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Type | Private |
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Industry | Music |
Genre | Online distribution, Record label |
Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Lee Parsons, Matt Parsons |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Lee Parsons Matt Parsons |
Products | Record Label Services, Online Delivery (Music) |
Services | Record Label Services and On-demand music distribution |
Number of employees | 103 |
Website | Ditto Music Website |
Ditto Music is an online music distribution company. It distributes music to 160 digital music stores, including Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Vevo, Apple Music, Beatport, Deezer, and Shazam.[1][2] It currently operates from its head office in Liverpool, England. And, as of 2017 it has 22 offices across 19 countries.[3]
History
In January 2007, Ditto Music distributed "Blag, Steal & Borrow" by Essex band Koopa, which entered into the UK Top 40, making it the first chart hit by an unsigned band,[4] this achievement is in the Guinness Book Of World Records[5]
Services
Ditto's main distribution service offers unlimited releases to all major online stores on an annual subscription basis starting from £19 per year. The company claims to operate non-exclusive deals with artists keeping 100% of their royalty earnings.[6]
Alongside its core music distribution service, Ditto Music also offers record label services including PR, social media and playlist pitching to independent artists.[7] In 2021, Ditto added music publishing to its range of services for artists.[8]
Awards and nominations
Won the RECSS Customer Support Award in 2011 for 'Best Online Service Provider.[9]
Nominated for Best Distribution Team at the Music Week Awards in 2013.[10]
Nominated for Best Label/Artist Services Company at the Music Week Awards in 2017 and 2018.[11][12]
Named on The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list of Britain's fastest-growing companies in 2017[13] and SME Export Track 100 in 2018.[14]
Criticisms
In January 2022, rapper Lil Yachty named Ditto Music in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against NFT seller service Opulous,[15] claiming that Opulous company "maliciously" used his name and likeness to raise more than $6.5 million in venture capital funds.[16]
The companies issued a response to the lawsuit stating that contrary to the assertions in the complaint filed by Lil Yachty, their uses of Lil Yachty’s name and likeness were all authorized by Lil Yachty and his representatives as well as their intentions to "vigorously defend ourselves against these meritless claims".[17]
References
- ^ "Sell your music at Ditto Music". Ditto Music. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "How to get your band on Spotify". Wired. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Ditto Music launches artist management company". Music Business Worldwide. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Entertainment | Unsigned band make chart history". BBC News. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ First unsigned band to reach the Top 40 on the UK singles chart. Guinness World Records (2007-01-14). Retrieved on 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Ditto Music pricing". Ditto Music. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Ditto Music promotional services". Ditto Music. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Ditto Music launches publishing division headed up by Tom Weller". Music Week. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "RECSS Customer Support Award". GrowJo. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Music Week Awards nominees 2013". Music Week. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "2017 Music Week Awards: And the nominees are..." Music Week. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "2018 Music Week Awards: And the nominees are..." Music Week. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Sunday Times Fast Track 100". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Export Track 100". Insider Media. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "MILES PARKS MCCOLLUM professionally known as LIL YACHTY v. OPULOUS, a foreign entity, and DITTO LTD, and LEE JAMES PARSONS, a citizen of a foreign country : FEDERAL TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, 15 U.S.C. § 1114 et al" (PDF). Courthousenews.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Dillon, Nancy (28 January 2022). "Lil Yachty Files Suit Accusing NFT Seller of 'Maliciously' Using His Likeness to Raise Millions". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Music NFT platform Opulous says it will 'vigorously defend' itself against Lil Yachty lawsuit". Musicbusinessworldwide.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.