”Epic Records” News

Rapper Jay-Z close to a deal with Sony

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Rapper Jay-Z is close to signing a deal that will bring his future recordings to Sony , sources told Billboard. The deal, which will link Jay-Z's 05 30 2009 8:47AM (...more)

AC/DC working on album for release later in 2008

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian rock band AC/DC willrelease its first album since 2000 later this year, accordingto a posting on the group's Web site (http://www.acdc.com)Friday.
04 19 2008 1:50PM (...more)

Brandy signs new deal with Epic

NEW YORK (Billboard) - R&B singer Brandy has signed with Epic Records , which will release her label debut later thisyear, a company official said, declining further comment.
04 19 2008 7:07AM (...more)

Jennifer Lopez announces split from Sony

NEW YORK – Jennifer Lopez is off of Sony's block. The singing and acting diva has confirmed she has split from Sony Music after more than a decade. Sony's Epic
02 25 2010 2:50PM (...more)

Music Review: Brandy returns with personal CD

Brandy, "Human" ( Epic Records ) Brandy has gone through a lot since she released her last CD four years ago. She left her longtime music label, dabbled in TV, and was involved in a car crash that killed a woman (she faced no charges).
12 10 2008 10:21AM (...more)

Technology turns music videos into shopping portals

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - View music videos and shop at thesame time. That's the premise behind an innovative advertisingand entertainment branding program launched by GET Interactive.
03 9 2008 11:19AM (...more)

Leona Lewis seeking world domination

LONDON (Billboard) - British talent show winner LeonaLewis' fast track to global stardom will not detour for afull-scale live outing until after a second album is wrappednext year.
02 28 2008 2:35PM (...more)

Sony ordered to pay $5M in logo dispute

CLEVELAND - Sony Music must pay the founder of a small record company $5 million for failing to put his company's logo on reissues of Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album, a federal appeals court ruled.
11 23 2007 12:06PM (...more)

Notable tracks from new CDs

Here's a roundup of notable tracks from this week's key album releases:
11 19 2007 6:52AM (...more)

Sony goes it alone as Bertelsmann quits music JV

BERLIN (AFP) - Sony was set Tuesday to take full control of the world's second largest recorded music company after German media giant Bertelsmann said it would quit their Sony BMG joint venture.
08 6 2008 5:32AM (...more)