Wagram Music

Wagram Music is a French independent record company based in Paris, with offices in Berlin and Los Angeles.[1]

History

The company was founded by Stephan Bourdoiseau and has been active since January 2003.[2] In 2013, Stephan became the majority shareholder of Wagram.[3] On October 2, 2023, Wagram signed a partnership with Deezer.[4][5]

Record company

Wagram's catalog covers various music genres such as French pop, Rock and Pop, world, electronic music, Reggae, Soul, Jazz and Blues.[6] Represented artists include Orelsan, - M -, Lamomali, Fatoumata Diawara, Dominique A, Suzanne, Philippe Katerine, Bertrand Belin, Inna de Yard, Ken Booth, Malik Djoudi, and Corneille.[6]

Wagram Music has several subsidiary record labels:

Wagram is also affiliated with the record label Panenka (Therapy Taxi).

Wagram Music is a distributor, both digitally and physically, in France and internationally of its own labels and some prestigious labels like Beggars, Panenka, Radio Nova, Buddha Bar, etc.[7]

  • Cinq7, which includes the artists: Saez, Dominique A, Gush, Lilli Wood & The Prick, Melanie Pain, Rover, Oxmo Puccino, Tété, The Dø, etc.
  • 3ème Bureau, which includes the artists: Orelsan, Casseurs Flowters, Pony Pony Run Run, Naive New Beaters, Brigitte, and Ayọ.
  • Chapter Two Records, which includes the artists: Winston Mcanuff, Fixi, Zoufris Maracas, Soviet Suprem, Clinton Fearon, and Inna de Yard.
  • WLab, which includes the artists: Corneille, Ridsa, and Caravan Palace.
  • LaBréa.
  • Belem.

Other activities

Wagram opened W Spectacle, its live company, in 2010. It manages concerts and tours for a roster of around 40 artists, including Rover, R.Wan, Winston McAnuff, Fatoumata Diawara, Bertrand Belin, and Ayọ.

Wagram Music is part of Wagram Stories, a global and independent artistic production company, involved in film and series production (Wagram Film), book publishing (Wagram Livres), live music, and communication (Wagram Agency).[8]

See also

  • List of record labels

References

  1. Martin, James (12 July 2003). "Staff Buy French Indie Wagram", Billboard. 115 (28): 43. Convenience link.^
  2. WAGRAM MUSIC pappers.fr, retrieved 2024-11-05^
  3. Wagram Music vise les 100 millions d’euros d’ici 5 ans bigmedia.bpifrance.fr, 2021-02-18, retrieved 2025-02-07^
  4. Indie music company Wagram joins Deezer’s artist-centric payment system, following streaming platform’s deal with Universal Music Business Worldwide, 2023-10-02, retrieved 2025-02-07^
  5. Stuart Dredge. Wagram Music signs up for Deezer's new artist-centric payouts Music Ally, 2023-10-02, retrieved 2025-02-07^
  6. Wagram Music Wagram Music, retrieved 2012-06-06^
  7. Wagram Music www.wagram-stories.com, retrieved 2022-04-13^
  8. Wagram Music se réorganise en opérateur global 2018-09-27, retrieved 2019-07-22^