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In truth, Warner Records’ breakout began last year, with Zach Bryan’s explosion onto the scene as a bonafide superstar. But in 2024, Warner proved that its steady artist-development process was no fluke, as Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” and Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” spent a combined 75 weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100, becoming two of the biggest songs of the year and earning both Grammy nominations for Best New Artist. Meanwhile, Bryan’s star has continued to shine with another massive album, The Great American Bar Scene, released this year.
The headline milestone: At the midyear mark, Warner Records had all three of the top-streamed songs of the year to date by that point, the first time any label had achieved that in a decade. It’s not just a few songs here or there, either: Warner has boosted its current market share from 4.84% at the end of November 2022 to 5.96% at the end of November 2023 to 6.58% so far this year — surpassing Atlantic Records for the top slot at the Warner Music Group and climbing to third among all record labels. It’s been a genuinely great story for the label, which has also seen big success this year with Dua Lipa, Dasha and Michael Marcagi, among others.
Read here: https://www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-record-label-stories-2024-umg-t…