Maajja (stylised in all lowercase maajja) is an independent record label and distribution company based out of Toronto and Chennai. Unlike traditional record labels, the label does not own their artists’ master recordings.
History
2021―present: Formation Maajja was founded by Canadian tech entrepreneurs, Noel Kirthiraj, Sen Sachi, Sean Abbarow, Prasana Balachandran as a "technology-enabled label alternative" created with artists in mind.
Maajja was announced to the public on 26 January 2021 in a video, presented by A.R. Rahman, on the maajja YouTube channel.
Mission
Maajja aims to establish sustainable careers for their artists, hence the label not owning master recordings and all copyrights remaining with the artists when they release music via the label.
Artists
Soloists Dhee Arivu Shan Vincent de Paul Navz-47 Ami Shashaa Tirupati Satthia Tha Mystro Pravin Saivi Sakthi Amaran Maalavika Sundar
Groups Two's a Company The Casteless Collective Kothu Boys Staccato
Producers A.R. Rahman Santhosh Narayanan ofRo Pravin Mani Steve Cliff
Discography
+List of songs distributed by MaajjaRelease dateTitleArtistTypeFormatLanguageRef.7 March 2021"Enjoy Enjaami"Dhee (ft. Arivu)produced by Santhosh NarayananSingleStreaming, digital downloadTamil18 March 2021"Amnesia"Shan Vincent de Paul (ft. Ami)SingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish2 April 2021"Vince"Two's a CompanySingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish2 April 2021"Kaadhal Aagalaam"MagishaSingleStreaming, digital downloadTamill16 April 2021"Idhu Varai"StaccatoSingleStreaming, digital downloadTamil16 April 2021"Vaa Sakhi"Maalavika SundarSingleStreaming, digital downloadTamil23 April 2021"Free Will"Pravin Saivi & Sakhti AmaranSingleStreaming, digital downloadTamil30 April 2021High on MusicSteve CliffAlbumStreaming, digital download30 April 2021"Ondrallo"Tha Mystro (ft. Vernon G Segaram)SingleStreaming, digital downloadTamil30 April 2021"Un Tholil Naan Saaya"Shashaa Tirupati (ft.Keba Jeremiah)SingleStreaming, digital downloadTamil28 May 2021"Savage"Shan Vincent de PaulSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish30 June 2021"Neeye Oli"Shan Vincent de Paul, Navz-47produced by Santhosh NarayananSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish, Tamil7 July 2021 "XO"dasa, Shaq-TSingleStreaming, digital download9 July 2021"Hard Times"Shan Vincent de PaulSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish23 July 2021"Uyire"Shan Vincent de Paul, YanchanSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish, Tamil1 August 2021Kalliyugamdasa, Shaq-TEPStreaming, digital downloadEnglish, Tamil13 August 2021"After Life"Coleman Hell, Pritt (Prithika Pathmanathan), Shan Vincent de PaulSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish6 September 2021Made in JaffnaShan Vincent de PaulAlbumStreaming, digital downloadEnglish, Tamil10 September 2021"Into the Storm"DEYO, Janani (ft. Question416)SingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish13 September 2021"Fear"Shilpa AnanthSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish1 October 2021"XO (Remix)"dasa, Shaq-TSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish8 October 2021"DB Breaker"DEYO, Bonio VescasSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish27 October 2021"Aleka"FSPROD Vinu, FSPROD MithuSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish10 December 2021"Certified Snaccboi"dasa, Shaq-TSingleStreaming, digital downloadEnglish17 December 2021"Unnal Anbe"Arjun Menon, Pravin ManiSingleStreaming, digital downloadTamil31 December 2021AnalogicalD I N I OAlbumStreaming, digital downloadEnglish25 March 2022"Moopilla Thamizhe Thaaye"A. R. Rahman, Thamarai, SaindhaviAlbumStreaming, digital downloadTamil
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