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{{Infobox record label 
| name = maajja
| image = 
| image_size = 
| image_alt = 
| caption = 
| parent =
| founded = {{Start date|2021}}
| founder = {{hlist|[[A.R. Rahman]]|Noel Kirthiraj|<br>Sen Sachi|Prasana Balachandran}}
| defunct =
| status = 
| distributor =
| genre =
| country = [[Canada]]
| location = {{hlist|[[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]|[[Toronto]], [[Canada]]}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.maajja.com/}}
}}

'''Maajja''' (stylised in all lowercase) is an independent record label and distribution company based out of [[Toronto]] and [[Chennai]]. Unlike traditional record labels, the label does not own their artists’ master recordings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-08-21|title=COVER STORY: Back to the Roots -|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/cover-story-back-to-the-roots-dhee-shan-vincent-de-paul-maajja/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=My Site|language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==

=== 2021―present: Formation ===
Maajja was founded by Canadian tech entrepreneurs, Noel Kirthiraj, Sen Sachi, Prasana Balachandran, in collaboration with [[A.R. Rahman]] as a "technology-enabled label alternative" created with artists in mind.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New platform maajja announces talents and plans for 2021|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/210401-new-platform-maajja-announces-talents-and|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.radioandmusic.com|language=en}}</ref>

Maajja was announced to the public on 26 January 2021 in a video, presented by A.R. Rahman, on the maajja YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.R. Rahman launches a new age music label for independent voices|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2021/01/28/ar-rahman-launches-a-new-age-music-label-for-independent-voices.html|access-date=2021-07-20|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref>

== Mission ==
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| quote = What ends up happening is you will have all these great musicians leave the industry as they may not be able to sustain themselves financially. Many end up doing some other job to pay the bills, which takes the focus away from creation. As maajja, if we’re able to solve even a fraction of that and help artists sustain themselves, we would have made an impact in the lives of millions,
| author = Noel Kirthiraj<ref name=":0" />
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Maajja aims to establish sustainable careers for their artists, hence the label not owning master recordings and all copyrights remaining with the artists when they release music via the label.<ref name=":0" />

== Artists ==
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=== Soloists ===
* Dhee
* Arivu
* Shan Vincent de Paul
* Navz-47
* Ami
* Shashaa Tirupati
* Satthia
* Tha Mystro
* Pravini Saivi
* Sakthi Amaran
* Maalavika Sundar
{{col-3}}

=== Groups ===
* Two's a Company
* The Casteless Collective
* Kothu Boys
* Staccato
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=== Producers ===
* A.R. Rahman
* Santhosh Narayanan
* ofRo
* Pravin Mani
* Steve Cliff
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== Discography ==
{{Expand list|date=September 2021}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+List of songs distributed by Maajja
! style="background:#CCF; width=25%;" |Release date
! style="background:#CCF; width=25%;" |Title
! style="background:#CCF; width=25%;" |Artist
! style="background:#CCF; width=25%;" |Type
! style="background:#CCF; width=25%;" |Format
! style="background:#CCF; width=25%;" |Language
! style="background:#CCF; width=25%;" |Ref.
|-
|5 March 2021
|"Amnesia"
|[[Shan Vincent de Paul]] (ft. Ami)
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|English
|
|-
|7 March 2021
|"[[Enjoy Enjaami]]"
|[[Dhee (singer)|Dhee]] (ft. [[Arivu]])<br />produced by [[Santhosh Narayanan]]
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|Tamil
|
|-
|16 April 2021
|"Vince"
|Two's a Company
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|English
|
|-
|23 April 2021
|"Kaadhal Aagalaam"
|Magisha
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|Tamill
|
|-
|23 April 2021
|"Idhu Varai"
|Staccato
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|Tamil
|
|-
|23 April 2021
|"Vaa Sakhi"
|Maalavika Sundar
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|Tamil
|
|-
|23 April 2021
|"Free Will"
|Pravin Saivi & Sakhti Amaran
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|Tamil
|
|-
|30 April 2021
|''High on Music''
|Steve Cliff
|Album
|Streaming, digital download
|
|
|-
|30 April 2021
|"Ondrallo"
|Tha Mystro (ft. Vernon G Segaram)
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|Tamil
|
|-
|30 April 2021
|"Un Tholil Naan Saaya"
|[[Shashaa Tirupati]] (ft.Keba Jeremiah)
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|Tamil
|
|-
|4 June 2021
|"Savage"
|[[Shan Vincent de Paul]]
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|English
|
|-
|2 July 2021
|"Neeye Oli"
|[[Shan Vincent de Paul]], Navz-47<br />produced by [[Santhosh Narayanan]]
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|English, Tamil
|
|-
|7 July 2021
|"XO"
|dasa, Shaq-T
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|
|
|-
|6 August 2021
|"Hard Times"
|Shan Vincent de Paul
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|English
|
|-
|12 August 2021
|''Kalliyugam''
|dasa, Shaq-T
|EP
|Streaming, digital download
|
|
|-
|22 August 2021
|"Uyire"
|[[Shan Vincent de Paul]], Yanchan
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|English, Tamil
|
|-
|3 September 2021
|''Made in Jaffna''
|Shan Vincent de Paul
|Album
|Streaming, digital download
|English, Tamil
|
|-
|5 September 2021
|"Into the Storm"
|DEYO, Janani (ft. Question416)
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|
|
|-
|30 September 2021
|"Fear"
|Shilpa Ananth
|Single
|Streaming, digital download
|English
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=team|first=Saachibaat com|title=Indian vocalist and composer Shilpa Ananth to release new avant-pop single, ‘Fear’|url=https://saachibaat.com/entertainment/indian-vocalist-and-composer-shilpa-ananth-to-release-new-avant-pop-single-fear/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Saachi Baat|language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Canadian independent record labels]]
[[Category:Indian record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 2021]]

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