Millie-Turner

Millie Turner signs publishing deal with AWAL

Kobalt’s recording company AWAL has signed a worldwide deal with rising star Millie Turner following the success of her singles Eyes On You and Night Running.

Bekki Bemrose
  • By Bekki Bemrose
  • 1 Apr 2019
  • min read
Kobalt’s recording company AWAL has signed a worldwide deal with rising star Millie Turner following the success of her singles Eyes On You and Night Running.

AWAL’s recording deal with offer the singer-songwriter a full range of services, including global marketing, campaign coordination, A&R and global distribution.

The 28-year-old artist, from Hackney, London, debuted in 2017 with the track Underwater followed by Eyes On You later that year.

2018 proved to be a watershed year for Turner when her song The Shadow was named one of NME’s tracks of the year, and Night Running was supported by BBC Radio 1.

Matt Riley, VP A&R, AWAL, says: ‘Millie was one of the first artists discovered by Zoe Warshaw in our A&R team when she joined AWAL in 2017. We fell in love with Millie's music, creativity and originality right away and began to develop her career through the AWAL platform. We are incredibly proud that Millie has chosen to take the next step in her career as an AWAL Recordings artist and we are extremely excited about her future.’

Michael Dixon, artist manager, Sodarock Music added: ‘Since age 16, Millie has been worked with Kobalt writer/producer David Turley. As managers of Millie Turner, Titus Winterstein and I are thoroughly impressed with the expertise and determination of AWAL to bring Millie's music to the world.’

Turner is currently on tour and will appear at The Great Escape in May.