Heard Well is an American music label founded in 2015 by

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, Andrew Graham and Jeremy Wineberg. The label focuses exclusively on producing compilation albums featuring undiscovered artists as curated by digital

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Overview

Heard Well works with social influencers and celebrities to curate compilation albums of their favorite music. After licensing the music, the label, in tandem with the influencer, bring it to market both digital and physical form. The label is the first music company powered by social tastemakers and their communities.

History

In November 2014 YouTube personality Connor Franta created and released a compilation album titled ''Crown'', which went on to become one of the top 20 best-selling pop albums of 2014 on iTunes. Subsequently, Franta released a second compilation album several months later. By July 2015 Franta formalized the project by founding Heard Well as a music label with Jeremy Wineberg, owner of the music distribution and licensing company Opus Label, as well as then talent manager and now agent, Andrew Graham. One month later, Franta produced and released the label's first album, ''Common Culture, Vol. 3''. In 2015, Heard Well created the soundtrack for

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, an Australian documentary about marriage equality. That same year, Heard Well produced an album by Anthony Quintal (a.k.a. Lohanthony) entitled "

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." In June 2016 Heard Well signed author, activist and podcast host Tyler Oakley to create a 13-track compilation album called ''Pride Jams'', which celebrated

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month. As of August 2016 each album released by Heard Well charted in the Billboard Top 200, and sold thousands of copies. By May 2017, Heard Well had signed twelve of

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's most subscribed to personalities, with an average following of 3.8 million people. Signees include

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and others.

Heard Well Radio

In April 2017, Heard Well launched Heard Well Radio with online radio company TuneIn.

Creators

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Anthony Quintal Anthony Michael Quintal (born May 24, 1999), better known as Lohanthony, is an American former YouTuber and social media star. He started making YouTube videos at age 10 and found success after his video "Calling All the Basic Bitches" went viral ...

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Andrea Russett Andrea Rose Russett (born June 27, 1995) is an Internet personality active on Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube. In 2020 Russett released her first music, making her a published singer-songwriter. Early life Russett was born in Fort Wayne, In ...

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References

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