Ciara has first-hand expertise of what it means for an artist to personal their grasp recordings.

During a current interview with Forbes, Ciara shared how she grew to become an unbiased artist and the way label drama led to proudly owning her masters.

“It was also one of my greatest meetings because that propelled me to become independent, because literally he did not see the vision of what ‘Level Up’ was,” stated Ciara. “I remember going downstairs to the person that was my A&R at that time his name was Monti Olson […] I’m forever grateful for him because he also believed in me when I was like eight months pregnant to sign a deal with meHe was one of the executives that were actually still at the company when the old CEO went out.”

“I asked for my masters and they gave it back to me for free, so let you know how much they didn’t believe, and now ‘Level Up’ is almost three times platinum,” she continued.

Betting on herself turned out to be the perfect determination the “Goodies”  singer ever made. The success of “Level Up” helped to launcher her unbiased label, Beauty Marks Entertainment, which she established in 2017.

The hit tune grew to become the primary launch from her label and debuted at 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on July 31, 2018 moved to quantity 59 the next week. It debuted at quantity 10 on the US Digital Songs chart that very same week, changing into Ciara’s sixth top-ten hit on the chart and first since “Love sex Magic” in March 2009.