Let this be a lesson to all the aspiring artists out there. While it's definitely changed over the past decade or so, it seems like there's still this commonly-held belief that the best way to become ...

The Nigerian Idol Season 3 contestant is in the middle of a contract dispute with 800 Records, issuing a claim that her contract has been repudiated. The record label however disputes her claims, ...

They may sound similar, but they are not the same thing. Knowing the difference can save you a lot of stress and, in extreme cases, a protracted lawsuit. To achieve this goal, these artists need to ...

If Bozzio had been signed to a label as an artist, it would’ve been her responsibility as an independent contractor to obtain health insurance on her own or through membership in a union like ...

A generation of musicians grew up watching what happens after the record deal. Artists get signed. Catalogs change hands. Songs disappear into contracts they ca ...

Record labels don’t want any more “Taylor’s Version” albums. After the massive success of Taylor Swift’s re-recorded albums, major record labels like Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group ...

Meriel de Jesus—best known as mrld—declared that she is already an independent artist, though music label O/C Records stressed that her contract remains “under full effect.” The singer-songwriter made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When singer Dale Bozzio fell 40 feet from a room at a Holiday Inn in Downtown L.A. in 1976, breaking a kneecap, her elbows and her ...

When singer Dale Bozzio fell 40 feet from a room at a Holiday Inn in Downtown L.A. in 1976, breaking a kneecap, her elbows and her floating ribs and splitting open her head, she was not signed to a ...