{"id":193617,"date":"2025-10-10T09:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/10\/q3-2025-record-label-market-share-republic-stays-no-1-atlantic-surges-after-big-quarter-3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:14:12","slug":"q3-2025-record-label-market-share-republic-stays-no-1-atlantic-surges-after-big-quarter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/10\/10\/q3-2025-record-label-market-share-republic-stays-no-1-atlantic-surges-after-big-quarter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Q3 2025 Record Label Market Share: REPUBLIC Stays No. 1, Atlantic Surges After Big\u00a0Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tCall it the calm before the Taylor Swift storm. The first three quarters of this year \u2014 which span Dec. 31, 2024, through Oct. 2, 2025 \u2014 effectively function as a report card for the record business before the inevitable takeover of the superstar\u2019s Life of a Showgirl album, which came out Friday (Oct. 3). The album immediately sold 2.7 million copies on its first day, which would already make it the second-biggest album of the year to date \u2014 but that\u2019s not under discussion just yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tEven without the new Swift release, her label home REPUBLIC \u2014 which encompasses Republic Records, Island Records, Mercury Records, Big Loud and indie distributor Imperial \u2014 is still leading the pack for the year so far, with a 13.60% three-quarter current market share, powered by huge albums from Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter and The Weeknd, among others. It\u2019s a jump from the industry-leading 12.69% current share Republic enjoyed at midyear, though down from the Swift-powered 15.21% it posted through three quarters in 2024, when her The Tortured Poets Department album spent 17 of its eventual 19 weeks atop the Billboard 200.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tKeeping Republic high pre-Showgirl are the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack and continued gains from Big Loud (2.71%, up from 1.42%) and Island (2.68%, up from 2.15%). The former was driven by Wallen\u2019s continued success, the latter a remarkable jump considering that 2024 was a big breakout year with Carpenter and Chappell Roan. Clearly, the label continued firing on all cylinders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn second once again is Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), inclusive of Verve Label Group, which ended the third quarter with a 10.43% current market share. That\u2019s up from the 10.13% IGA held at the same mark in 2024 and is boosted by chart-topping albums from Lady Gaga and Playboi Carti this year, plus the continued success of Billie Eilish\u2019s Hit Me Hard and Soft and Kendrick Lamar\u2019s GNX, both from last year. By song consumption units, Lamar and SZA\u2019s \u201cluther\u201d remains the biggest song of 2025 so far, and IGA\u2019s current share has come down from its Q1 high of 12.67% as the song has receded.\u00a0<\/p>\n