Amid continued Latin music income development – fueled by acts together with the record-breaking Dangerous Bunny – NEON16 has signed producers Albert Hype and Jota Rosa. Moreover, the Miami-headquartered firm has prolonged an present settlement with Latin Grammy-nominated songwriter Gaby Morales.
NEON16 only in the near past reached out to Digital Music Information with phrase of the offers, which have been executed particularly through its NEON16 Publishing unit. Based by NTERTAIN head (and former Roc Nation exec) Lex Borrero in addition to “Adicto” creator Tainy, the self-described “diversified leisure media firm” NEON16 unveiled at present’s signings solely weeks after revealing its acquisition of Cristina Arcay’s Arro Media.
Concerning the newer of the developments, nonetheless, Miami-based Albert Hype has manufacturing credit on high-profile tracks from the aforementioned Dangerous Bunny (together with however not restricted to “Estamos Arriba,” a collaboration with Myke Towers, and “<3”), J Balvin (“Yo Le Llego,” launched with Dangerous Bunny), Shakira (“Te Felicito” and “Monotonia,” with Rauw Alejandro and Ozuna, respectively), and Selena Gomez and Rauw Alejandro (“Baila Conmigo”).
“The street to success is paved with perseverance and it’s not one meant to stroll alone,” Hype stated of his NEON16 tie-up. “My journey with NEON16 Publishing started with pleasure to raise one another and take music to a different degree. That is simply the beginning and now we have a lot extra to perform collectively.”
In the meantime, Puerto Rico-born Jota Rosa has collaborated with a number of of those identical acts (Dangerous Bunny, J Balvin, and Selena Gomez amongst them) and dropped a solo debut album entitled Membership Dieciseis 2 final 12 months. One observe on the latter effort, “Como Ñengo,” having cracked the highest 50 in Colombia, is claimed to boast roughly 50 million streams.
(Earlier this week, Reside Nation acquired a majority curiosity in Colombia’s Páramo Presenta, together with Bogota music festivals corresponding to Estereo Picnic.)
“I’m very grateful for the chance NEON16 Publishing gave me at the start of my profession,” Rosa relayed in remarks of his personal. “This partnership has helped share my music to the plenty and I stay up for persevering with to make music for the world to take pleasure in.”
Lastly, as talked about on the outset, Gaby Morales – who recorded and launched a solo observe entitled “Te Envolviste” final 12 months – “proudly stays” a part of NEON16 Publishing.
“Inventive expertise growth is on the coronary heart of what NEON16 stands for,” NEON16 Publishing A&R director Raul Chirinos stated of at present’s pacts. “Albert, Gaby and Jota’s success is a superb instance of investing in expertise early and dealing alongside them as they attain their full potential.”
In response to a lately launched midyear report, Latin music’s development is exhibiting few indicators of slowing down; between 2021’s finish and 2023’s midway level, Spanish-language releases’ share of stateside streaming consumption (particularly for the top-10,000 tracks) climbed by about 4 p.c, to 7.9 p.c total.