Armada Music

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Armada Music
Logo Armada Music since 2022.png
Armada Music logo since 2022
Founded2003
Founder Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron, David Lewis
Genre
Country of origin Netherlands
Location Amsterdam
Official website www.armadamusic.com

Armada Music is a Dutch independent record label that specialises in releasing electronic dance music. [1] [2] Armada Music was founded on 1 June 2003 by Dutch producer Armin van Buuren, Dutch business executive Maykel Piron, and music manager David Lewis. The name is an acronym containing the first two letters of each of the founders' names. [3]

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In 2022, Armada launched the investment company BEAT (Best Ever Acquired Tracks) Music Fund. [4] The company bought Cloud9 Music a year later. [5] [6] [7]

Signed artists

As of 2025, artists signed by Armada Music include Armin van Buuren, D.O.D., Eelke Kleijn, Loud Luxury, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, and Themba. [8]

Sub-labels

Labels within Armada Music include: [9] [ self-published source? ]

Awards and nominations

As of December 2015, the label had won the "Best Global Record Label" award for five years in a row at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA's). [2] Armada received two nominations at the 2014 IDMAs, [10] and seven in 2019. [11] The Academy of Electronic Music, a joint venture between Armada, Google, Point Blank, and DJ Mag , was the recipient of the 'People's Voice Award' at the 2014 Webby Awards. [12] In 2016, Armada Music was one of the 21 labels nominated for the IMPALA FIVEUNDERFIFTEEN [13] campaign shining a light on Europe's most inspiring young labels. The label received the IMPALA Young Label Spotlight Award. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "A night in the life". Time Out. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  2. 1 2 Papadatos, Markos (10 December 2015). "Meet Maykel Piron: Co-Founder and CEO of Armada Music SPECIAL". Digital Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Armada: Inside the world's biggest independent dance label". BBC. 10 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Armin van Buuren's Armada Music launches $100m catalog-buying fund backed by Pinnacle Financial". Music Business Worldwide. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Armin van Buuren's Armada forms new parent company, acquires Amsterdam's Cloud 9 Music, and targets $500m in new investments via its BEAT Music Fund". Music Business Worldwide. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Armada's BEAT Music fund acquires publisher Cloud 9 Music". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Szalai, Georg (16 April 2024). "Beat Music Fund, Part of Armin van Buuren's Armada, Buys Amsterdam Music Publisher Cloud 9". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Artists". Armada Music.
  9. ↑ "Labels". Armada Music.
  10. ↑ "31st Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2016 – WMC 2016". Winter Music Conference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Zeven International Dance Music Awards nominaties voor Armada Music" [Seven International Dance Music Awards nominations for Armada Music]. Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "GOOGLE, ARMADA, POINT BLANK, DJ MAG: ACADEMY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC". Webby Awards. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "IMPALA Young Label Spotlight". Impala. 27 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "FIVEUNDERFIFTEEN: Armada Music (The Netherlands)". The Independent Echo. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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