Early in his career, the singer realized the status quo for contracts wasn't in favor of artists -- so he took matters into his own hands.for many Hispanic families in the U.S. who know his music by heart -- but it's his business savvy that really makes him stand out from his peers., the Mexican singer has sold millions of records around the world. But what many may not know is that he launched his own record label,Aguilar has always been surrounded by music.
“Can you imagine, forever, like, if you signed a contract with a record company as a songwriter, singer, songwriter back in 1985, they will be the owners of music entity in perpetuity?” he said. At 19 years old, he hired a lawyer and sued the record company Musart. This was the first of his legal battles against the company and the first lawsuit of this kind in the history of music in Mexico, he said.“My father was like, 'you’re crazy,'” he remembered. “And I said, ‘That's absurd. That's stupid. That's crazy. I mean, we're creating everything.
After a more than 30 year career, the music icon thinks that artists should know about business if they want to make it in the industry. “That's why it's called show business,” he said. And when the industry shifted from CDs and radio to Spotify and streaming, he adapted them as another source of revenue. “It's all about evolution and adapting,” he said.
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