Warner Music Group
American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate
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| 2024 | Atlantic Records France includes Tiakola among its artists by this year. |
| October 25 2024 | Warner Music Group launches WM Africa Francophone (WMAFR), a collaboration between Warner Music Africa, Africori, and Warner Music France, to be led by Co-directors Marc-André Niang and Yoann Chapalain. |
| May 20 2024 | Warner Music Africa establishes a creative hub in Lagos, Nigeria, aimed at expanding its workforce and supporting the region's creative ecosystem. |
| February 16 2024 | Joeboy releases 'Osadebe' from the album Viva Lavida |
| January 26 2024 | CKay releases two singles 'IS IT YOU?' and 'MYSTERIOUS LOVE' |
| 2023 | Defiant Records becomes an affiliated label of Warner Records. |
| October 2023 | Warner Music Group launched a new creative hub in Amsterdam to house Benelux units and Spinnin' Records. |
| September 2023 | WMG opened a new creative hub in Berlin. |
| July 2023 | Warner Music Group formed a partnership with Canva to add commercial music to their design platform, and made a music-licensing deal with TikTok for Warner Recorded Music and Warner Chappell Music. |
| July 15 2023 | Warner Music Africa announced a partnership with Lacuna Creative Studios to oversee the post-production of a six-part documentary series about Sjava and Big Zulu's Ukhamba studio album, titled Inkabi Zezwe. |
| June 16 2023 | CKay releases 'HALLELUJAH' and 'nwayi' on Sad Romance (Deluxe) album |
| March 24 2023 | Inkabi Zezwe releases 'Umbayimbayi' from the album Ukhamba |
| January 2023 | Stephen Cooper was succeeded by Robert Kyncl as CEO of Warner Music Group. |
| September 23 2022 | CKay releases additional tracks 'You' and 'Mmadu' from the album Sad Romance |
| July 5 2022 | Warner Music Group, Blavatnik Family Foundation, and Social Justice Fund launch the SJF Repertoire Fund, an eight-year $10M initiative. Warner Music Africa receives $1M to disburse grants to local organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| June 23 2022 | Warner Music Africa launches its brand strategy division, led by entertainment lawyer Thembi Mpungose-Niklas. |
| May 18 2022 | Warner Music Group established a comprehensive 360-degree partnership with Diamond Platnumz and his independent record label WCB Wasafi, integrating the label into Warner Music South Africa and Ziiki Media. |
| May 11 2022 | Warner Music South Africa begins operating as Warner Music Africa, announced by Temi Adeniji at an exclusive launch in Hyde Park. |
| February 2022 | Warner announced acquisition of a controlling interest in Divo Music, a South India based distribution label. |
| 2021 | WMG invested an eight-figure sum into the global multiplayer gaming platform Roblox. |
| 2021 | My Cross to Bare reformed after a period of inactivity |
| September 23 2021 | CKay releases 'Emiliana', 'By Your Side', and 'Watawi' from the album Sad Romance |
| September 16 2021 | Temi Adeniji participates in the acquisition of Coleske, one of South Africa's largest independent labels. |
| March 22 2021 | Temi Adeniji is appointed as managing director of Warner Music South Africa and SVP, Strategy, of Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| February 2021 | WMG purchased a minority stake in the Saudi Arabian record label Rotana Records. |
| 2020 | Atlantic Records relaunched its original subsidiary label Atco Records under the authority of A&R President Pete Ganbarg, marking its first active operation under Atlantic Records in over 25 years. |
| December 2020 | WMG signed a partnership deal with TikTok to provide music for user content. |
| September 2020 | WMG acquired the online hip-hop magazine HipHopDX. |
| August 2020 | Warner Music acquired IMGN Media, a Tel Aviv- and New York-based media company, in a deal worth approximately $100 million. |
| July 2020 | Warner Music Entertainment partnered with Imagine Entertainment for a co-producing and co-financing agreement for a music slate, following their collaboration on the Nat Geo limited series Genius: Aretha. |
| June 12 2020 | Tencent purchased 10.4% of Warner Music's Class A shares, equivalent to 1.6% of the company. |
| June 3 2020 | Warner Music Group completed its IPO on Nasdaq, raising almost $2 billion with a valuation of $12.75 billion, returning to being a publicly traded company. |
| May 8 2020 | Thomas & Friends' birthday album was launched as the first release under the Mattel–Arts Music label by ADA Worldwide. |
| May 1 2020 | Mattel signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Arts Music to distribute its music catalogue digitally, including previously unreleased and new albums and singles for Mattel properties. |
| March 2020 | Warner Music Entertainment hired Kate Shepherd, former head of entertainment at Ridley Scott Creative Group. |
| March 9 2020 | Warner Music Group expanded to India, creating Warner Music India unit based in Mumbai, with Jay Mehta appointed as managing director in April. |
| February 12 2020 | CKay releases 'Felony' and 'Skoin Skoin' from the album Boyfriend |
| 2019 | Several Warner Music labels moved into a purchased former Ford Motor Company assembly plant in the Los Angeles Arts District. |
| 2019 | The label was reconfigured to focus on A&R, Promotions, Marketing, Publicity, Creative, and Audience departments. |
| 2019 | Release of Friends 25th Anniversary soundtrack album, a compilation featuring 171 tracks including cast performances and dialogue from the popular television series Friends. |
| August 22 2019 | Warner Music South Africa announced a partnership deal with Flume, a digital marketing agency, expanding their collaborative business capabilities. |
| July 2019 | Arts Music and Warner Chappell Music formed a partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshop to create the Build-A-Bear label, with Patrick Hughes and Harvey Russell involved. |
| July 2019 | Warner Music Slovakia acquired Forza Music, which owned the former state-owned label Opus Records. |
| June 2019 | Warner Music Group purchased First Night Record, a musical-theater cast recording company, and integrated it into Arts Music. |
| June 24 2019 | Arts Music launched the Cloudco Entertainment label, releasing the current Holly Hobbie theme song as part of a multi-season deal. |
| May 2019 | Warner Music Finland acquired the hip-hop label Monsp Records. |
| May 2019 | Warner Bros. Records changes its name to Warner Records and unveils a new logo, ending its 61-year use of the Warner Bros. shield. |
| January 2019 | WMG signed a Turkish distribution deal with Doğan Media Group for physical and digital releases. |
| 2018 | The Benton Music Records, Clover Music, and Masked Records become affiliated labels of Warner Records. |
| November 2018 | Arts Music signed a multi-year deal with Sesame Workshop to revive the Sesame Street Records label, with implementation set for early 2019. |
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