Proper Music Distribution

Record label

Proper Music Distribution
Founder	Malcolm Mills
Genre	All genres
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Official website	ProperMusicGroup.com

Proper Music Distribution is the largest independent music 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]

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:

Aimee Mann
Amy LaVere
Beth Neilsen Chapman
Bird in the Belly
Cara Dillon
Daughter
Dr John
Eliza Carthy
Joan Baez
Martin Carthy
Nick Cave
Nick Lowe
Oysterband
Paul Carrack
Pet Shop Boys
Richard Thompson
Travis

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

References

^ "Welcome to the Music Week Awards 2017". MusicWeekAwards.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ "Music Week Women In Music 2017 winners revealed". Music Week. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "UK-based Proper Music gets a new warehouse – and a new look". Music Business Worldwide. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Utopia acquires the UK's Proper Music Group, launches Distribution Services unit". Music Business Worldwide. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Utopia safeguards future of market-leading physical music distributor Cinram Novum". Music Week. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "Cinram Novum is now part of Proper, powered by Utopia". Proper Music Group. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.