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Q1 2025 Record Label Market Share: Interscope Surges Into Lead as Universal, Sony Make Gains
Record label market share in Q1 2025 sees Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga power Interscope to No. 1 in the record label rankings. Get the details here.
Kendrick Lamar smiles alongside Jay Rock, center, in between filming for the the music video for "Not Like Us" at Nickerson Gardens on June 22, 2024 in Watts, Calif. Michael Blackshire/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images That’s just enough to edge out longtime leader REPUBLIC, which rode a wave of releases by The Weeknd and Morgan Wallen and continued success from Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan to a 12.52% current share of the market through March 27, 2025, down slightly from the industry-leading 12.84% it held after the first three months of 2024. Following Columbia, in eighth place, is the other big story of the year so far: Alamo Records, which posted a 2.91% current share, up significantly from its 2024 mark of 1.53%, driven by the success of Drake and PartyNextDoor ’s Some Sexy Songs 4 You album, among other releases.
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