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Urban Records
Urban Records is a German record label subsidiary of Universal Music Group. The label was founded in 1993 by Sascha Basler as a sub-label of Polydor Germany. In 1994, Urban became a sub-label of Motor Music and in 1995 Urban was Germany's most successful dance label. In 1999, Urban Records became part of Universal Records as a result of a merger between Polygram-Universal and Universal Music GmbH. Universal decided to merge Urban/Universal Records with the rap label Def Jam Germany into the Urban Def Jam label group. Artists who have recorded for Urban Records includes Dua Lipa, Ezhel, Pashanim, 2Bona, Joje, Ozan Çolakoğlu, Tarkan, Panjabi MC, Antique, Barcode Brothers, Zascha Moktan, 3 Man Island, and Shaft. See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organi ... [...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] |
Tarkan (singer)
Tarkan Tevetoğlu (; born 17 October 1972) is a German-born Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with his successful albums, he has been a prominent figure of pop music, recognized both in Turkey and worldwide. Tarkan was born and raised in Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the-then West Germany. In 1986, he moved to Turkey together with his family. Tarkan, who had been interested in music since his childhood, went to high school at Karamürsel and took music lessons. In the following years, he met the owner of İstanbul Plak, Mehmet Söğütoğlu, and signed a contract to release his albums. Tarkan released his first studio album, ''Yine Sensiz'', in late 1992, with "Kıl Oldum" being chosen as its lead single. His second one, ''Aacayipsin'', was released in 1994, while his third, ''Ölürüm Sana'', in 1998: the latter included the song "Şımarık" ("spoilt" in Turkish), that became popular in a number of countries, also for its English version, "Kiss Kiss". In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaft (British Electronic Duo)
Shaft are an English electronic music production duo, known for their covers and remixes of " (Mucho Mambo) Sway" and " Mambo Italiano". The former entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in August 1999, then reached number one on New Zealand's Recorded Music NZ chart in December. They followed this with the release of "Mambo Italiano" (vocal by Donna Canale), which peaked at number twelve on the UK Singles Chart but ultimately did not replicate the success of the previous single. They went on to tour the world and win a gold disc for best performing group. Since then, they have recorded more songs such as "Kiri Riri Boom" and "Shake Seniora". History Rizzo and Ireland operated, as did many dance record producers, under various guises. Before Shaft was Skeewiff. Their formative period in the music industry came with a spell working at the Power Studios in Acton. They undertook remixes for Björk and produced tracks for Alison Limerick and Schooly D, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Man Island
3 Man Island were an English electronic music trio best known for their song "Jack the Lad" which charted in the United States and the United Kingdom. The band recorded three songs together. The songs are "Funkin' for the UK" (which featured the vocals of Carol Jiani), "Jack The Lad", and "Horror House". The band never released a full-length studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig .... Singles References British synth-pop groups British house music groups Electronic music groups from London {{UK-electronic-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zascha Moktan
Zascha Moktan (; born 23 December 1981) is a Nepalese-German singer, pianist and guitarist. Career Born in New Delhi, India to a Nepalese father and a German mother, Moktan moved to Germany at the age of six. She moved from India via London – where she had her first music performances in a gospel choir — to Frankfurt, Germany, then to Berlin. She started playing the piano when she was eight years old, and she later joined her school's choir where she completed training in classical music. In the mid-1990s Moktan founded a band along with friends in Frankfurt, who initially played punk and rock music. In 2000, she participated in a song contest where she won the title of Best Hessian Newcomer Band. At another contest she was discovered by Nigel Kennedy, who invited her to join him at some of his performances. In November 2003, Moktan performed as a supporting act for Craig David at the German leg of his tour. In 2005, she went on tour in the U.S. with Alicia Keys and John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcode Brothers
Barcode Brothers is a Danish trance duo consisting of Christian Møller Nielsen and Anders Øland. Best known for the moderate European hit "Dooh Dooh" in 1999, they released two studio albums before disbanding in 2004. They reformed in 2023. Discography Studio albums Singles Promotional singles Remixes *Balearic Bill - "Destination Sunshine" (Barcode Brothers Remix) (1999) *Star - "Heaven's on Fire" (Barcode Brothers Fire Mix) (1999) *Star - "This Is My Life" (Barcode's Club) (1999) *S.O.A.P. – "S.O.A.P. Is in the Air" (Barcode Brothers Club remix) (2000) References External linksBarcode Brotherson FacebookBarcode Brotherson Myspace Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated Whitespace character#Substitute images, open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it w ... {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups disestablish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antique (band)
Antique is a Swedish-Greek musical duo consisting of Helena Paparizou (; born 1982) and Nikos Panagiotidis (; born 1978), originating from Sweden and combining Greek popular music and lyrics with a Nordic dance-pop beat. Both Paparizou and Panagiotidis were born and raised in Sweden by Greek parents. They were the first ever to be nominated for a Swedish Grammis in the category modern dance with a Greek song. In 2001, Antique were selected to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with the song " Die for You", sung in a blend of English and Greek, ending with a third place – only behind Estonia and hosts Denmark. The group is famous in Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Germany and Italy. After 19 years of hiatus the group reunited in March 2022 in Greece releasing a cover hit song from 90's meant to be their comeback in music industry. Career In 1999, some DJ friends of Helena Paparizou's brother asked her to make a demo of the Notis Sfakianakis hit " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panjabi MC
Rajinder Singh Rai (born February 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Panjabi MC, is an English recording artist, rapper, record producer and DJ. He is best known for the worldwide Bhangra 2002 hit " Mundian To Bach Ke", which sold 10 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. Among other songs, he gained acclaim with the 2003 release " Jogi". AllMusic has called him "one of the most prominent names in bhangra". Biography Career Rajinder Singh adopted his stage name from the Punjabi language he uses in the music he plays and raps. "One of ismain goals is to fuse the two worlds Hip hop music genres]". Nachural Records signed Panjabi MC following a remix he made of "Ghariah Milan De", a song by Indian Punjabi singer Kuldeep Manak; although the single was taken off the market, Panjabi MC continued making records. The first successful release, however, was " Mundian To Bach Ke" ("Beware of the Boys" in Punjabi): it first appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozan Çolakoğlu
Ozan Çolakoğlu (, born 1 April 1972) is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with various Turkish pop singers and his multiple film scores. He co-founded the production company ''Sarı Ev'' (Yellow House), but left it in 2010 to work for ''dB Müzik''. Life and career Ozan Çolakoğlu was born in Adana, Turkey in 1972. He attended the Berklee College of Music and his career started with Tarkan's first album called '' Yine Sensiz''. Besides working continuously with the Turkish pop idol, he also contributed to the albums of such notable artists like Nil Karaibrahimgil, Murat Boz or the well known all-female Turkish rock band, Pin-up. In the music world he is also known for his remixes under the name ''Ozinga''. He arranged " Every Way That I Can", the song Sertab Erener won the Eurovision contest with. Years later, he would go on to arrange another Eurovision hit "Düm Tek Tek", written by his friend Sinan Akçıl. Ozan Çolakoğlu is also ... [...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] |
Pashanim
Can David Bayram (born 30 November 2000), better known by his stage name Pashanim, is a German Rapping, rapper and filmmaker. Life and career Bayram was born on 30 November 2000, in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany. His mother is Germans, German, his father is of Kurdish population, Kurdish-Turkish people, Turkish origin. He started rapping when he was twelve years old, and in 2017, he founded the rap collective ''Playboysmafia'' alongside fellow rappers Symba (rapper), Symba, Abuglitsch (rapper), Abuglitsch, and RB 030 (rapper), RB 030. In 2018, he released his first songs via the online distribution site SoundCloud. Bayram first rose to prominence in early 2020 with the track "Shababs botten", peaking at number 84 on the GfK Entertainment charts, German charts, having gained traction after being widely used on the video-sharing platform TikTok. In May 2020, his single "Airwaves" reached number two on the German charts, marking his major commercial breakthrough. On 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhel
Sercan İpekçioğlu (born 1 July 1991), better known by his stage name Ezhel is a Turkish rapper and singer whose music blends trap, hip hop and reggae. His song "AYA" has been streamed more than 80 million times on Spotify. He has been given the title "Freestyle King" by ''Hip Hop Life''. Life and career Ezhel came from a musical family. His mother was an Anatolian folk dancer, and his uncle was a musician and sound and light engineer. He received a scholarship to TED school and began listening to American rappers like Eminem, 50 Cent, and Tupac Shakur. In addition to Turkish, Ezhel also speaks the basics of the northern Kurdish language Kurmanji, and he incorporates Kurdish lyrics and themes into his songs, often referencing Kurdishness and his cultural identity. At the age of 12, Ezhel developed an interest in rap music. By 15, he dropped out of high school to pursue his passion for music. He later discovered Bob Marley, which deeply influenced him and introduced him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
