{
  "id": 9208750,
  "title": "Signed: Laufey Inks Label Deal With Interscope/Verve; CHVRCHES Looks to the Futures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/signed-laufey-inks-label-deal-with-interscope-verve-chvrches-looks-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T22:10:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/lists/laufey-label-deal-interscope-verve-artist-signings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Laufey, the jazz/classical singer-songwriter and two-time Grammy winner, has signed with Interscope/Verve Records. She recently concluded her 70-date A Matter of Time global arena tour in Mexico City. Billboard named her Women in Music Innovator earlier this year. Laufey had a global recording deal with AWAL from 2020 to 2022, releasing her debut album Everything I Know About Love in 2022. Her 2023 album Bewitched topped Billboard's Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts, and her 2025 album A Matter of Time reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200.",
  "summary": "Other recent artist signings include Vic Mensa, Alfredo Gutiérrez, Ava Liv Mabry and JYT.",
  "key_points": [
    "Laufey signs with Interscope/Verve Records",
    "Recent completion of 70-date global arena tour",
    "Billboard named her Women in Music Innovator"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}