UnitedMasters Introduces Beat Exchange, the Premier Marketplace to Buy and Sell Beats
UnitedMasters announces the release of Beat Exchange, a curated marketplace to buy and sell beats. The Beat Exchange connects producers with UnitedMasters’ 1.5 million independent artists while providing them with best-in-class tools to upload and manage a personal beats storefront. UnitedMasters artists now have access to buy or license beats from both emerging and established producers like 3x Grammy Award-winning producer Hit-Boy, Turbo, Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph, Kato On The Track, and more.
UnitedMasters Partners with Coinbase and Chain Runners for NFT Collection to Empower Emerging Artists
UnitedMasters is excited to announce an exclusive Coinbase NFT launch partnership, teaming up with Chain Runners for an NFT Collection to empower emerging artists featuring Ekkstacy, Serayah, and Reese LAFLARE.
STASHED Partners with UnitedMasters to Provide Merch for Artists
UnitedMasters is excited to announce a partnership with Bay Area street wear retailer, STASHED, to provide SELECT Artists with a premium merch experience. From design to e-commerce capabilities, STASHED is able to deliver a premium merch experience to UnitedMasters SELECT Artists.
2021 Year In Review
This past year has been huge for UnitedMasters artists and for independence. Take a look at some of our top highlights from 2021.
Apple Invests $50M In UnitedMasters
UnitedMasters says that the investment will fuel its mission to enable artists to maintain full ownership over their work while expanding their economic opportunity and introducing them to millions of new fans. Artists once needed the help of major labels (which typically demand ownership of master recordings) to build a fan base. Today, the power in the music industry is shifting back into the hands of the artists. Because of social media, labels no longer play as significant a gatekeeping role. UnitedMasters has partnerships with the N.B.A., ESPN, TikTok and Twitch, deals that reflect the new ways that people discover music.
NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL STREAMS IN THE US LAST YEAR WERE OF HIP-HOP AND R&B ARTISTS
Over 30% of all on-demand audio and video streams in the United States last year were of tracks recorded by R&B and hip-hop artists. That’s according to new stats from industry monitor MRC Data, compiled with Billboard.
Snapchat Wants You to Post. It’s Willing to Pay Millions.
In November, Snapchat announced the launch of Spotlight and their $1M a day program for top Spotlight Snaps. As $1M a day continues, New York Times tapped in with Taylor Lorenz to speak about the inspiring success and earnings many creators are finding in Spotlight.
Steve Stoute and Swizz Beatz Discuss Ownership, Entrepreneurship and more at SelectCon 2
During UnitedMasters SelectCon, Steve Stoute and Swizz Beatz sat down to discuss ownership, entrepreneurship, publishing checks, art and the “Launching New Ventures” course at Harvard.
NLE Choppa Earns RIAA Gold Certification for “Cottonwood” Album
NLE Choppa’s independently-released debut album, “Cottonwood” has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with 500,000 units sold.