LONDON — A dispute has broken out in the French music industry between labels trade body SNEP and Believe, the Paris-based music distributor and artist services company, over the sharing of sales and revenue data.
To compile its half-year and annual market reports, SNEP receives audited sales data from all three major labels, as well as the main independent labels and distributors in France.Believe is the biggest distributor of independent music in France, by some margin.
Founded in 2005, Believe provides a range of services for artists and indie labels, including distribution to streaming platforms, digital marketing and sync services. Its brands include New-York based platform TuneCore, Paris-based label and publisher Naïve, rock label Nuclear Blast and German distributor Groove Attack.