Imagine-owned distribution firm TuneCore has appointed Noémie Lambert as Head of TuneCore, France.
The appointment, introduced on Wednesday (September 9), was made collectively by Brian Miller, Chief Enterprise Officer at TuneCore, and Basile Beaugendre, Regional Head of TuneCore, Europe, to whom Lambert will report.
Within the function, Lambert will lead the expansion of the TuneCore enterprise and local people engagement throughout France and French-speaking international locations, in response to the corporate.
She can be tasked with securing advertising and marketing and trade partnerships to extend the impression of artists’ releases in these markets, in response to TuneCore.
Miller mentioned: “As TuneCore continues to scale our world operations, it’s paramount that now we have consultants on the bottom who’re in a position to finest serve artists of their dwelling markets. As Head of TuneCore, France, Noémie will assist appeal to and retain self-releasing French-speaking artists with alternatives to develop their careers on their very own phrases.”
Lambert can even work alongside Imagine and TuneCore‘s world advertising and marketing and communications groups to extend model consciousness in France, and can align the corporate’s native operations with the strategic aims of Imagine Group.
The exec brings greater than a decade of music trade expertise to the function, in response to TuneCore.
She joins from Audio Community, the place she served as Sync Supervisor, Branded Content material & Advertisements, with accountability for inventive music supervision, licensing, and enterprise growth.
She started her profession in music as a advertising and marketing and partnerships coordinator, EMEA, at Spotify France, earlier than becoming a member of Common Music France to develop its distribution platform Spinnup.
She then moved to Groover, the place she labored on the corporate’s artist companies and distribution platform, Groover Obsessions.
“AS HEAD OF TUNECORE, FRANCE, I AIM TO SOLIDIFY TUNECORE AS THE FIRST PLACE FRENCH ARTISTS THINK OF WHEN THEY WANT TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE CAREER, BOTH AT HOME AND INTERNATIONALLY.”
Noémie Lambert, TuneCore
Lambert mentioned: “Unbiased artists have by no means had extra entry to alternatives for achievement, however they’ve additionally by no means needed to navigate a extra complicated trade to realize success.
“As Head of TuneCore, France, I goal to solidify TuneCore as the primary place French artists consider once they wish to construct a sustainable profession, each at dwelling and internationally.”
TuneCore mentioned it has more and more change into the “platform of selection” for self-releasing artists in France, together with Marseille rapper TK.
TK‘s monitor Coachella, a collaboration with GIMS, was launched via TuneCore on August 14.
The monitor rose to No. 2 on YouTube‘s trending music chart in France, in response to TuneCore.
GIMS topped each the album chart and the singles streaming chart in France in 2025, in response to the official French charts compiled by trade physique SNEP and the Official Charts Firm.
Beaugendre had served as Head of TuneCore, France, since 2019, earlier than he was named Regional Head of TuneCore, Europe, in Might.
In that function he helped flip TuneCore France into the corporate’s second-largest enterprise unit worldwide, in response to TuneCore.
Beaugendre mentioned: “Noémie’s real ardour for growing impartial artists has been evident all through her complete profession. I’ve spent years constructing TuneCore France into the premier distribution vacation spot for impartial French artists, and I really feel assured that Noémie is the most effective individual to make sure TuneCore stays the associate of selection for French artists in search of the most effective setup and alternatives to construct their careers.”
Lambert‘s appointment follows a run of adjustments to TuneCore‘s worldwide management crew, together with the promotion of Cyrus Chen to Regional Head of TuneCore, APAC, in Might, and Andi Arya Dwi Putra’s appointment as Head of TuneCore, Indonesia, in July.
Miller was promoted from Chief Income Officer to Chief Enterprise Officer in April.
France is the world’s sixth-largest recorded music market, producing recorded music revenues of $1.21 billion in 2025, up 3.9% YoY, in response to SNEP.
TuneCore, which was acquired by Imagine in 2015, distributes music to greater than 150 obtain and streaming shops worldwide.
At a bunch stage, Imagine restructured its world group in July, unifying its industrial division with its product, tech, and operations division.
The Paris-headquartered firm operates in additional than 50 international locations, employs over 2,000 folks, and generated greater than $1 billion in income in 2024.
Imagine and TuneCore additionally struck a worldwide licensing partnership with AI music platform Suno on Tuesday (September 8).
The settlement covers “taking part repertoire” from each firms, and arrives simply over 4 months after Imagine and TuneCore started blocking the distribution of tracks made on unlicensed AI platforms on April 30, Suno amongst them.Music Enterprise Worldwide
