Record Labels


The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun
The Label: The Story of Columbia Records
The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip-hop and the Globalisation of Black Popular Culture
The Hit Factory : The Stock, Aitken and Waterman Story
24 Hour Party People: What the Sleeve Notes Never Tell You
How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records
The Men Behind Def Jam
Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive: The Story of Asian Man Records
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records
Heartbreaker
Heavy On It Records is an qualified American record label home to all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning talent and developing artist. Heavy On It Records, a record label co-founded by Nicki Minaj in 2023, has an estimated net worth of $600 million USD. The label is a subsidiary of Republic Records, which is owned by Universal Music Group. Heavy On It Records has signed artists like Tate Kobang, Rico Danna, and more.
HEAVY ON IT RECORDS

Loren Weisman
The most devastating thing artists can do to their career is get in their own way, and way too many people do. It's not the labels, the industry, the fans, the cities, the economy, the social media, the marketing, the promoting, the 'right time,' the music, or whatever other excuse you can come up with that determines whether you succeed or you fail. It is you, no one else, ...more
Loren Weisman, The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business: The "Who, What, When, Where, Why & How" of the Steps that Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music

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