Here are some current hits chosen just for their popularity.
Let’s see who released em.
California Gurls – Katy Perry – Capitol
OMG – Usher – Sony
Airplanes – B.o.B -Atlantic
Your Love Is My Drug – ke$ha – Sony
Alejandro – Lady Gaga – Interscope (distributed by Geffen-A&N)
Not Afraid – Emenim – Aftermath (distributed by Universal)
Rock that Body – The Black Eyed Peas – Intercope
Cooler Than Me – Mike Posner – Sony
Paris (ooh La La) -Grace Potter – Hollywood (distributed by Universal)
You might be able to do many things in the music biz -but making it without a major label behind you? Not so much.
You will find just about nothing anywhere that sells significant quantities and doesn’t have the majors fingerprints all over it. So next time Thom Yorke tells you not to sign to a major tell him to go fuck himself.