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"Umbrella" was released worldwide on March 29, 2007, debuting on Rihanna's Def Jam website. [13] [14] It received airplay across mainstream, rhythmic and urban radios in the US the same day. [15] [16] The song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2007, along with its physical release following two weeks later. [17]
Def Jam was co-founded by Rick Rubin in his dormitory in Weinstein Hall at New York University, [3] and its first release was a single by his punk-rock group Hose. Russell Simmons joined Rubin shortly after they were introduced to each other, according to one story, by Vincent Gallo. [4]
Universal Music Group (UMG) owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.. According to the UMG official website, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Island Records, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Verve Label Group, and Virgin ...
In mid-January 1999, following the merger of PolyGram and MCA-related labels into Universal Music Group, Def Jam's operations as a label were merged with Island and Mercury Records to become the Island Def Jam Music Group. The umbrella name didn't hold copyrights on Def Jam releases until the summer of that year.
The-Dream signed a deal with Def Jam Recordings in 2007, following the success of Rihanna's 2007 hit "Umbrella", which he wrote and produced with production partner Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. [4] That year, he also completed his debut studio album Love Hate, which was the debut release of the label.
Jeezy’s departure from Def Jam marks a turning point for the rap vet, whose first studio album was released via Def Jam South. Every album since then has been released through the imprint in ...
The combined labels were altogether consolidated into an umbrella unit known publicly as Interscope Geffen A&M Records. The label unit operated as one of the newly formed Universal Music Group's four umbrella companies; the other three being the Universal Motown Republic Group, Verve Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group. [5]
Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes is the first remix album by Barbadian singer Rihanna.It was released on January 27, 2009, through Def Jam Recordings.The album contains club remixes of tracks from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and its 2008 re-release, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded.