NEWS: Razor & Tie Is #2 Label At Rock Radio For 2014

November 21, 2014 • Leave a Comment

(New York, NY) – Razor & Tie had a breakout year at rock radio in 2014 with hits from The Pretty Reckless, All That Remains and Starset making the label the most successful indie in the format and the second strongest rock label overall, including the majors. Breakout act The Pretty Reckless’ “Heaven Knows”finishes the year as the #1 song at Active and Mainstream Rock and spent 18 weeks at the top of the Mainstream Rock chart.

Razor & Tie is the #2 label at Mainstream Rock with a 10.7 percent market share, second only to Warner Brothers (Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Black Keys) and an 8.5 percent market share of Active Rock airplay, behind only Warner Brothers and Republic Records.

Other big hits for the label on the year end chart include All That Remains’ “What if I Was Nothing” (#9), Starset’s “My Demons” (#11), and The Pretty Reckless’ “Messed up World” (#15).

Razor & Tie Co-Owners Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam comment, “We couldn’t be more thrilled with the progress that we have made in 2014. We are working with the next great artists in rock and our success is a testament to their excellence and the hard work of our staff. Rock is coming back and we are excited to be part of it.”

Razor & Tie SVP of Promotion Kurt Steffek adds, “This year was further proof that barriers for success for independent labels have come down. Radio has been so open to supporting our bands, I can’t say thanks enough to them, our great team and all the hard work our bands have put in on the road.”

Listen to the Razor & Tie 2014 radio hits HERE (https://soundcloud.com/razorandtie/sets/razor-tie-radio/s-zz5mx).

Razor & Tie: With over 40 million units sold, 24 plus years in business and multiple Grammy Awards, Razor & Tie is one of the largest privately owned independent music labels and publishing companies in North America. The full service label (which was founded in 1990 and has been co-owned since its inception by entrepreneurs Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam) employs an expert staff that provides strategic marketing, publicity, new media/online marketing, tour marketing, radio and video promotion, as well as in-house creative team and video production services. The rapidly expanding roster includes a variety of both established and developing artists including All That Remains, The Pretty Reckless, Attila, Starset, Chiodos, The Ready Set, Yellowcard, Chelsea Grin, For Today, Hatebreed, HIM, KYNG, Nonpoint, Norma Jean, Protest The Hero, The Sword, Sworn In and many more. Razor & Tie also formed a new imprint Washington Square, which features such acts as The Hold Steady, Dar Williams, Jon Batiste and Stay Human and indie rockers Born Cages. The label also created and owns the multiplatinum children’s audio brand Kidz Bop.

www.razorandtie.com

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