ArtPeople

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ArtPeople is a Danish arts and entertainment company specializing in book and music publishing and also acting as a booking agency. ArtPeople runs a music company that, among other things, includes the distribution of records/CDs as well as films and DVDs and also runs the book publishers People'sPress and People's Press junior. ArtPeople also operates a business with the provision of lectures and lecturers. ArtPeople was formed by Jan Degner and Jakob Kvist in 2002.

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Record label

The "ArtPeople" record label, a growing part of the group has signed many artists including Rasmus Seebach and his best-selling Rasmus Seebach album that stayed at #1 for a total of 25 weeks on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart in 2010–2011.

Artists signed (selective)

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