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NPG Records
NPG Records is a record label that was owned by Prince (musician), Prince and run by Trevor Guy. "NPG" is short for New Power Generation. It was founded to release his music after Paisley Park Records was shut down by Warner Bros. Records in 1994. Though the 1994 compilation ''1-800-NEW-FUNK'' featured several artists, NPG Records never developed into a full label like Paisley Park did; instead, it exclusively released Prince's albums or side-projects. Discography Prince releases Other artists See also * List of record labels * Paisley Park Records References {{Authority control NPG Records, American record labels Prince (musician) Vanity record labels Record labels established in 1993 Record labels disestablished in 1995 Pop record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacturing, manufacture, distribution (marketing), distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while also conducting Artists and repertoire, talent scouting and development of new artists, artist financing and maintaining Recording contract, contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label" derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. Within the mainstream music industry, recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rainbow Children
''The Rainbow Children'' is the twenty-fourth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on November 20, 2001, by NPG Records and Redline Entertainment. It was also released through Prince's website earlier in the year. It is the first album released outside of the NPG Music Club to be released under the name of Prince again, as he had reverted to his previous stage name from his symbolic moniker a year earlier. It was released on double vinyl with a glossy color booklet, and was not available on vinyl again until the Legacy release in 2020. This concept album illustrates common Prince themes of spirituality and human sexuality, as well as love and racism, through the fictitious story of a social movement toward a Martin Luther King Jr.-inspired utopian society. The album seems to allude to his recent conversion to the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination, but Egyptian monotheism and New Age concepts such as the Akashic records are used as metaphors as well. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigo Nights
''Indigo Nights'' is a live album by Prince, mainly comprising songs played live during some of the aftershows at the indigO2 night club in London in 2007. It contains nine live versions of previously released Prince songs, four cover songs, one new song and a monologue. The CD was only sold coupled with the ''21 Nights'' coffee table book which was released on September 30, 2008. The book reached number 9 on ''The New York Times'' best selling hardcover nonfiction titles. In 2018 the album was released digitally on music platforms Tidal, Spotify, iTunes Store and Apple Music by NPG Records. Track listing # "3121" – 7:44 (contains interpolation of Scott Joplin's 1902 composition "The Entertainer" and "D.M.S.R.") # " Girls & Boys" – 4:05 # "The Song of the Heart" – 1:39 # "Delirious" – 2:01 # "Just Like U" (Monologue) – 2:49 # "Satisfied" – 6:19 # "Beggin' Woman Blues" (previously unreleased song) – 6:43 # " Rock Steady" featuring Beverley Knight (Aretha Franklin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planet Earth (Prince Album)
''Planet Earth'' is the thirty-second studio album by American recording artist Prince (musician), Prince. It was released on July 15, 2007, by NPG Records and distributed, in the UK, as a free covermount with ''The Mail on Sunday'' national newspaper. This was followed by the album's worldwide distribution. It features contributions from his newest protégée Bria Valente and former The New Power Generation, New Power Generation members Marva King, Sonny T., and Michael Bland, as well as Sheila E. and former The Revolution (band), Revolution members Wendy & Lisa. The CD package's liner notes credit the album to Prince & The New Power Generation. The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 96,000 copies in its first week. Release and promotion On June 27, 2007, "Future Baby Mama" was leaked to the Internet via an American online radio station. The first single, "Guitar (song), Guitar", was distributed in partnership with Verizon Wireless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands, and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Record label#Major labels, Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its Initial public offering, IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The French Vincent Bolloré, Bolloré family still owns 28 percent of UMG (18 percent directly, and ten percent through Vive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3121 (album)
''3121'' (pronounced "thirty-one twenty-one") is the thirty-first studio album by American musician Prince. Released on March 21, 2006 (3/21) by NPG Records and distributed, under a "one-album deal", by Universal Music, the album reinforced Prince's big comeback after the critical success of ''Musicology'' (2004). The only Prince album ever to debut atop the ''Billboard'' 200 during his lifetime, with over 180,000 copies sold in its first week, it knocked the soundtrack for ''High School Musical'' off the top spot and became Prince's first number one album since ''Batman'' in 1989, eventually being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Album information The album's first single, " Te Amo Corazón", was released in the United States on December 13, 2005; the second single, " Black Sweat", was released on February 2, 2006. The album title refers to Prince's rental home at 3121 Antelo Rd, Los Angeles. Later homes rented by Prince were colloquial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slaughterhouse
''The Slaughterhouse (Trax from the NPG Music Club Volume 2)'' is the thirtieth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on March 29, 2004 by NPG Records. The album was released as MP3s through his website, NPG Music Club. The album's title comes from the first line of the song "Silicon", "Welcome 2 the slaughterhouse." The tracks consist of material previously available on the same website back in 2001, although some may have rearrangements of music and/or lyrics. "2045: Radical Man" was released on the soundtrack of Spike Lee's ''Bamboozled'' in 2001. "Peace" and "The Daisy Chain" were released as limited edition CD singles during Prince's 2001 Hit n Run Tour. In 2015, the album was released on the Tidal music service. It was made available on other online music services like Spotify and the iTunes Store in 2018. Even though the album has never been officially released as a CD, there are bootlegs available. Track listing All songs written by Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chocolate Invasion
''The Chocolate Invasion (Trax from the NPG Music Club Volume One)'' is the twenty-ninth studio album by American recording artist Prince (musician), Prince. It was released on March 29, 2004 by NPG Records. The album was released as a download-only album through his website, NPG Music Club. All the tracks, except "The Dance", were previously available on the same website in 2001, although some may have rearrangements in music and/or lyrics. "U Make My Sun Shine", a duet with Angie Stone, was released as a single in 2001. Three more tracks had a limited release as CD singles during Prince's 2001 Hit n Run Tour (Prince tour), Hit'N'Run Tour: "Supercute", "Underneath the Cream", and "Gamillah". The album's title comes from a line in "Judas Smile". "The Dance" was later re-recorded and included on the 2006 album, ''3121 (album), 3121''. All the tracks, except "Judas Smile" and "The Dance", were at one point included on the aborted album project ''Unreleased Prince projects#High, High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, an American division of multinational conglomerate Sony. Founded in 1889, Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, along with Epic Records, RCA Records and Arista Records. History Beginnings (1888–1929) The Columbia Phonograph Company was founded on January 15, 1889, by stenographer, lawyer, and New Jersey native Edward D. Easton (1856–1915) and a group of investors. It derived its name from the District of Columbia, where it was headquartered. At first it had a local monopoly on sales and service of Edison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musicology (album)
''Musicology'' is the twenty-eighth studio album by American recording artist Prince. The album was given to concertgoers at his Musicology Tour, from March 27 to September 9, 2004, in North America. A digital release followed two days after his tour started on March 29, 2004. The physical retail version was released on April 19, 2004 (Europe) and April 20, 2004 (US) by NPG Records and distributed by Columbia Records. ''Musicology'' was the first album in five years (ten as Prince) that Prince released through a major label (Sony Music) and, being partially recorded in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, was his first to be recorded outside Minneapolis in many years. ''Musicology'' is R&B-themed. Receiving generally positive reviews from music critics, ''Musicology'' proved to be Prince's most successful record in years, peaking at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 and reaching top 10 in ten other countries. It was Prince's first album to chart in the US since '' The Rainbow Chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C-Note (album)
''C-Note'' is a live album by Prince and the New Power Generation released in 2004 (though all five tracks had been released as separate MP3 files earlier in 2003). Its genre is jazz, with five tracks taken from soundchecks during the One Nite Alone... Tour. Four of the five tracks are named after the location they were recorded in. The album's title corresponds to the first letters of the words in the track listing: "Copenhagen", "Nagoya", "Osaka", "Tokyo", and "Empty Room". The entire album was recorded live from the audio console by Prince's concert sound engineer Scottie Baldwin. The first four tracks are instrumentals, although the fourth features Prince repeating "Tokyo". The fifth track is a live rendition of "Empty Room" (recorded October 25, 2002, in Copenhagen), though the song was written August 4, 1985, when it was first recorded. The song is reported to have been written and recorded for Susannah Melvoin after relationship difficulty. The album is highly experime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xpectation
''Xpectation'' (subtitled "New Directions in Music By Prince") is the twenty-sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on January 1, 2003, by NPG Records. It is the first instrumental album released under Prince's own name. Previously unannounced, it was released as an MP3 download on New Year's Day, 2003 to members of the NPG Music Club with no formal artwork, only two weeks after the commercial release of his previous album, '' One Nite Alone... Live!''. In 2004, ''Xpectation'' was released through the NPG Music Club's Musicology Download Store. The artwork by Sam Jennings was officially released in September 2015, when a digital lossless version was made available through music streaming service Tidal. Track listing All songs written by Prince. Personnel Musicians *Prince – keyboards and guitar * John Blackwell – drums * Rhonda Smith – bass guitar *Candy Dulfer Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
