Label Profiles: Organizing Music Data for the Culture

The Next Step After Artist Profiles

Last month we introduced Artist Profiles — a structured way to bring together verified data about musicians on Trackloaded. These profiles gave fans and researchers a single place to access bios, discographies, and linked open data downloads.

Now, we’re taking the next step: Label Profiles.

Music labels are more than logos. They are powerhouses that launch careers, shape genres, and document the industry’s history. By giving labels their own structured profiles, we’re completing the bigger picture of African and global music data.

What Are Label Profiles?

A Label Profile is a dedicated page that organizes everything about a record label in one place:

• ✅ Logo & Verified Badge (Gold)
• 📅 Founded Year
• 📍 HQ Location
• 👑 Founders (linked where possible)
• 🎵 Current Artists
• 🎤 Former Artists
• 🔗 SameAs Links (Instagram, Wikidata, Discogs, MusicBrainz, Official Website)
• 📰 Posts & Articles tagged under the label

And just like artists, label pages are powered by structured data (JSON-LD, RDF) so that developers, researchers, and archivists can download and reuse the data.

Why Labels Matter in Data?

Music is not just about individuals — it’s about networks. Labels tell us:

• Who launched who.
• How artists are connected.
• How music history and culture evolved.

For example, when you look at Labels profile, you don’t just see the name — you see its roster, its founder, Formerly signed artists, about and how it shaped an entire wave of Nigerian music.

The Technology Behind It

Every Label Profile is:

• Built with ACF fields for consistency.
• Exported in Schema.org MusicGroup JSON-LD for search engines.
• Linked with RDF Turtle downloads for the semantic web.
• Designed for both fans and researchers.

That means fans can browse, while academics or developers can download structured music knowledge.

Why It’s Useful?

• For fans → discover artists by label, trace the music family tree.
• For journalists → verified, linked info in one place.
• For researchers → structured data ready for reuse.

Building the African Music Knowledge Graph

Trackloaded isn’t just about news or streams — it’s about building the most complete African music knowledge graph, connecting artists, labels, and cultural history.

This is only the beginning.

👉 Explore some label profiles today