Proper Music Distribution

Proper Music Distribution is the largest independent music distributor in the UK, with annual sales of over £25million. It is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Proper Music Group Limited. In recent years it has been a frequent winner of coveted Music Week Awards. "Music Week – Best Distribution Team"^[1] and Diversity in the Workplace.^[2] In 2017, the company relocated to a new, purpose-built 100,000sq. ft. distribution centre in Dartford, Kent.^[3]

Proper Music Distribution
Founder	Malcolm Mills
Genre	All genres
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Official website	ProperMusicGroup.com

In January 2022, it was announced the Switzerland-headquartered fintech company Utopia Music had acquired Proper Music Distribution's parent company, Proper Music Group.^[4] Later in 2022, Utopia Music acquired physical entertainment distributor Cinram Novum,^[5] which has now become part of Proper Music Distribution, powered by Utopia.^[6]

Distributed artists

A selection from thousands of distributed artists include:

• Aimee Mann
• Amy LaVere
• Beth Neilsen Chapman
• Bird in the Belly
• Cara Dillon
• Daughter
• Dr John
• Eliza Carthy
• Joan Baez
• Martin Carthy
• Nick Cave
• Nick Lowe
• Oysterband
• Paul Carrack
• Pet Shop Boys
• Richard Thompson
• Travis

Distributed record labels

Examples of their distributed labels include:

• Alligator Records
• Big Chill
• Crammed Discs
• ECM Records
• Far Out Recordings
• Fellside Records
• Fledg'ling
• The Last Music Company
• MiG-music
• Naim Records
• Navigator Records
• Ploughboy Records
• Proper Records
• Real World Records
• Ruf Records
• Sain
• Shanachie Records
• Soundway Records
• Stoney Plain Records
• Topic Records
• Whirlwind Records