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Brit Beat: Jungle Gets a Boost at BRIT Awards, With Plans for International Expansion
Electronic act Jungle gets a boost at the BRIT Awards and plans to parlay the success globally; Nina Nesbitt launches Apple Tree Records.
Billed as the U.K. music industry’s biggest night, it was bookended by superstars, kicking off with a fierce Dua Lipa performance and ending with a joyous Kylie Minogue greatest hits medley to celebrate her Global Icon award. Nesbitt points out the anomaly where labels will “pay a stylist, a make-up artist, a mixer, a producer and a master engineer” while songwriters have to cover their own expenses for sessions, and only stand to get paid if a song is actually released and becomes successful. Writers will receive their points from the label side on Apple Tree releases, meaning artists don’t miss out, and Nesbitt says it’s indicative of how taking control of her own career allows her and Dowdall to make bold decisions.
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