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# Fast Company Names 10 Most Innovative Music Companies of 2024
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/fast-company-names-10-most-innovative-music-companies-of-2024/
- Published: 2024-03-21T16:29:30.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-21T16:29:35.000Z
- Description: Business journal Fast Company has released its annual list of Most Innovative Companies, including ten focusing on music, and it contains a few surprises…..
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Tech, Startups & Funding, music, Music Business, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Business journal Fast Company has released its annual list of Most Innovative Companies, including ten focusing on music, and it contains a few surprises

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While the list includes a few repeats from 2023 like UMG and TuneCore, there are also a couple of curiosities like Atlantic Records “for bringing the hit Barbie soundtrack to life” and CREEM “for bringing music journalism back to its heyday.”

Atlantic did a great job of taking full advantage of a mega-hot movie. And kudos to CREEM for coming back from the dead, but it’s way too early to reward them for a rebirth in music journalism that exists behind their paywall.

That aside, there are at least three that I’m keeping an eye on: Holoplot, CREATESAFE, and FEED.FM.

![A lightbulb icon with an upward arrow inside, symbolizing innovation and ideas in business, on a vibrant cyan background.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-hypebot-com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fast-company.jpg)

### **Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Music Companies 2024**

1. **UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP**  
For rewriting how musicians are paid in the AI era
2. **ATLANTIC RECORDS**  
For bringing the hit Barbie soundtrack to life
3. **SOUNDCLOUD**  
For finding a whole new way to pay royalties to artists
4. **HOLOPLOT**  
For personalizing the audio experience, even at a live event
5. **DEEZER**  
For forging partnerships to get music to more people around the world globally
6. **TUNECORE**  
For helping budding artists get their music to future fans
7. **CREEM**  
For bringing music journalism back to its heyday
8. **THE RECORDING ACADEMY**  
For expanding the definition of excellence in music
9. **CREATESAFE**  
For building a framework for responsible AI music
10. **FEED.FM**  
For generating a soundtrack for fitness platforms

Explore the full 2024 list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies [here.](https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/list?ref=hypebot.com)

**Bruce Houghton* is the Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), and a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor.*