NoCopyrightSounds, or NCS, is a British record label that releases

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. Originally starting as a music promotion

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channel, it reached 1 million paid downloads in 2017.

History

NoCopyrightSounds was started as a YouTube channel in 2011 by "avid gamer" Billy Woodford. The label was described by ''

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'' as "a YouTube-first label that allows indie creators to use and even monetize its music freely as long as they give due credit back to the content owners." In 2017, NoCopyrightSounds achieved a milestone of over a million sales of digital downloads, despite releasing music for free. The label manager Daniel J. Lee said "Similar to services with a freemium model, NCS provides both the option to enjoy music for free but at the same time also enables fans to support the music across paid services", asserting that the label releases music for free and also sells them. Woodford, about the milestone, stated, "I’m immensely proud to have reached 1 million paid downloads, and believe this shows the growth and strength NCS has built over the years." He also commented that "The demand for fresh original music from Creators is enormous and growing daily." By this point, the label had surpassed 13 million subscribers on YouTube. In 2024, NoCopyrightSounds partnered with ''

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'', making over 1200+ songs on the channel usable in the game, along with twelve additional songs that were added with event levels.

Notable artists

* 32Stitches *

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Don Diablo Don Pepijn Schipper (; born 27 February 1980), better known by his stage name Don Diablo, is a Dutch DJ, digital artist, record producer, musician and songwriter of electronic dance music. He is one of the pioneers of the future house genre and ...

* Eden *

K-391 Kenneth Osberg Nilsen (born 2 November 1994), known professionally as K-391, is a Norwegian music producer and DJ. He is best known for his 2018 single " Ignite", a song featuring Alan Walker, Julie Bergan and Seungri which reached number one ...

* Koven * Maduk *

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* Olwik * Pyti * Vikkstar *

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References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control British independent record labels Electronic music record labels English electronic dance music record labels Music-related YouTube channels Record labels established in 2011 YouTube channels launched in 2011 Internet properties established in 2011