DEEP PURPLE, DEF LEPPARD, STATUS QUO And More - Edel's earMUSIC Re-Signs UK deal With Absolute Label Services
June 8, 2016, 8 years ago
earMUSIC has renewed its UK partnership with Absolute Label Services, which originally began in 2011, reports MusicBusiness Worldwide.
earMUSIC is the recorded music label of German entertainment group Edel AG and boasts a roster of global artists including Deep Purple, Babymetal, Def Leppard, Thunder, Lisa Stansfield, Ash, Status Quo and many more.
Edel AG is an independent media company based in Hamburg whose other divisions includes Optimal (one of the world’s biggest vinyl manufacturers and manufacturers of CD, DVD, Blu Ray and books), independent digital and physical music distribution, a book publisher, and children’s entertainment, home entertainment, jazz and classical music divisions.
earMUSIC established a permanent in the UK presence last year - headed by former Mercury /Def Jam/EMI/Red Bull Records exec Jonathan Green.
Since then, the partnership has delivered Top 10 albums from Def Leppard, and Thunder, the highest charting album of all time by a Japanese artist in the UK with Babymetal’s UK Top 15 album and No.1 music DVDs from Deep Purple, Status Quo and Thunder.