DTA Records

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DTA Records
DTA Records logo.jpg
Parent company Warner Music Group
FoundedDecember 13, 2019;4 years ago (December 13, 2019)
Founder Travis Barker
Distributor(s)
Genre
Country of originUnited States
Official website dtarecords.com
elektra.com/dtarecords

DTA Records (an initialism for "Don't Trust Anyone") [1] is an American record label founded in December 2019 by Travis Barker, best known as the drummer of Blink-182. It is a joint partnership between Barker and Elektra Entertainment (a label group owned by Warner Music Group), which distributes the label's releases.

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History

Formation (2019)

It’s just being able to see things through and make sure you don’t hear of the stories you so often do about artists getting signed to a label. Maybe someone doesn’t pick the best first single and it doesn’t work right away, and then the next thing you know, the artist is dropped and his project is in limbo. I’m just trying to protect that whole process where they won’t be dropped for exploring new sounds.

–Travis Barker [2]

DTA Records was founded in 2019 as a partnership between Travis Barker and Elektra Music Group (now known as Elektra Entertainment, following its merger into 300 Elektra Entertainment). [3] The label was conceived after Johnny Minardi, an Atlantic Records employee and acquaintance of Barker, told Barker of Elektra Music Group's co-president Gregg Nadel's desire to start a new record label with him. Minardi offered Barker a deal which allowed him and Nadel to help develop new artists together. [2] Barker was already well acquainted with Warner Music Group, with his old record label, LaSalle Records, formerly being distributed through Atlantic, and more recently, he had played drums for or produced albums for various artists associated with WMG's labels, such as Fever 333, grandson and Jasiah. [2]

Barker's vision for DTA Records was to use the label to develop up and coming artists, and guarantee them greater security and freedoms on the label. "As an artist, it's important to me that an artist's vision is protected at all costs. It's crucial that I'm able to look an artist in the eye and believe it when I say we can take them from a basement to an arena." [4] However, Barker is extremely selective about the artists he signs to DTA, stating; “It has to be someone I feel comfortable taking a picture with and co-signing, saying I believe in this person and I think that this person is going to change music or at least make a huge fucking dent in music. I just don’t want to sign some random person.” [5] DTA Records, while also acting as an artist development label for Barker, also acts as a hub for Travis Barker and his collaborations with other artists. [6]

The formation of DTA Records was announced on December 13, 2019. The same day, DTA released its first single, "Gimme Brain", a collaboration between Barker, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. [7] [4] [8] [9]

Jaden Hossler, Avril Lavigne, Ho99o9 and continued growth (2020–present)

In May 2020, Jaden Hossler (then known as jxdn) [10] became the first signing to the DTA Records label, following the success of his debut single "Comatose". [11] [12] His first release on the label, the single "Angels & Demons" became a viral hit on TikTok and became DTA Records' first release to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which it attained on July 2, 2021. [13] His debut album, Tell Me About Tomorrow , was DTA's first studio album release, and reached number 95 on the Billboard 200 Chart. [14]

On November 3, 2021, Canadian pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne announced she had signed to DTA Records. [15] [16] She released her first single for DTA, "Bite Me", on November 9, 2021. [17] Lavigne released her first album through DTA, Love Sux , on February 25, 2022; it became DTA's first top-10 album on the Billboard 200 Chart, reaching number nine. [18]

On January 20, 2022, the punk rock band Ho99o9 (pronounced Horror) released the single "Battery Not Included" through DTA; [19] their first album since 2017's United States of Horror , titled SKIN, was produced by Travis Barker and released on March 11, 2022. [20]

Roster

Discography

Discography of DTA Records
YearRelease DateArtist / BandReleaseType / FormatNotesCite
2019December 13, 2019Travis Barker, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross "Gimme Brain"SingleFirst release [21]
2020April 10, 2020Travis Barker, Jasiah and NASCAR Aloe"Dogshit" [22]
May 18, 2020 jxdn "Angels & Demons" RIAA: Gold [13] [23]
May 29, 2020Travis Barker and Wiz Khalifa "Drums Drums Drums" [24]
June 23, 2020jxdn"Angels & Demons (Acoustic)" [25]
July 16, 2020jxdn feat. Travis Barker"So What!" [26]
July 31, 2020Travis Barker and Run the Jewels "Forever" [27]
August 20, 2020jxdn"Pray" [28]
October 16, 2020"So What! (Acoustic)" [29]
October 21, 2020jxdn feat. Iann Dior "Tonight" [30]
December 18, 2020jxdn"Better Off Dead" [31]
2021January 19, 2021"Driver's License" Olivia Rodrigo cover [32]
June 4, 2021"Think About Me" [33]
July 2, 2021jxdn feat. Machine Gun Kelly "Wanna Be" [34]
jxdn Tell Me About Tomorrow CD/LP/DD First album release [35]
July 17, 2021"Angels & Demons/Driver's License" 12" single Record Store Day exclusive [36]
November 9, 2021 Avril Lavigne "Bite Me"Single [37]
November 17, 2021jxdn"Happy Holidays, You Bastard" Blink-182 cover (Spotify Singles) [38]
December 3, 2021Tell Me About Tomorrow (Deluxe)DDDeluxe edition [39]
December 17, 2021Avril Lavigne"Bite Me (Acoustic)"Single [40]
2022January 13, 2022Avril Lavigne feat. blackbear "Love It When You Hate Me" [41]
January 20, 2022 Ho99o9 "Battery Not Included" [42]
February 11, 2022"Nuge Snight" [43]
February 25, 2022Avril Lavigne Love Sux CD/CS/LP/DDFirst top-10 album
on Billboard 200 		[44]
March 11, 2022Ho99o9SKINDD [20]
Ho99o9 feat. Corey Taylor "Bite My Face"Single [45]
June 24, 2022Avril Lavigne Spotify Singles [46]
June 28, 2022jxdn28 (Songs For Cooper) EP [47]
August 26, 2022Avril Lavigne feat. Machine Gun Kelly"Bois Lie" (Acoustic)Single [48]
November 3, 2022Avril Lavigne and Yungblud "I'm a Mess" [49]
November 11, 2022jxdn"Sober" [50]
November 25, 2022Avril LavigneLove Sux(Deluxe)DDDeluxe edition [51]
2023March 3, 2023jxdn"Friends With Benefits"Single [52]
June 8, 2023"Elevated Heartbreak" [53]
September 22, 2023 Landon Barker "Friends With Your Ex" [54]
October 6, 2023Jaden Hossler"Chrome Hearted" [55]
2024February 8, 2024jxdn"When the Music Stops" [56]

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