The next part of research into institutions was researching a record label that is appropriate for our genre R&B. When researching into R&B record labels there was one that kept on appearing and that was Def Jam Recordings.
Def Jam Recordings is a very successful label and would be appropriate for our artist/band as they have artists will be familiar to our artist/band such as Rihanna and Ne-Yo. Because they have such successful artists this potentially mean that a record label like Def Jam would sell our artist and give him/her good recognition.
Def Jam recordings is a hip hop record label which is based in the US, it is owned by the Universal Music Group. This record label is also known in the UK but it has a different name and is known as Def Jam UK. The record label was founded in 1984 by a man called Rick Rubin; the first single which was ever to be released by the label was by his own rock band called Hose. Russell Simons then joined Rick Rubin when DJ Jazzy Jay introduced them to one another.
Def Jam’s first few singles sold well because of this it lead to a distribution deal with CBS records in 1985. Towards the end of the 80’s the label signed Public enemy and also then released it’s first ever full length album ‘Radio’ which was LL Cool J’s album.
In 1992 the label had severe financial difficulties even though artists such as Public Enemy had multi-platinum selling records. 1n 1994 PolyGram bought Sony’s 50% stake in the company, after this sale Def Jam recordings released Warren G’s ‘Regulate…G Funk Era’ this album went triple platinum which luckily revived the record label. The label made a distribution deal with Roc-A-Fella Records in 1997 that then lead it to be bigger with artists such as Jay-Z who became their main artist.
In 2000 another spin off label was created by Def Jam Germany, the first International Def Jam company. This gave the album recognition world wide. By the year 2004 Kanye West’s career had already been launched and took off as a huge success, Jay-Z was then announced chief executive of Def Jam recordings and from then he launched new acts such as Ne-Yo and Rihanna who have become world wide.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings
Def Jam’s first few singles sold well because of this it lead to a distribution deal with CBS records in 1985. Towards the end of the 80’s the label signed Public enemy and also then released it’s first ever full length album ‘Radio’ which was LL Cool J’s album.
In 1992 the label had severe financial difficulties even though artists such as Public Enemy had multi-platinum selling records. 1n 1994 PolyGram bought Sony’s 50% stake in the company, after this sale Def Jam recordings released Warren G’s ‘Regulate…G Funk Era’ this album went triple platinum which luckily revived the record label. The label made a distribution deal with Roc-A-Fella Records in 1997 that then lead it to be bigger with artists such as Jay-Z who became their main artist.
In 2000 another spin off label was created by Def Jam Germany, the first International Def Jam company. This gave the album recognition world wide. By the year 2004 Kanye West’s career had already been launched and took off as a huge success, Jay-Z was then announced chief executive of Def Jam recordings and from then he launched new acts such as Ne-Yo and Rihanna who have become world wide.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings
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