On Monday March 27, 2023, Sony Music announced that they had signed Orelsan. The rapper therefore made the decision to stop his collaboration with Wagram Music to embark on a new adventure with a new label.
Since many years, Orelsan has established himself as an essential rapper on the French scene. He connects the tubes and is regularly rewarded. While he began his career by signing with Wagram, he made the decision to change record labels to join Sony Music. “Sony Music Entertainment France is proud to announce the arrival of the artist Orelsan within its house“So Sony said Monday, March 27, 2023 in a statement.”Sony Music Entertainment France will support Orelsan in the distribution and promotion of its future musical projects from now on, then in the marketing of its catalog from January 1, 2025.“, can we still read while Orelsan is under contract with his current record company until the end of December 2024.
“We look forward to imagining with Orelsan new ways of bringing music into dialogue with other creative and cultural worlds.“, underlined in the press release Marie-Anne Robert, President Sony Music Entertainment France. “Sony Music is committed to decompartmentalising industries and creating the necessary bridges between music, cinema, video games“, she added.
Orelsan is the artist who sold the most records in 2022
Everyone at Sony Music seems to be very excited to be able to collaborate with the artist who is the biggest record seller in 2022 very soon.”I was able to discover the benevolence and creativity of Orelsan, Skread and Ablaye, when I worked with them on the Casseurs Flowters album.“, for his part underlined Emmanuel Perrot, director of Sony’s label, RCA, before adding: “It is an honor for me to be able to support them in their future projects..” There is no doubt that Orelsan will continue to produce hits.