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The Zomba Group of Companies (sometimes referred to as Zomba Music Group or just Zomba Group) [3] was a music group and division owned by and operated under Sony Music Entertainment. The division was renamed to Jive Label Group in 2009 [4] and was placed under the RCA/Jive Label Group umbrella. In 2011, the RCA/Jive Label Group was split in half.
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 House - Short-lived house label formed in the mid-nineties by Jive Records. Jive Records - Founded in 1981, focusing on hip-hop and R&B music. Jive Label Group - When BMG sold its half of the Sony BMG merger back to Sony in late 2008, Zomba Label Group began to be rebranded as Jive Label Group.
Hi-Five was originally signed to Jive Records in late 1989 and released their eponymous debut album in 1990. [3] The album was produced by Teddy Riley and went platinum. It included singles "I Just Can't Handle It" (R&B No. 10), "I Can't Wait Another Minute" (Pop No. 8, R&B No.1) and "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)", which went to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the U.S. Hot R ...
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number is the debut studio album by American singer Aaliyah.It was released on May 24, 1994, by Blackground Records and Jive Records.After being signed by her uncle Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah was introduced to recording artist and producer R. Kelly.
In 2002, Jive Records' parent company, Zomba Music Group, was purchased by BMG for $2.7 billion. [18] Under BMG, Weiss was named the President and CEO of the newly formed Zomba Label Group. [ 6 ] [ 19 ] While in that position, he oversaw the careers of artists like Chris Brown, T-Pain , R. Kelly , and others.
Franks began performing as Huey, and his songs "Oh" and "Pop, Lock & Drop It" became local favorites among DJs and promoters. Huey was featured on a series of mixtapes, one of which, Unsigned Hype , sold out of its run of 8,000 copies and was noticed by producer TJ Chapman, who introduced the rapper to Vice President of A&R at Jive Records ...
Silvertone Records is a British record label owned by Sony Music UK. Originally an independent label under Clive Calder's Jive Records, it was eventually acquired by the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). This original BMG entity later merged with Sony Music, bringing the Jive catalogue to Sony as part of the Zomba Music Group. In 2017, Sony Music ...