Dance Nation | |
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Parent company | Ministry of Sound, Clubland |
Founded | 2007 (as Hard2Beat) |
Genre | Electronic dance music |
Country of origin | UK and Ireland |
Location | London |
Official website | Dance Nation.com |
Dance Nation was a British independent record label which was a subsidiary of Ministry of Sound. When founded in 2007 it was known as Hard2Beat Records, and was rebranded to its current name in 2010.
The label's first release was "Now You're Gone" by Basshunter, and they have released other singles and compilation albums since then.
In April 2009 they held Dance Nation Live, a live arena tour across the UK. Basshunter headlined the tour with acts including Sash!, Lasgo, and Platnum.
Dance Nation had its own customized content channel on Audiotube. The label brand was used as a Sky TV Channel in 2012, since it has not had any new releases or live tours. The official website went offline in April 2015 as well as all social media sites.
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Catalog | Release date | Artist | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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UK | IRL | |||||
H2BCD04 | 14-07-2008 | Basshunter | Now You're Gone – The Album | 1 | 2 | |
H2BCD14 | 05-10-2009 | Basshunter | Bass Generation | 16 | 16 |
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Release date | Artist | Title |
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14-01-2008 | Various artists | Big Tunes 2008 |
21-04-2008 | Various artists | Club Anthems 2008 |
21-07-2008 | Various artists | Put Your Hands Up! 4 |
29-09-2008 | Various artists | Classic Big Tunes |
20-10-2008 | Sash! | The Best of |
01-12-2008 | Various artists | Hard House Anthems |
29-12-2008 | Various artists | Wigan Pier Presents Bounce |
04-05-2009 | Various artists | Dance Nation -Your Big Night Out |
08-06-2009 | Various artists | Big Tunes: Ignition |
27-07-2009 | Various artists | Big Tunes - Back 2 the 90's |
03-08-2009 | September | Cry for You – The Album |
07-09-2009 | Various artists | Wigan Pier Presents Bounce 2 |
20-11-2009 | Various artists | Dance Nation 2 - Your Big Night Out |
20-09-2010 | Various artists | Dance Nation 2010 - Your Big Night Out |
25-10-2010 | Various artists | Big Tunes Xtreme |
Catalog | Release date | Artist | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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UK | IRL | |||||
H2B01 | 31-12-2007 | Basshunter | "Now You're Gone" | 1 | 1 | |
H2B02 | 18-02-2008 | H "Two" O feat. Platnum | "What's It Gonna Be" | 2 | 7 |
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H2B03 | 14-04-2008 | September | "Cry for You" | 5 | 8 |
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H2B06 | 07-07-2008 | Sunset Strippers | "Step Right Up" | — | — | |
H2B07 | 11-08-2008 | 7th Heaven feat. Katherine Ellis | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" | — | — | |
H2B08 | 30-06-2008 | Basshunter | "All I Ever Wanted" | 2 | 1 |
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H2B10 | 28-07-2008 | Bob Sinclar presents Fireball | "What I Want" | 52 | — | |
H2B11 | 28-07-2008 | Weekend Warriors | "Don't Stop Believing" | — | — | |
H2B12 | 06-10-2008 | Platnum | "Love Shy (Thinking About You)" | 12 | 24 | |
H2B15 | 13-10-2008 | Sash! feat. Stunt | "Raindrops (Encore une fois)" | 9 | 28 |
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H2B16 | 29-09-2008 | Basshunter | "Angel in the Night" | 14 | 10 | |
H2B17 | 29-09-2008 | Bass Slammers feat. Sally Jaxx | "Dancing with an Angel" | — | — | |
H2B18 | 18-05-2009 | Star Pilots | "In the Heat of the Night" | 21 | — | |
H2B19 | 27-10-2008 | Groove Coverage | "Moonlight Shadow" | 100 | — | |
H2B20 | 15-12-2008 | Basshunter | "I Miss You" | 32 | — | |
H2B21 | 08-12-2008 | Geo Da Silva | "Do It Like a Truck" | — | — | |
H2B22 | 06-04-2009 | Lasgo | "Out of My Mind" | — | — | |
H2B23 | 09-03-2009 | September | "Can't Get Over" | 14 | 38 | |
H2B24 | 15-12-2008 | Confused Crew | "One Bad Apple" | — | — | |
H2B25 | 15-12-2008 | Basshunter | "Jingle Bells (Bass)" | 35 | — | |
H2B26 | 06-04-2009 | Basshunter | "Walk on Water" | 76 | — | |
H2B27 | 2009 | Gathania | "Blame It on You" | — | — | |
H2B28 | 2009 | Fragma | "Memory" | — | — | |
H2B29 | 16-03-2009 | Lenny Fontana & Ridney present Larisa | "Wait 4 U" | — | — | |
H2B30 | 2009 | Big Ange vs. Becky Rhodes | "Angry" | — | — | |
H2B31 | 2009 | Lazee feat. Neverstore | "Hold on" | 46 | — | |
H2B32 | 2009 | Platnum | "Trippin'" | — | — | |
H2B33 | 2009 | Bandito | "Rockin' At the Disco" | — | — | |
H2B35 | 20-04-2009 | AnnaGrace | "You Make Me Feel" | — | — | |
H2B40 | 2009 | September | "Until I Die" | — | — | |
H2B42 | 21-09-2009 | Basshunter | "Every Morning" | 17 | — | |
H2B45 | 30-10-2009 | Basshunter | "I Promised Myself" | 94 | — | |
H2B46 | 2009 | Fugative | "Supafly" | 48 | — | |
H2B48 | 2009 | Fugative | "Crush" | 26 | — | |
H2B49 | 2009 | Fugative | "Bad Girl" | 59 | — | |
DANCEN09 | 18-07-2010 | Basshunter | "Saturday" | 21 | 37 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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