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Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group. In the US , the label had offices in New York City and Chicago .
JIVE Records was moved under RCA Music Group, minus those artists who were moved to Epic. [7] Some of JIVE's urban artists such as Usher moved to RCA, while other JIVE pop artists, including Britney Spears and Pink, stayed under JIVE as the label moved under the RCA Music Group. [8] [9] Peter Edge is CEO of the company. [10]
Jive Label Group is a music group which formed half of the RCA/Jive Label Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Jive Label Group was founded in 2004 as Zomba Label Group by BMG, their parent company at the time. In January 2009. BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger to Sony and Zomba Label Group was rebranded to the current Jive ...
During Shaquille O’Neal’s ascent to professional basketball legend status, he was also a rapper with a multimillion-dollar record deal. In the 1990s, the four-time NBA championship ring holder ...
The duo was a great success for Jive, helping make rap music more accessible. Jive continued to support rap artists into the nineties, with the aforementioned groups and the signing of new acts. KRS-One, the primary force behind Boogie Down Productions, released a string of solo albums with Jive beginning with Return of the Boom Bap in 1993. [15]
This is a list of artists who have once recorded for Jive Records. Listed in parentheses are names of Jive-affiliated labels, if applicable, under which the artist recorded. Contents:
Clive Ian Calder (born 13 December 1946) is a South African-British billionaire record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon, and its subsidiary Jive Records. As of October 2021, Calder has an estimated net worth of US$5.5 billion.
Barry Weiss (born February 11, 1959) is an American music executive. He co-founded the record label RECORDS in 2015, an imprint of Sony Music Entertainment which specializes in young recording artists. [1] Weiss got his start at Clive Calder's Jive Records before working his way up to the head of the RCA/Jive Label Group.