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India — Maharashtra

Music in Mumbai, Maharashtra

Mumbai is India's largest music city, with a dense population of listeners, artists, studios and labels. The city is a home for Hindi indie, pop, hip-hop and Marathi music, and is the country's primary hub for recording studios, labels and music publishing.

Local music environment

Languages: Hindi, English, Marathi.Genres: Indie, Pop, Hip-Hop, Film.Context: Mumbai is India's largest music city, with a dense population of listeners, artists, studios and labels. The city is a home for Hindi indie, pop, hip-hop and Marathi music, and is the country's primary hub for recording studios, labels and music publishing.

2949 Studio services

Music distribution, artist management and label partnerships are the core services for artists and labels in Mumbai. Distribution provides the infrastructure to get releases on streaming platforms. Artist management supports the day-to-day career decisions. Label partnerships connect labels to the distribution muscle they need.

Why local music matters

Indian music is best understood region by region. A release that is correctly packaged — with the right metadata, rights and identifiers — is available to the whole country. The local markets, languages and festivals in each city shape what listeners hear, and who they hear it from.