BGLV

Black Girls Love Vinyl (BGLV) is a mission-driven movement and cultural platform dedicated to celebrating the relationship Black women have with music through the timeless medium of vinyl records. Founded in 2018, BGLV creates intentional spaces for storytelling, discovery, and music appreciation while centering Black women across music culture.

Rooted in preserving musical history and amplifying Black women’s voices within vinyl and audiophile culture, BGLV offers a range of curatorial, creative, and strategic services alongside original content, cultural programming, and archival projects. Through partnerships and professional collaborations, we highlight the personal and collective significance of vinyl records as vessels of memory, identity, and heritage.

OUR VISION

Black Girls Love Vinyl envisions a future where Black women lead and shape every facet of music, vinyl, and audiophile culture. We imagine a world where Black women’s roles as collectors, curators, sonic memory workers, and storytellers are fully recognized and honored as essential contributors to musical history.

Within our community, vinyl is a living archive. Collecting records becomes an act of cultural preservation, honoring family lineage and fostering self-discovery. Through intentional listening and storytelling, we create connections that root us in heritage while building a vibrant, forward-looking cultural legacy.

Our vision is to build a lasting legacy where Black women’s musical experiences are preserved, celebrated, and carried forward. Through archival work, creative collaborations, and deep community engagement, we ensure that our voices and contributions to music culture are respected, remembered, and passed on for generations to come.

WHAT WE DO

At BGLV, we offer a diverse range of creative services and cultural experiences. Our work blends storytelling, sound, and strategy to create impact across cultural spaces, brand partnerships, and community-centered events.

Our programming includes curated listening sessions with Artists/Musicians, DJs, and public figures through our Deluxe Edition series, audiophile immersion experiences, record shop meetups and archival research projects. We also maintain a growing archive collection of vinyl records that celebrate the rare, obscure, and vital contributions within Black musical history.

Our creative and cultural services include, but not limited to:

  • Branded Vinyl DJ experiences

  • Creative Direction

  • Creative Strategy + Consulting

  • Content Creation + Visual Storytelling

  • Archival Research + Curation

  • Event Curation + Experiential Programming

  • Social Media + Digital Campaign

  • Brand Partnerships + Campaign Collaborations

  • Music Supervision

MEET THE FOUNDER

Born on the Northside of St. Louis, MO, Alexandria Sade’s musical journey began with her aunt’s soulful oldies. As a child, she would eagerly wait for her aunt to come home, then pull her toward her cherished album collection. Her father’s eclectic taste introduced her to West Coast hip-hop like DJ Quik and Digital Underground as well as the electronic grooves of Kraftwerk. Her mother’s love for smooth jazz and the timeless sounds of Sade (her middle namesake) added elegance and depth to her musical palate. Alongside her love for music, Alexandria played the flute and piano while balancing her passion for tennis and actively engaging in the St. Louis City Black community, earning local accolades that pushed her community-building mission forward.

A proud alumna of Hampton University, Alexandria discovered vinyl collecting and music production during college. Rather than pursuing a career aligned with her Biology degree, she embraced her creative aspirations, becoming a signed model in Los Angeles before founding Black Girls Love Vinyl (BGLV) in 2018. Inspired by showcasing her collection around LA and seeking a community of Black women who shared her passion for preserving music on vinyl, she built BGLV into a space for discovery, connection, storytelling, and cultural preservation.

Through her work with BGLV, Alexandria deepened her experience in the music industry, gaining expertise in the roles of marketing, sync licensing, operations, and currently in the field of music supervision.

With a vision to expand BGLV into a thriving global collective, she is committed to building an archive of cultural legacy piece by piece, creating a space where Black women can connect through stories of music discovery and our Black heritage within the art of vinyl records and beyond.