Stemming from a business started in 1988, Proper Music Distribution has grown to become the largest totally independent distributor in the UK, with annual sales of over £25million. It is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Proper Music Group Limited. In recent years it has been a frequent winner of coveted Music Week Awards. "Music Week – Best Distribution Team"[1] and Diversity In The Workplace.[2] In 2017, the company relocated to a new, purpose built 100,000sq. ft. distribution centre in Dartford, Kent.[3]
| Proper Music Distribution | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Malcolm Mills |
| Genre | All genres |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Official website | ProperMusicGroup.com |
In January 2022, it was announced the Switzerland-headquartered fintech company Utopia Music had acquired Proper Music Distribution's parent company, Proper Music Group.[4] Later in 2022, Utopia Music acquired physical entertainment distributor Cinram Novum,[5] which has now become part of Proper Music Distribution, powered by Utopia.[6]
Distributed artists
A tiny selection from thousands of distributed artists include:
Distributed record labels
A small selection of distributed labels include:
- Alligator Records
- Big Chill
- Crammed Discs
- ECM Records
- Far Out Recordings
- Fellside Records
- Fledg'ling
- The Last Music Company
- MiG-music
- Naim Records
- Navigator Records
- Ploughboy Records
- Proper Records
- Real World Records
- Ruf Records
- Sain
- Shanachie Records
- Soundway Records
- Stoney Plain Records
- Topic Records
- Whirlwind Records