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King Charles signs worldwide deal with Universal

By | Published on Friday 15 October 2010

Hotly tipped for some time now, particularly since winning the International Songwriting Competition last year, UK-based musician King Charles has signed a worldwide recording deal with Universal Music imprint Universal Republic. UK releases with by put out by British Universal division Island.

Commenting on the deal, Universal Republic CEO Monte Lipman said: “With extraordinary acts like Florence And The Machine and Mumford & Sons now breaking in America, there is no doubt that King Charles will only drive the British invasion into pop culture even further”.

The deal has been done in partnership with King Charles’ current label, UK indie Mi7 Records, which signed him in 2008. Mi7 managing Director James Barnett told CMU: “Since winning the ISC many US labels and publishers stated they had been following the competition for many years but had never heard a winning song on a par with ‘Love Lust’. We’ve been overwhelmed with major label and publishing interest since the win and we’re very much looking forward to working with Universal Republic in the US and Island in the UK”.

King Charles manager Mitch Amachi added: “We signed with Monte because of his integrity and vision. He urged us to keep doing what we’re doing and I think his directive was essential for a creative like King Charles who has a very clear idea of where he wants to go”.

The musician’s debut album is due for release next year, and he will support Mumford & Sons on their US tour next month.



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