Bandlab passes 100 million users

BandLab has passed 100 million registered users of its flagship social music creation platform, up 40 million in a little over a year. Thirty percent of the platform’s creators are based in the US.

“It’s funny when you get to these large milestones, especially something like 100 million, which is slightly hard to fathom in terms of the scale of the number,” BandLab’s Singapore-based CEO Meng Ru Kuok told Bloomberg. “It was also something that really felt like nothing really special. It sort of crossed, and I think we all realized, like, ‘Oh, that’s great.’ But I think that’s just the result of how fast things have grown.”

At least one bonafide hit emerged from Bandlab’s 100 million creators. dv4d broke onto Billboard Hot 100 in 2022 with “Romantic Homicide,” a track he created in the app that also resulted in his signing with UMG’s Interscope/Darkroom label.

“Seeing artists go on to major labels and independent labels is a great, great joy and success for us,” Kuok said. “Our relationship with an artist doesn’t end when they progress in the industry.”

Last year BandLab secured $25M in a Series B1 funding at a valuation of $425M.

Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, President of the Skyline Artists Agency, and a Berklee College Of Music professor.