Copenhagen Records

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Copenhagen Records
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Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded5 January 2004 (2004-01-05)
Founder
GenreVarious
Country of originFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Location Copenhagen
Official website copenhagenrecords.dk

Copenhagen Records is a Danish record label formed on 5 January 2004 [1] by former EMI Recorded Music Denmark staff members to give artists more artistic autonomy. [2] It houses artists spread over a wide range of genres, from rock to rap, and from pop artists to comedians.

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In September 2011, Universal Music Group acquired Copenhagen Records, and the rest of MBO Group. [3] The label operates as one of UMG's standalone labels.

History

In 2003, EMI-Medley had a 40% share of the Danish music market. [4] Days after Medley-founder Michael Ritto announced he would depart in February 2004, other senior staff members also left. Among them were former EMI Denmark head of A&R Nick Foss and former Capitol/Medley GM Mik Christensen, who had both worked at EMI for 19 years and long wanted to start a company of their own, but who had been persuaded by Ritto to hold off those plans. [4] Former Medley marketing manager Jakob Sørensen and former A&R manager Christian Backman set up operations; Foss and Christensen joined on 1 April 2004. [4] Christensen explained that Copenhagen Records had the aim "to recruit and develop quality Danish musicians. Sales of Danish artists have not dipped nearly as much as international acts [in Denmark]." [4] The label also had the direct intention to create a strong local competitor against the established multinational labels. [1]

In 2008, Christensen and Foss left Copenhagen Records and started Mermaid Records, which is largely owned by Sony Music Entertainment Denmark. [5] [6] After Sørensen and Backman left the company in 2013, the position of CEO was taken over by Torben Ravn, who was a product manager at Copenhagen Records since 2007. [7]

Copenhagen Records is the market leader in Denmark on local repertoire and runs as a 360 label.[ citation needed ] Copenhagen Records also includes Copenhagen Music, a booking agency which primarily facilitates bookings for the artists on the label, and Copenhagen Publishing.

Artists

Former artists

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References

  1. 1 2 Copenhagen Records (2011). Info & Kontakt Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 26 April 2011. (in Danish)
  2. ↑ Svidt, O. R. (17 December 2003). EMI-Medley står over for sprængning Archived 2009-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (EMI-Medley about to blow up). GAFFA. (in Danish)
  3. ↑ Smirke, Richard (6 September 2011). "Universal Music Acquires Denmark's MBO Group". Billboard. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Charles Ferro (2004-01-24). "Danish execs form label: Former EMI Denmark staffers to run Copenhagen Records". Billboard : 42. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  5. ↑ Sony Music Entertainment (Denmark) A/S. (2011). Mermaid Records Archived 2011-04-14 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 26 April 2011. (in Danish)
  6. ↑ Rustrup, S. (27 November 2008). Sony Music køber sig ind i Mermaid Records Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (Sony Music buys into Mermaid Records). GAFFA. (in Danish)
  7. ↑ "Chefer forlader Copenhagen Records". GAFFA.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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