Hollywood Records

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Hollywood Records
Parent company The Walt Disney Company
Founded 1989
Founder Sean Ioannou
Status Active
Distributing label Universal Music Group
Genre Various
Country of origin United States
Location Burbank, California
Official website Official Web Site of Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by the Walt Disney Company.

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[edit] Company History

Upon its launch in 1989, the label was initially distributed by Elektra Records in the US and Canada. Distribution in North America switched to PolyGram (later taken over by Universal Music Group) in 1995. Hollywood Records also releases many film soundtracks from films made by Disney, or Disney-owned, film studios. Its roster tends to be heavily made up of with young stars and performers prominantly featured on the Disney Channel. Today (along with Lyric Street Records, Carolwood Records and Walt Disney Records) the label operates as a unit of the Disney Music Group.

[edit] Hollywood Records artists

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[edit] Former Hollywood Records artists

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[edit] Hollywood Records In Europe & Australia

In Europe and Australia, Hollywood Records currently releases acts such as Jesse McCartney, and Aly & AJ through the EMI/Warner Bros. label, but all other artists are distributed through Universal Music Group. However, in the past, it was distributed independently through Edel Records for Duran Duran's Pop Trash can album and had a sub-label called Tr1be in the early 1990s.

[edit] Hollywood BASIC

Hollywood BASIC [sic] was Hollywood’s short-lived hip-hop subsidiary, run by Dave Funkenklein, which existed from 1990 to 1995. It did not survive the distribution transition its parent made to PolyGram Records, and all of its recordings were deleted, save for those by Organized Konfusion, which were repressed under the new deal. It was the first label to record DJ Shadow, releasing his "Lesson 4" (a reference to Double Dee and Steinski) as the B-side of a 1991 single by Lifers' Group, a hip hop group composed of convicts serving sentences at Rahway Prison in New Jersey. It also released his Legitimate Mix on the B-side of a single by the group Zimbabwe Legit in 1992.[2] Other notable releases came from Organized Confusion, whose challenging second album Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994) was widely acclaimed.[3] The label was also home to Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, although, following the shooting death of Charizma in 1993, the music the duo recorded for the label was not released. This would later inspire Peanut Butter Wolf to found Stones Throw Records in order to make this music available.[4]

[edit] Hollywood BASIC artists

[edit] Hollywood Records Executive Bios

  • President - Bob Cavallo
  • SVP/General Manager - Abbey Konowitch
    • Abbey Konowitch is currently General Manager of Hollywood Records. Before joining MCA, Konowitch was General Manager at Maverick Records. He was formerly associated with the artist Alanis Morissette. Before Abbey was formerly employed by cable network MTV as its Senior Vice President of Music & Talent. In his current role, Abbey has worked to create and cultivate a roster of pop and rock acts.
  • SVP Marketing - Ken Bunt
  • SVP Of Promotion - Justin Fontaine

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.hollywoodrecords.com
  2. ^ Peter Shapiro, Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd ed., Rough Guides: London, 2000 (p. 102).
  3. ^ Peter Shapiro, Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd ed., Rough Guides: London, 2000 (p. 291).
  4. ^ Peter Shapiro, Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd ed., Rough Guides: London, 2000 (pp. 349–351).
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