ONErpm has signed 4 notable artists throughout a number of genres in latest weeks, because the agency continues to develop its artist roster.
The North American signings align with ONErpm’s broader development technique to develop quite a few genre-based enterprise items within the US and overseas.
Founder Emmanuel ZunzinformedMusic Enterprise Worldwide final month that the corporate’s development is being fuelled by “extra market penetration and geographic growth, in addition to shopping for extra belongings and doing increased margin offers with the artists who need to do them.”
Whereas the corporate has prioritized growth in Africa and Asia not too long ago, Zunz famous that ONErpm is decided to stay “a major drive in the US”.
The brand new signings embody Grammy-winning pop artist Daya, Philadelphia-based blues-hip-hop fusion act G. Love & Particular Sauce, Toronto bed room pop artist Verzache, and Florida rapper Cochise. The signings mirror ONErpm’s technique of working throughout a number of genres and profession phases.
For G. Love & Particular Sauce, signed by Director of A&R Ryan Cunningham, ONErpm will make 5 beforehand physical-only albums obtainable digitally for the primary time ever. These embody Again In The Day (1997), In The King’s Courtroom (1998), Has Gone Nation (1998), Entrance Porch Loungin’ (2000), and Moonshine Lemonade (2011). The corporate may even launch two new tasks later this yr: Ode to R.L., a tribute album to late blues legend R.L. Boyce, and a stay album from the band’s 2024 thirtieth Anniversary tour.
Daya, who gained a Grammy for Don’t Let Me Down with The Chainsmokers, will launch her second full-length album Til Each Petal Drops on October 10. The artist has additionally been nominated for Billboard Music Awards, Youngsters’ Selection Awards, and Latin American Music Awards.
Toronto’s Verzache, described by NME as the town’s “bed room pop titan,” has amassed almost 1 billion streams independently. The signing marks his first time working with a world staff.
Florida rapper Cochise, signed by ONErpm’s Tony Tuesday, has achieved viral success with tracks like Hatchback and Inform Em (which reached No. 22 on the Billboard charts and accrued over 670 million streams). His latest single “I LIE” has generated almost 3 million streams throughout all platforms.
“Signing with ONErpm is the best honor of my profession,” said G. Love. “2025 marks my thirty first yr as a recording artist and I’m actually creatively able to ship greater than ever for the continuum.”
“It feels unbelievably full circle that nearly a decade since I initially reached out to Verzache as an enormous fan, he’s now a part of the ONErpm household.”
Yasmin Damoui, ONErpm
Yasmin Damoui, Senior A&R and Enterprise Growth at ONErpm, was concerned in securing each the Daya and Verzache offers.
“It feels unbelievably full circle that nearly a decade since I initially reached out to Verzache as an enormous fan, he’s now a part of the ONErpm household,” mentioned Damoui.
ONErpm, based in 2010 by Emmanuel Zunz, operates 43 places of work globally with over 600 workers.
The corporate works with over 300,000 artists, music labels and video creators worldwide and claims a 2.7% worldwide market share on Spotify.
The corporate launched its publishing administration service ONE Publishing in 2022, increasing from its core distribution and providers providing. ONErpm is on observe to hit round $300 million in gross income this yr, in keeping with founder Zunz.
Its different high-profile signings have included producer Malibu Babie, who labored on Nicki Minaj’s Tremendous Freaky Lady in October 2024.Music Enterprise Worldwide
