyNymous:
Nigerians floating label anyhow. Nonsense.
In the American music industry there are only three labels: Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Any other 'label' you hear about is actually a sublabel to one of these three, or an imprint. But in Nigeria you'll have one upcoming artist forming his own 'record label'. Lmao.

Not true,there is still Columbia, interscope, capitol.

Stupid ibo boys


Is skibii ibo

Harrysong nko

I keep saying this thing web ibo go get sense

And realise nobody likes una

No tribe likes you..... Keep patronising them and keep getting backstabbed

AnonyNymous:
Nigerians floating label anyhow. Nonsense.
In the American music industry there are only three labels: Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Any other 'label' you hear about is actually a sublabel to one of these three, or an imprint. But in Nigeria you'll have one upcoming artist forming his own 'record label'. Lmao.

Those ones you're mentioning dont have influence at all
Interscope Def Jam Roc Nation Ymcmb rules the American music industry

Danimighty7:

Those ones you're mentioning dont have influence at all
Interscope Def Jam Roc Nation Ymcmb rules the American music industry

****Cries in cheerful ignorance****

shotster50:


The structures are quite different so you cannot compare the 2 .... There are no big label companies you could compare with their American counterparts. Most Nigerian artistes form their label to push their own work and be free of a contractual shackle that Music labels often impose on Artistes.

You're the only one that quoted me that knows what he's talking about. Lol. The rest are just openly displaying ignorance so I decided not to respond to them. In America, I like the way its structured though, because even though the big three have the most say in the release of your music, there are sooooo many benefits. They have networking, they carry out advertising for you worth millions, get you into high profile events, and so much more. When an artist is signed, they could be given about $2 million upfront, then a deal to get a reasonable percentage on the sales of their music, and royalties. When Prince was alive before he died in April/May, he made it clear to his label that he had zero tolerance for piracy of his work. As a Prince fan, his albums were very hard to find except paying for it on iTunes. Even on YouTube, any song, live performance, or even cover of a Prince song was immediately searched out and taken down by the label. There are so many benefits of their system that no African label can give you. Most Nigerian artistes make the bulk of their Monet from live shows, etc. Major labels will help you milk EVERY source of money you could get.

To say the truth it's long overdue, Harry is a talented singer and writer, kcee can now have the family label to himself since he is the only one that deserves a good video, and to think harry is the brain behind most of his hit songs

AnonyNymous:

You're the only one that quoted me that knows what he's talking about. Lol. The rest are just openly displaying ignorance so I decided not to respond to them. In America, I like the way its structured though, because even though the big three have the most say in the release of your music, there are sooooo many benefits. They have networking, they carry out advertising for you worth millions, get you into high profile events, and so much more. When an artist is signed, they could be given about $2 million upfront, then a deal to get a reasonable percentage on the sales of their music, and royalties. When Prince was alive before he died in April/May, he made it clear to his label that he had zero tolerance for piracy of his work. As a Prince fan, his albums were very hard to find except paying for it on iTunes. Even on YouTube, any song, live performance, or even cover of a Prince song was immediately searched out and taken down by the label. There are so many benefits of their system that no African label can give you. Most Nigerian artistes make the bulk of their Monet from live shows, etc. Major labels will help you milk EVERY source of money you could get.

Aye, I hear you. The model you described above is no longer obtainable because of the change in demand . Most music buyers no longer buy cds but downloads on different platforms and that has cut deeply into the market share of the Music companies, so they no longer give advances like they used to in the 90s and 2000s.... They have what you call a 360 degree contract which allows a record label to receive a percentage of the earnings from all of a band's activities instead of just from record sales or money-making activities that the record label had a hand in.
Under 360 deals, which are also called "multiple rights deals," record labels may get a percentage of revenue that may have been previously off limits to them, such as:






•Advertisement
•Digital sales
•Tours, concerts and live performance revenue
•Merchandise sales
•Endorsement deals
•Appearances in movies and television shows
•Songwriting, lyric display and publishing revenue
•Ringtone sales

In exchange for getting a bigger cut from the artists they represent, the labels say they will commit to promoting the artist for a longer period of time and will actively try and develop new opportunities for them. In essence, the label will function as a pseudo-manager and look after the artist's entire career rather than only focusing on selling records.


Now you know artistes set up indie labels to avoid sharing profit with big labels.

The bottom line, is being under a major label doesn't necessarily guarantee success.

shotster50:



Aye, I hear you. The model you described above is no longer obtainable because of the change in demand . Most music buyers no longer buy cds but downloads on different platforms and that has cut deeply into the market share of the Music companies, so they no longer give advances like they used to in the 90s and 2000s.... They have what you call a 360 degree contract which allows a record label to receive a percentage of the earnings from all of a band's activities instead of just from record sales or money-making activities that the record label had a hand in.
Under 360 deals, which are also called "multiple rights deals," record labels may get a percentage of revenue that may have been previously off limits to them, such as:






•Advertisement
•Digital sales
•Tours, concerts and live performance revenue
•Merchandise sales
•Endorsement deals
•Appearances in movies and television shows
•Songwriting, lyric display and publishing revenue
•Ringtone sales

In exchange for getting a bigger cut from the artists they represent, the labels say they will commit to promoting the artist for a longer period of time and will actively try and develop new opportunities for them. In essence, the label will function as a pseudo-manager and look after the artist's entire career rather than only focusing on selling records.


Now you know artistes set up indie labels to avoid sharing profit with big labels.

The bottom line, is being under a major label doesn't necessarily guarantee success.

I agree with you for the most part, yeah but being signed to a major label is far easier than being an indie artist. To get you music on iTunes yourself is a really big problem because of all the requirements so people use sites like reverbnation to do the work for them. I helped someone get his mixtape/EP on iTunes set up a few digitals ads and everything, and its took up to $300 USD to do all that. We're just hoping he makes a few sales and he's trying to find gigs so he can make the money back. Ed Sheeran was an indie artist and he was doing ok, but being signed to major label in a few years ago boosted his career greatly.
The indie artistes that are really making money are:
-The previously established artists
-Producers who lease their instrumentals to upcoming artistes instead of selling exclusive rights
-Indie artistes with hit songs
And, as an indie artist if you're lucky to get your song used in a TV ad

Nothing last forever

Cajetanspeaks:
Why didn't he write any hit song prior joining 5star music?

Google his songs bro, he dn tey wey him dey sing. 5star music just gave him a good platform to Xcel..he's d one writing most songs for kcee ...no be today

which 1 record label.

ychris:
MMG, YMCMB,YOUNG MONEY et al aint record label too abi?

Confirmed....youre on point. To my surprise he/she got many likes for posting such a wrong info, add Aftermat (Dr. Dre) n Shady records (Eminem), Bad boys records (P.diddy) coupled with so many others.