J Records was founded in 2000 by industry veteran Clive Davis with $150 million in financing from BMG, after his ousting from Arista Records the same year, and initially operated as an independently managed company distributed through BMG. Olivia was the first artist to sign with J Records but was later dropped because of poor album sales. In 2001, the label found success with its multi-platinum record inaugural release, Songs in A Minor, the debut album of Alicia Keys, which sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The same year, Lyric signed to the label and became the first female group act under J Records.[1] By late 2001, J Records attained another success with the platinum-selling debut album by O-Town. Later, established artists like D'Angelo, Luther Vandross, Jamie Foxx, and Monica would join the J roster, the latter three going on to find multi-platinum success with the label.
In 2002, BMG bought a majority stake in the label. The same year, J Records began functioning under the RCA Music Group, where Davis had been appointed president and CEO, and signed American Idol winners Fantasia and Ruben Studdard. In August 2005, J Records' operations were merged with Arista Records, although both labels continued to release their own product.
In mid-2011, RCA Music Group underwent a restructuring which shuttered J along with sister labels Jive and Arista on October 7, 2011.[2]RCA Records and began releasing all RCA Music Group releases under RCA Records.[3][4][2]
records, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, 2009, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources J Records news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message J Records was an American record label owned and operated by Bertelsmann Music Group until it was transferred to Sony Music Entertainment when they acquired all of BMG s record labels in late 2008 at the end of their merger It was distributed through the RCA Music Group The label was founded in 2000 by Clive Davis and was dissolved into RCA Records in 2011 J RecordsParent companyBertelsmann Music Group 2000 2008 Sony Music Entertainment 2008 2011 Founded2000FounderClive DavisDefunct2011StatusInactiveDistributor s RCA Music GroupRCA Records outside the US GenreVariousCountry of originUnited States Contents 1 Company history 2 Artist roster 3 References 4 External linksCompany history editJ Records was founded in 2000 by industry veteran Clive Davis with 150 million in financing from BMG after his ousting from Arista Records the same year and initially operated as an independently managed company distributed through BMG Olivia was the first artist to sign with J Records but was later dropped because of poor album sales In 2001 the label found success with its multi platinum record inaugural release Songs in A Minor the debut album of Alicia Keys which sold over 12 million copies worldwide The same year Lyric signed to the label and became the first female group act under J Records 1 By late 2001 J Records attained another success with the platinum selling debut album by O Town Later established artists like D Angelo Luther Vandross Jamie Foxx and Monica would join the J roster the latter three going on to find multi platinum success with the label In 2002 BMG bought a majority stake in the label The same year J Records began functioning under the RCA Music Group where Davis had been appointed president and CEO and signed American Idol winners Fantasia and Ruben Studdard In August 2005 J Records operations were merged with Arista Records although both labels continued to release their own product In mid 2011 RCA Music Group underwent a restructuring which shuttered J along with sister labels Jive and Arista on October 7 2011 2 RCA Records and began releasing all RCA Music Group releases under RCA Records 3 4 2 Artist roster editAt time of disbanding 5 Alicia Keys BC Jean Cassidy CJ Hilton C Ride Fantasia Jamie Foxx Jazmine Sullivan Krista Hidalgo Leona Lewis Mario Marsha Ambrosius Mike Posner Monica Next One Chance O Town Pitbull Rod Stewart Say Anything SOiL Grantland Steele Kermit Furiouz Kirby TwinzFormer Maroon 5 was signed to Octone Records by way of a joint deal with J Records Liza Minnelli Busta Rhymes Lil Josh amp Ernest Pearl Jam Gavin DeGraw Jimmy Cozier Rhymefest Splender Annie Lennox US Erick SermonReferences edit Clive Davis signs Lyric as his first female trio to J Records Chicago Defender December 28 2002 Archived from the original on June 11 2014 Retrieved April 7 2013 a b Billboard Billboard Fmqb com J Records ArtistsExternal links editJ Records website J Records on Altsounds com permanent dead link Interview with J Records A amp R Peter Edge Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J Records amp oldid 1186895615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
