The article discusses how platforms like TikTok and Spotify have enabled artists to achieve success without traditional record label support. However, for those signed to labels, the control exerted by these establishments can significantly affect their careers. Various artists have voiced their concerns about the treatment they receive from labels, highlighting issues such as insufficient pay, lack of support during challenging times, and pressure to conform to industry standards. Examples of artists speaking out reveal systemic issues within the music industry affecting both their emotional and financial well-being.
I told myself that if I ever won a Grammy and got to stand up here before the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels in the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would...offer a livable wage and health care, especially developing artists.
We're not gonna sugarcoat anything anymore. We've been quiet long enough...We are the biggest-selling female group ever - 10 million albums worldwide. We have worked very hard. We have been in this business for five years, and we are broke as broke can be.
The first thing [Jay-Z] asked me to do was get plastic surgery. What women do you know who hasn't had plastic surgery around [Jay-Z]? All of them have. I'm the only one who didn't.
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