Home › Words › U › upstreamingupstreamingupstreaming means A partnership between an independent record label and a major record label, by which successful acts signed to the independent label are transferred to the major label.EtymologyFrom upstream + -ing.nounA partnership between an independent record label and a major record label, by which successful acts signed to the independent label are transferred to the major label.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).