Nigerian Afrobeats singer CKay put out his first EP in 2017 through Chocolate City and the label then entered into a partnership with Warner Music Africa in 2019 where he was identified as an act with international potential.
US alternative rock band The National released their ninth album, First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, on 28 April 2023. It was their first album since member Aaron Dessner became infinitely more famous through working with Taylor Swift, so this was going to be a very different, and more amplified, return.