Today Is Vintage

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Today Is Vintage
Company type Private
Limited liability company
Industry Entertainment
Founded2012;12 years ago (2012)
Founder Rebstar
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Website todayisvintage.com

Today Is Vintage is an entertainment company founded in 2012 in Malmo, Sweden by music mogul Rebstar. [1] As of 2022, the company represents Grammy winners and artists, songwriters and producers accumulating over 10 billion streams worldwide. Spearheading the "Swedish invasion", [2] Today Is Vintage is one of country's leading record labels, music publishers and management firms [3] [4] [5] with its headquarters in New York City.

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History

Today Is Vintage was founded by Swedish artist Rebstar in 2012 to serve as a platform for creative minds with international potential. [6]

In late 2012, American-Hungarian Kállay Saunders became the first artist to sign to the label [7] with his first single My Baby peaking #1 on the Hungarian Top 40 chart. [8]

In 2019, Today Is Vintage moved its headquarters to New York City. [9] [10]

In 2020, the company launched its film and TV production division with Saturday Night Live writer Megan Callahan-Shah serving as co-founder and co-CEO.

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