The Nettwerk Music Group is a Canadian record label and distribution company, based in Vancouver. Established in 1984 by Terry McBride, Mark Jowett, Tom Ferris and Cal Stephenson, initially to distribute recordings by the band Moev, the label subsequently expanded to release albums by a wide variety of Canadian and international alternative rock acts, ultimately becoming one of the largest and most influential independent record labels in Canada.

Initially specializing in electronic music genres such as alternative dance and industrial, the label also became a powerful player in pop and rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the mainstream success of artists such as The Grapes of Wrath and the label's best-known artist, Sarah McLachlan.

As a record company Nettwerk has released over 200 full-length albums and sold over 150 million albums in its 25-year history.

On June 9, 2010, Nettwerk announced that it would depart from Sony Music and their records would now be distributed by WMG's Alternative Distribution Alliance.

Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2009, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards (out of four nominations) and four Juno Awards. In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians. The Lilith Fair concert tours took place from 1997 to 1999, and resumed in the summer of 2010. Since 2006 she has also been known as a highly visible supporter of the ASPCA, as well as various other charities.

Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar. When she was 17 years old and still a student at Queen Elizabeth High School, she fronted a short-lived rock band called The October Game. One of the band's songs, "Grind", credited as a group composition, can be found on the independent Flamingo Records release Out of the Fog and the CD Out of the Fog Too. It has yet to be released elsewhere. Her high school yearbook predicted that she was "destined to become a famous rock star."

Julia Stone (born 13 April 1984) is an Australian singer and songwriter from the northern beaches of Sydney. Julia began playing the trumpet at an early age and was raised by parents who had both performed as a folk music duo. Her musical career began in 2006 known internationally as the sister half of the Aria award winning brother-sister duo, Angus & Julia Stone.

Angus & Julia Stone have released six EPs, a compilation and two albums since they began recording together in 2005. After five years spent touring as Angus & Julia Stone, Julia released her first solo album The Memory Machine in 2010. The Memory Machine was well received by fans and critics and has sold more than 12,000 copies in Australia and overseas. Angus & Julia’s most recent LP Down The Way debuted at number 1 in their native country and is now triple platinum. It was the highest-selling album by an Australian artist in 2010. and has since reached platinum status through their record company Discograph. The duo won ARIA Album of the Year and ARIA Single of the Year at the 2010 Australian Record Industry Awards. They also received number 1 position in the Triple J Hottest 100 for Big Jet Plane in 2011.