SRG/ILS GROUP STICKS WITH VIRGIN MUSIC
SRG/ILS Group, home to the catalogs of Brian McKnight, Chaka Khan, Avant, J. Brown, Ruben Studdard and more, as well as several indie labels, has extended its partnership with Virgin Music Group.
SRG/ILS Group, home to the catalogs of Brian McKnight, Chaka Khan, Avant, J. Brown, Ruben Studdard, Johnny Gill, Lalah Hathaway, Vivian Green, After 7 and many more, has extended its partnership with Virgin Music Group.
The independent labels SRG/ILS represents include Music Matters, MPress Records and blues outfit Gulf Coast Records, which has enjoyed several #1s in the genre since partnering with SRG/ILS.
In 2023 SRG/ILS launched SRG Jazz, releasing work by David Benoit, Jeff Lorber, Mike Phillips, Xavier Gordon and Damien Escobar.
UB40 released its 45-year anniversary album, UB45, through SRG/ILS. It's currently #1 on the U.K.'s reggae charts. Lalah Hathaway is dropping the first single from her forthcoming LP, VANTABLACK, this week.
“We love our partners and the SRG/ILS roster, which is full of incredibly successful and career-defining artists,” said VMG President, North America & EVP Global Artist Relations Jacqueline Saturn. “We're proud of all we've accomplished together and are excited to build on their vision for the future.”
Stated SRG/ILS CEO Claude Villani, “SRG/ILS has undergone tremendous growth over the past several years, largely thanks to the strong support provided by Virgin Music Group. Jacqueline and her team are exceptional, demonstrating a commitment to navigating today’s ever-changing music landscape with an artist-first attitude.”
In honor of the extension we will continue to keep "Red Red Wine" in our karaoke repertoire.