Hope Music Group

Hope Music Group
Subsidiary
Industry Music and entertainment
Genre Pop music
World music
Hip hop and R&B
Founded February 17, 2012
Headquarters Douala, Cameroon
Products
Parent Hope Entertainment Holding,Sony Music Africa
Website hmg.cm

Hope Music Group[1] (sometimes known plainly by the initials as, HMG)is a Cameroonian record label that mainly produces hip hop, urban & popular music. It is distributed by The Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.[2] The label produces and distributes various artists as Fanicko, Dynastie le tigre, Michael Kiessou, Featurist and record labels as White House Music, Tiger Production, MKO Music.
Hope Music Group was founded by Hope Entertainment Holding in 2012. The label's first release was a mixtape by his music producer Philjohn.

History

2011 - 2014 : DeadZone Recordz to Hope Music

The company was founded in February 2012 by Philippe Nkouaya and Anthony Gorby in Douala, Cameroon. But before the era, the premisces of the label was based on a previous label founded by Philippe and associates, DeadZone Recordz which was shutdown in 2011. Active independent label in popular music, the company developed many activities in order to offer a formula as 360 deals (music recording, visual content production, development, promotion and music publishing). In order to provide the most comprehensive solutions to the entertainment industry in Africa, HMG[3] signed independent artists as Michael Kiessou, Yvich and gained partnerships with MTN Cameroon (AIM), Putumayo World Music (Content connect Africa) .

2014 - 2016 : Sony Music/The Orchard Partnership

In April2015, HMG entered an exclusive distributed deal with Sony Music Entertainment's main distribution service company The Orchard (company) for a 4 year deal. By partning with Sony Music , Hope Music Group strenghtened his new distribution and licensing service to a global market with advanced tools digital marketing wise.

HMG energized the breakthrough of Cameroonian urban music[4] by managing artists and developing urban music styles in Cameroon and abroad.
The label catalog[5] is rather modern, Pop, Contemporary R&B, world music, electronic music, reggae, soul and hip-hop. The label released several projects such as Partage EP[6] of Michael Kiessou , La loi de la nature[7] of Dynastie le tigre and Parti De Rien[8] of Georges Breezy.

2016 - present : Hope Entertainment Holding and restructuring

In November 2016[9], HMG had new shareholders such as HTD & Henthold, which bought the respective shares of Armel Nango and Philippe Nkouaya[10]. HMG becomes a subsidiary of Henthold and joins the conglomerate with sister companies Hope Music Publishing, Hope Management & Consulting (HOMCO), YASHA Corp., Hope Clothing, Philjohn Technologies & Hope Entertainment Pictures (HentPix).

In February 2017, an edition service is coupled with those of the label via the sister company Hope Music Publishing which has a catalog of more than 700 songs and added to that of HMG, brings back a catalog of more than 1000 songs.

List of Hope Music Group labels & artists

In January 2017, the label subdivided its large catalog into 3 under separate labels, Binam Nation, Easy Hits Recordz & Bakwaaba Muzik. Each catalog has specific services and specializes in specific areas.

Pre-eminent labels

Bakwaaba Muzik

Discography

2013 - 2016

2017

Awards & recognition

Year Artist Award show Category Results
2013 Dynastie le tigre RDCM – soirée de l'excellence Best male artist Won
2014 Dynastie le tigre Ya'Fe Festival Best performer Won
Balafon Music Awards Best rookie of the year Won
KR Awards Best male rookie of the year Won
2015 Michael Kiessou Canal 2'OR Best video (tourner les reins) Won[18]
Greenlight Awards Best Male artist Won[19]
KR Awards Prix spécial du jury Won[20]
Dynastie le tigre Balafon Music Awards Best male vocals Won
2016 Michael Kiessou MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won
Dynastie le tigre MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won
Yvich MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won
Featurist MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won

References

  1. ↑ "HMG, ZOOM SUR UN LABEL DE MUSIQUE EN PLEINE EXPANSION AU CAMEROUN". RAPTHUGAFRIQUE (in French). 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "HOPE MUSIC GROUP ET SONY MUSIC FRANCE travaillent désormais main dans la main". LWN MAG (in French). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Actualité – HOPE MUSIC GROUP CHEZ SONY MUSIC". Vrjmusic (in French). 24 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Le Label Hope Music Group s’apprête à livrer une bombe". kamermoov (in French). 16 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cameroun – Maahlox, Dynastie leTigre et Georges Breezy avec le label HMG du lourd!!!!!!!". kurbain (in French). 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Michael Kiessou " Partage " avec ses fans son nouvel E.P deluxe". Auletch (in French). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "A la découverte de "La loi de la nature" de Dynastie Le Tigre". mutations-online (in French). 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Georges Breezy " Parti de rien ", sort enfin l’album…". kamermoov (in French). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Hope Music Group (HMG)". musicinafrica. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Philippe Nkouaya CEO de Hope Music Group : l’exemple qui vient de la jeunesse". cameroonceo. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Maahlox, Dynastie Le Tigre et Georges Breezy s'associent au label kmer Hope Music Group". lwnmag (in French). November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ "" Lè featurist " rejoignent la grande famille HMG". Kamermoov (in French). February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Musique : La Beat Tape "No More Stranger" de PhilJohn disponible". Je Wanda magazine (in French). 24 July 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Partage – Michael Kiessou". Amazon (in French). April 2, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Le 2ème album de Dynastie Le Tigre La Loi de la Nature, dans les bacs le 30 Mai". CULTUREBENE (in French). 6 April 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Georges Breezy " Parti de rien ", sort enfin l’album…". CULTUREBENE (in French). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "E.P.: "Partage" deluxe – Michael Kiessou". JEWANDAMAG (in French). September 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  18. ↑ "10th Canal 2 Or: the prize-winners’ list". journalducameroun. March 8, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Qui sont les artistes nominés aux céremonies de Green Light Awards ? – Vidéo". kurbain (in French). December 26, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Michael Kiessou rafle son troisième Awards de l’année". Culturebene (in French). August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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