CP Music Group

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CP Music Group
Founded2002
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Country of origin Canada
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Official website cpmusicgroup.com

CP Music Group is a collaborative music label and management team for a roster of artists, songwriters and producers. It co-founded in 2002 as Capital Prophets Records by Lebanese-Canadian entrepreneur Wassim "SAL" Slaiby and Palestinian-Canadian songwriter Belly. [1] [2]

Contents

CP Music Group releases

Albums

Mixtapes

DVDs

Singles

YearPerformerSingleChartPeak
Position
2005 Massari "Smile for Me" (feat. Loon)BDS Canadian Top 40 chart18[ citation needed ]
2005Massari"Be Easy" Canadian Singles Chart
German Singles Chart
4[ citation needed ]
70[ citation needed ]
2006Massari"Real Love" Canadian Singles Chart
German Singles Chart
9[ citation needed ]
48[ citation needed ]
2006Massari"Rush the Floor" (feat. Belly)
2007 Belly "Pressure" (feat. Ginuwine) Canadian Singles Chart 10[ citation needed ]
2007Belly"Don't Be Shy" (feat. Nina Sky) Canadian Hot 100 45[ citation needed ]
2007Belly"I'm the Man" (feat. Kurupt)
2007Belly"Ridin'" (feat. Mario Winans) Canadian Hot 100 80[ citation needed ]
2009Caspian"Amnesia" (feat. Belly)
2009Belly"Hot Girl" (feat. Snoop Dogg) Canadian Hot 100 58[ citation needed ]
2010Belly"To The Top" (feat. Ava)
2010Belly"Back Against The Wall" (feat. Kobe)
2010Belly"Make It Go" (feat. Drake)
2011Belly"She Ride" (feat. Gucci Mane & JRDN)
2011 Mia Martina "Latin Moon" Canadian Hot 100 30[ citation needed ]
2011Mia Martina"Burning" Canadian Hot 100 25[ citation needed ]
2012Belly"I Drink I Smoke" (feat. Snoop Dogg)Bulgaria Singles Top 4032[ citation needed ]
2012Mia Martina"Go Crazy" (feat. Adrian Sina)
2012Massari"Full Circle" (feat. Belly)
2012Massari"Brand New Day" Austrian Singles Chart
Canadian Hot 100
German Singles Chart
Swiss Singles Chart
28[ citation needed ]
41[ citation needed ]
29[ citation needed ]
24[ citation needed ]
2012Mia Martina"Missing You" / "Tu me manques"
2013Mia Martina"HeartBreaker" Canadian Hot 100 44[ citation needed ]
2013Massari"Shisha" (feat. French Montana) Canadian Hot 100 37[ citation needed ]

Awards

Major awards have been won by Massari and Belly.

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References

  1. Socan Magazine article on CP Music Group
  2. "HipHop Canada.com Interview with Tony Sal: Building a Music Empire". Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2015-04-03.