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Downtown Music Publishing (DMP) has announced a global music publishing agreement with Peso Pluma’s Double P Records. Here’s the latest.
Double P Records was founded by Peso Pluma and George Prajin in April 2023, with this partnership seeing DMP providing full administration and sync placement across Double P Records’ current and future releases. It also encompasses administration for Peso Plum’a own publishing interests, including his latest double album, ÉXODO.
The record label is the home to some of Música Mexicana’s biggest songwriters including Peso Pluma, Jasiel Núñez, Estevan Plazola, and Jesús Roberto Laija García (Tito Double P). Peso Pluma boasts 52 million monthly Spotify listeners, making history as the first Mexican artist to top the ‘Daily Top Artists Mexico’ chart. He is widely known as a leading figure in championing the resurgence of Corridos, a genre that blends traditional Mexican Corridos with modern influences including trap, hip-hop, and reggaeton.
Peso Pluma’s album ÉXODO was the biggest debut by any Mexican artist on Spotify. It received over 29 million streams within the first 24 hours of release, making it the highest first-day streamed album on Apple Music, too. His previous album GÉNESIS also broke streaming records and earned him a Grammy nomination and win for Best Música Mexicana Album in 2024.
“We are looking forward to joining forces with Downtown and continuing to grow our partnership. I am confident t hat together we are going to do great things,” adds George Prajin, CEO, Prajin Parlay Inc. and Co-Founder Double P Records.
“Peso Pluma’s exceptional rise to fame is of great importance to the representation of Música Mexicana artists globally,” adds Jedd Katrancha, Chief Commercial Officer of Downtown Music Publishing. “We’re honored to provide Double P Records with the services and opportunities DMP has to offer across its groundbreaking catalog.”
The announcement follows a period of significant growth and success for Downtown Latin music and Música Mexicana with over 30 Latin Grammy nominations for clients across the group in 2023. Those nominations include Best Tejano Album from FUGA client Freddie Records’ artist, Jay Perez and Best Engineered Album from CD Baby client, Antonio Adolfo.
