ONErpm has signed four notable artists across multiple genres in recent weeks, as the firm continues to expand its artist roster.
The North American signings align with ONErpm’s broader growth strategy to develop numerous genre-based business units in the US and abroad.
Founder Emmanuel Zunz told Music Business Worldwide last month that the company’s growth is being fuelled by “more market penetration and geographic expansion, as well as buying more assets and doing higher margin deals with the artists who want to do them.”
While the company has prioritized expansion in Africa and Asia recently, Zunz noted that ONErpm is determined to remain “a significant force in the United States”.
The new signings include Grammy-winning pop artist Daya, Philadelphia-based blues-hip-hop fusion act G. Love & Special Sauce, Toronto bedroom pop artist Verzache, and Florida rapper Cochise. The signings reflect ONErpm’s strategy of working across multiple genres and career stages.
For G. Love & Special Sauce, signed by Director of A&R Ryan Cunningham, ONErpm will make five previously physical-only albums available digitally for the first time ever. These include Back In The Day (1997), In The King’s Court (1998), Has Gone Country (1998), Front Porch Loungin’ (2000), and Moonshine Lemonade (2011). The company will also release two new projects later this year: Ode to R.L., a tribute album to late blues legend R.L. Boyce, and a live album from the band’s 2024 30th Anniversary tour.
Daya, who won a Grammy for Don’t Let Me Down with The Chainsmokers, will release her second full-length album Til Every Petal Drops on October 10. The artist has also been nominated for Billboard Music Awards, Kids’ Choice Awards, and Latin American Music Awards.
Toronto’s Verzache, described by NME as the city’s “bedroom pop titan,” has amassed nearly 1 billion streams independently. The signing marks his first time working with a global team.
Florida rapper Cochise, signed by ONErpm’s Tony Tuesday, has achieved viral success with tracks like Hatchback and Tell Em (which reached No. 22 on the Billboard charts and accumulated over 670 million streams). His recent single “I LIE” has generated nearly 3 million streams across all platforms.
“Signing with ONErpm is the greatest honor of my career,” stated G. Love. “2025 marks my 31st year as a recording artist and I am truly creatively ready to deliver more than ever for the continuum.”
“It feels unbelievably full circle that almost a decade since I initially reached out to Verzache as a huge fan, he is now part of the ONErpm family.”
Yasmin Damoui, ONErpm
Yasmin Damoui, Senior A&R and Business Development at ONErpm, was involved in securing both the Daya and Verzache deals.
“It feels unbelievably full circle that almost a decade since I initially reached out to Verzache as a huge fan, he is now part of the ONErpm family,” said Damoui.
ONErpm, founded in 2010 by Emmanuel Zunz, operates 43 offices globally with over 600 employees.
The company works with over 300,000 artists, music labels and video creators worldwide and claims a 2.7% worldwide market share on Spotify.
The company launched its publishing administration service ONE Publishing in 2022, expanding from its core distribution and services offering. ONErpm is on track to hit around $300 million in gross revenue this year, according to founder Zunz.
Its other high-profile signings have included producer Malibu Babie, who worked on Nicki Minaj’s Super Freaky Girl in October 2024.Music Business Worldwide
