Breaking Benjamin signed with BMG to launch new music, their first since 2018. According to a press launch, the band has racked up 8.5 billion streams globally.

On the heels of his latest signing with Eminem’s Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope, Filipino rapper Ez Mil signed to Grassroots Music for international administration. His consultant on the firm is Dan Lee.

Universal Music Canada signed Punjabi producer thiarajxtt (a.okay.a. Dilmanjot Singh Thiara), who launched the EP If the Sun Had a Dark Side on the label on Oct. 18. Last 12 months, thiarajxtt produced most of Diljit Dosanjh’s album Ghost and collaborated with Jassa Dhillon, Shubh, Channi Nattan, Jerry and extra.

The Head and the Heart signed with Verve Forecast and launched a brand new single entitled “Arrow.” A brand new studio album will likely be introduced within the coming weeks.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (“Face Down,” “Your Guardian Angel”) signed to Better Noise Music, which is able to launch the band’s new album subsequent spring.

Finnish rock band The Rasmus (“In the Shadows”) additionally signed with Better Noise, which collectively launched the group’s new single, “Rest in Pieces,” with Nordic indie label Playground Music on Friday (Oct. 25).

Rap-rock group Hollywood Undead signed with Sumerian Records and launched the brand new single “Hollywood Forever.” According to a press launch, the group has greater than 3.1 billion profession streams throughout platforms.

Alt-pop trio Coyote Theory (“This Side of Paradise”) signed with Nettwerk Music Group and launched the brand new single “Waiting on the Weather.” The band’s drummer, Jayson Lynn, acts because the group’s supervisor. A&Rs are Anne Elise Dickinson and Tom Gates.

Austin Williams and Truth or Dare Records partnered with RECORDS Nashville/Columbia Records. Williams, recognized for songs together with “Here We Go Again” and “Wanna Be Saved,” is repped by Loyd Potts and Ken Madson at Ignition Management, with company illustration from CAA. – Jessica Nicholson

Big Machine Records signed singer-songwriter and two-time Grammy nominee Ryan Hurd, who launched his newest tune, “This Party Sucks,” on Friday (Oct. 25). Hurd can also be signed to Big Machine Music for publishing. The Big Machine Records roster moreover contains Tim McGraw, Carly Pearce, Midland, Rascal Flatts and Jackson Dean. – Jessica Nicholson

Mereba signed to Secretly Canadian, which is able to launch her new album, The Breeze Grew a Fire, on Feb. 14. The first single from the LP, “Counterfeit,” dropped on Oct. 22.

Pop-rock duo Sparks (Ron and Russell Mael) signed with Transgressive Records, which is able to launch their as-yet-untitled upcoming studio album — the band’s twenty eighth — subsequent 12 months, with Firebird Label Services serving as distributor.

HEYOON, a Korean-born pop artist based mostly in each L.A. and Korea who was beforehand a part of the worldwide pop group Now United, signed with Universal Music Korea. The label will assist develop HEYOON globally.

Sibling duo Ocie and Wes Crowe, often called the nation/folks/different duo Crowe Boys, signed with UMG Nashville. The duo’s first launch for the label is “Let Me Feel Alone,” written solely by Ocie Crowe, out Nov. 8. – Jessica Nicholson

New York-based rapper-producer-trumpeter Pan Amsterdam, beforehand often called Leron Thomas, signed to Heavenly Records and launched the brand new monitor “White Ninja.” An album is due subsequent 12 months.

Manchester, U.Okay.-based experimental punk band Maruja signed with Music For Nations and launched a brand new single, “Break the Tension,” on the label. The group is slated to embark on a North American tour subsequent 12 months.

Barbadian singer/songwriter/producer Ayoni signed with Def Jam Recordings and launched the one “San Francisco” forward of a bigger challenge set to drop subsequent 12 months. Ayoni is featured within the Paramount+ documentary Uncharted.

WME signed singer-songwriter Zach Meadows. The Florida native (and now Nashville resident) is repped by Torrez Music Group’s Alex Torrez and Emily Vincent. He launched his debut album, Road to Nowhere, in August and can quickly be part of Braxton Keith on the street all through November. – Jessica Nicholson

Handcraft Entertainment signed Japanese-British artist, mannequin and influencer Hana Kuro to a worldwide manufacturing and administration deal, marking the second main signing for the J-pop-focused agency.