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Everything Savage

Tiwa Savage's recording imprint and rights-holding entity, distributed through EMPIRE since November 2022.

Based in
Lagos, Nigeria
Founder
Tiwatope 'Tiwa' Savage

Everything Savage is the recording imprint of Nigerian singer Tiwatope “Tiwa” Savage, credited as the rights-holding entity on her recordings since November 2022. It first appears on the phonogram line of the single “Loaded,” her collaboration with Asake, and has carried every Tiwa Savage release since, including her fourth studio album, This One Is Personal (29 August 2025).

The imprint releases through EMPIRE, the independent American distributor, which is named alongside Everything Savage on the same phonogram credits. No source names a formal company registration, jurisdiction or officers for Everything Savage; it functions publicly as Savage’s personal label name rather than a separately branded company with its own leadership team.

Everything Savage replaced Motown Records and Universal Music Group as the credited rights holder on Savage’s recordings. Her prior two studio releases, Celia (2020) and the EP Water & Garri (2021), both carry the phonogram credit “Universal Music (Pty) Ltd South Africa,” under her 2019 global recording agreement with Universal Music Group.

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