Copenhagen Records is a Danish

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formed on 5 January 2004Copenhagen Records (2011)
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. Retrieved 26 April 2011. by former EMI Recorded Music Denmark staff members to give artists more artistic autonomy. It houses artists spread over a wide range of genres, from rock to rap, and from pop artists to comedians. In September 2011,

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acquired Copenhagen Records, and the rest of MBO Group. The label operates as one of UMG's standalone labels.

History

In 2003, EMI-Medley had a 40% share of the Danish music market. Days after Medley-founder Michael Ritto announced he would depart in February 2004, other senior staff members also left. Among them were former EMI Denmark head of A&R Nick Foss and former Capitol/Medley GM Mik Christensen, who had both worked at EMI for 19 years and long wanted to start a company of their own, but who had been persuaded by Ritto to hold off those plans. Former Medley marketing manager Jakob Sørensen and former A&R manager Christian Backman set up operations; Foss and Christensen joined on 1 April 2004. Christensen explained that Copenhagen Records had the aim "to recruit and develop quality Danish musicians. Sales of Danish artists have not dipped nearly as much as international acts n Denmark" The label also had the direct intention to create a strong local competitor against the established multinational labels. In 2008, Christensen and Foss left Copenhagen Records and started Mermaid Records, which is largely owned by

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Denmark.

(Denmark) A/S. (2011)
Mermaid Records
. Retrieved 26 April 2011. After Sørensen and Backman left the company in 2013, the position of

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was taken over by Torben Ravn, who was a product manager at Copenhagen Records since 2007. Copenhagen Records is the market leader in Denmark on local repertoire and runs as a 360 label. Copenhagen Records also includes Copenhagen Music, a booking agency which primarily facilitates bookings for the artists on the label, and Copenhagen Publishing.

Artists

Former artists

References

External links

Official website
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