Industry Music Founded 2005 Number of employees 51 | Area served Worldwide Headquarters Liverpool Type of business Private | |
Genre Online distribution, Record label Founder Lee Parsons, Matt Parsons Key people Lee Parsons
Matt Parsons Products Record Label Services, Online Delivery (Music) Profiles | ||
Ditto Music (stylized as DI++O) is an online music distribution company. It distributes music to 160 digital music stores, including iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, VEVO, eMusic, Spotify, Beatport, Rhapsody
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History
Ditto Music was started by Matt and Lee Parsons who were previously in bands themselves. Ditto's first artist was released on December 25, 2005.
In January 2007 Ditto Music engineered “Blag, Steal & Borrow” by Essex band Koopa into the UK Top 40, making it the first chart hit by an unsigned band, this achievement is in the Guinness Book Of World Records Ditto Music have achieved 11 UK Top 40 hits with unsigned artists to date, founded 6,000 record labels, were the first to put an unsigned band on Spotify and have openly spoken out supporting artists' rights.
Ditto Music opened their US office in Nashville Tennessee in February 2011 and have subsequently been nominated for awards at the International Trade Awards and 'International Business of The Year'. Ditto opened their Australian office in Melbourne in May 2013. Other accolades include RECSS Customer Support Award for 'Best Online Service Provider' and a nomination for 'Best Distribution Team' at the 2013 Music Week Awards.
In August 2015, Ditto Music launched Record Label in a Box, a product containing the digital and physical tools needed to set up and run an independent record label.
Ditto Music was also nominated for Best Label/Artist Services Company at the Music Week Awards 2017.