Blackground Records
| Blackground Records | |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder |
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| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
Blackground Records, LLC was an American record label owned by former manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson.
History
In 1993, Hankerson formed the label, and Aaliyah became its first signee. At the time, Hankerson was managing R. Kelly, and was able to get his label Jive Records to distribute Blackground's releases. In 1996, Blackground obtained a lucrative distribution deal with Atlantic Records, just before the release of Aaliyah's second album, One In A Million.
Often moving to different distributors, in 2000, Blackground switched over to Virgin Records. One year later, it moved, this time finding a home at Universal Motown Records Group. In 2001, after the death of Aaliyah her self-titled and final album Aaliyah rose to number one on the Billboard 200 and became the first album who reached number one and best-selling record from Blackground Records. Aaliyah sold over 32 million albums worldwide.
In 2003, JoJo was signed to Blackground. JoJo released her first self-titled album JoJo in 2004, went number four on the Billboard 200 and was certified with Platinum. In 2006, she released her second album The High Road, which debuted number three on the Billboard 200 and was certified with Gold. To date, JoJo sold over 7 million records worldwide. Her singles "Leave (Get Out)" produced by Soulshock & Karlin and "Too Little Too Late" produced by Billy Steinberg were her huge hits worldwide.
In 2010, Blackground partnered with former Universal Motown Senior Vice President of Promotion Gary Marella to distribute his new label Roma Records. Their first signing is Jordy Towers, who formerly went by the name Optimus. He is now in the band SomeKindaWonderful. Later this year, Blackground signed a new artist Crystal Nicole better known as Cri$tyle, who began her career as a songwriter and has written songs for Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Keke Palmer and many more. In June 2011, Crystal released her first single "Pinch Me", which was produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox.
The latest album release was Timbaland's Shock Value II in 2009, with single: "Morning After Dark", "Say Something", "Carry Out" and "If We Ever Meet Again".
Artists
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Discography
| Year | Title | Artist | US Sales |
Billboard 200 (Peak) |
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| 1994 | Age Ain't Nothing but a Number | Aaliyah | 3 million[2] | 18 |
| 1996 | One in a Million | Aaliyah | 19.7 million[2] | 18 |
| 1997 | Welcome to Our World | Timbaland & Magoo | 1 million[3] | 33 |
| 1998 | Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment | Timbaland | - | 50 |
| 2000 | Outsiderz 4 Life | Outsiderz 4 Life | - | - |
| Romeo Must Die | Various Artists | 1.5 million | 3 | |
| 2001 | Aaliyah | Aaliyah | 55.0 million[4] | 1 |
| Force of Nature | Tank | 500,000[3][5] | 7 | |
| Indecent Proposal | Timbaland & Magoo | - | 29 | |
| 2002 | I Care 4 U | Aaliyah | 1.7 million[2] | 3 |
| One Man | Tank | - | 20 | |
| 2003 | Under Construction, Part II | Timbaland & Magoo | - | 50 |
| 2004 | JoJo | JoJo | 1.5 million[3] | 4 |
| 2005 | Libra | Toni Braxton | 500,000[3] | 4 |
| 2006 | Soundtrack to Your Life | Ashley Parker Angel | - | 5 |
| The High Road | JoJo | 538,000[3] | 3 | |
| 2007 | Timbaland Presents Shock Value | Timbaland | 1 million[3] | 5 |
| Sex, Love & Pain | Tank | - | 2 | |
| 2009 | Timbaland Presents Shock Value II | Timbaland | 500,000[6] | 36 |
References
- ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (2014-01-15). "JoJo's New Deal With Atlantic Records Has Fans Shouting 'Hallelujah'". MTV.com. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- 1 2 3 http://www.ssmusic.tv/artist_profile.php?Opt=2
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - March 03, 2014". RIAA. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ↑ http://www.lyricsystem.com/aaliyah/
- ↑ "AALIYAH in pictures and photos, There are 190 pictures in this album". Pxdrive.com. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/5mDk7SaFd
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