Fresh Ink: Jamiroquai Signs With BMG, Ari Abdul Builds New Foundations

Plus other moves at Fearless, CAA, Front Row Management & more

ROSTR & NIF track thousands of artist signings every year - Fresh Ink helps you keep track of some of the highlights over the past week. Let's dive into some of the signings you should know about in this week’s edition.

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Jamiroquai have landed at BMG for a worldwide recording agreement, bringing three decades of funk innovation to the label's eclectic UK roster. The group have spent two years developing new material frontman Jay Kay believes ranks among their strongest work since emerging in the early 1990s with albums like Emergency on Planet Earth, Travelling Without Moving, and A Funk Odyssey.

After celebrating her four-year music debut last week, Ari Abdul has joined Foundations with Dawn Barger signing on for management duties. Her track ‘BABYDOLL’ has racked up over 300M streams and just released her newest single ‘So Good’ via Slumbo Labs/RCA last month.

In the midst of a European tour opening for sombr, Charlotte Lawrence has signed with Anika Capozza of Front Row Management. The singer, who is engaged to superproducer Andrew Watt, has also written for major pop artists and appeared in fashion campaigns for brands like Marc Jacobs and Saks.

Ohio metalcore band Beartooth move to Fearless Records after years at Red Bull Records, dropping debut single ‘Free’ to mark the shift. Their 2023 release The Surface hit #1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums chart while spawning back-to-back Active Rock radio toppers, adding to 1.3B career streams, one Platinum and one Gold plaque.

Atlanta duo Coco & Clair Clair have partnered with Bronwyn Ford & Bryan Ling of New Community Management. The pair earned attention with viral hit ‘Pretty’ – which Clairo featured in a Soundcloud mix – and will look to build on their 2024 album Girl.

After releasing sophomore album Midwest Rock & Roll through Big Machine Records in March 2025, Ryan Hurd has now signed with Jeff Krones, Katie Germano & Darin Murphy of CAA for touring. The two-time GRAMMY nominee has written Platinum #1s for Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, and Lady A while racking up over one billion streams as an artist.

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