Warner Music Japan Debuts Urban Label +809

Starts New Urban Label

WARNER MUSIC JAPAN has launched a new Urban label named +809, reports MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE. The focus will be on discovering and developing talent from JAPAN’s urban music scene and promoting the artists through WARNER MUSIC’s global network.

WARNER MUSIC ASIA Pres. SIMON ROBSON: “Urban music is exploding across ASIA and the JAPANESE market has some very exciting talent coming through.

WARNER MUSIC JAPAN has geared itself to become a digital-first business and that’ll work well for urban acts that primarily play in the streaming space. I look forward to helping some brilliant JAPANESE Urban artists build an international fan base."

WARNER MUSIC JAPAN Pres./CEO KAZ KOBAYASHI added, “We’re proud to launch +809 and believe it’ll help break down barriers and enable JAPANESE artists to succeed in the global streaming market. We want it to become our country’s leading urban label and showcase the future of JAPANESE music to the world. It’s amazing that we’ve been able to launch the label with a track from such brilliant talents as FLEUR and A.G.O.”

The label launched with the release of the track Ding Dong (feat A.G.O.) by JAPANESE 23-year-old R&B singer FLEUR.  His debut EP was released digitally in JUNE.

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