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RCA/Jive Label Group

RCA/Jive Label Group (sometimes stylized as RCA/JIVE Label Group) was a short-lived American record label group, owned by Sony Music Entertainment and representing the merger of the RCA Music Group and JIVE Label Group. The umbrella group was formed in 2007 under the name BMG Label Group, was rebranded as RCA/Jive Label Group in 2009. In July 2011 it was finally dissolved into two separate labels: the RCA Music Group and Epic Records which took Jive subsidiaries (LaFace, Battery, etc.) until October 2011 when it retired Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records. The artists on those three labels were moved to RCA Records.

RCA/Jive Label Group
Parent companySony Music Entertainment
FoundedJanuary 2009; 15 years ago (January 2009)
DefunctJuly 2011; 12 years ago (July 2011)
StatusDefunct
Distributor(s)Sony Music Entertainment
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York, NY
Official websitehttp://www.sonymusic.com

History edit

Formation as BMG edit

RCA/Jive configuration began as the BMG Label Group during the last year of the Sony BMG merger. The group was officially formed in September 2007 when Bertelsmann Music Group restructured their RCA and Zomba groups into one entity bearing the BMG branding.[1][2] Bob Anderson and Kevin Twitchell led the sales department for the new group, and John Fleckenstein was named senior VP of international. By early 2008, the BMG Label Group was said to consist of RCA Records, Jive Records, J Records, LaFace, Arista, Volcano Entertainment, Verity, GospoCentric and Fo Yo Soul.[3][4] In April 2008, Jive head Barry Weiss was promoted to chairman and CEO of the whole BMG Label Group, a position he still held since the groups rebranding.[5][6] Weiss replaced longtime music exec Clive Davis, who became the Chief Creative Officer. Though some interpreted this move by Sony as a way of shuffling Davis out of the company, he quickly reasserted his position as a hitmaker for Sony working with artists such as Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson.[7]

Rebranding to RCA/Jive Label Group edit

In August 2008, BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger back to Sony.[8] Since Bertelsmann retained the use of the "BMG" name, Sony renamed the BMG Label Group to RCA/Jive Label Group in early 2009,[9] while at the same time, the Zomba Label Group officially began the process of rebranding to Jive Label Group.[10][11] During 2009, branding for both Zomba Label Group and Jive Label Group linked to the same website while RCA/Jive seemed to eschew the Zomba name, suggesting that the branding was in process during this time. By early 2010, the Zomba site was completely reworked as the rebranding process was completed.[12] Following the restructuring, Barry Weiss remained head of both RCA/Jive Label Group, and its constituent Jive Label Group. Weiss left the RCA/Jive Label Group in March 2011.[13]

Dissolution edit

In mid-2011, Sony Music split RCA/Jive Label Group. Staff and artists associated with Jive were moved to a restructured Epic Records which is aimed to focus on (mostly) urban music. RCA Music Group remained on its own, and even took on some of the non-urban artist from Jive, such as notable pop superstar Britney Spears.[14] L.A. Reid became Chairman and CEO of Epic Records and Peter Edge became Chairman and CEO of RCA Music Group.[13]

Structure edit

Though the RCA/Jive Label Group was often mentioned in press releases, and the entity often appeared as a copyright and phonograph rights holder on actual releases (this changed recently as of 2010, with each individual label being credited as itself on phonograph rights), it had a less public presence and no known website. Instead, both the RCA Music Group and the Jive Label Group operate as standalone units, but shared back-office functions and reported to CEO Barry Weiss. RCA/Jive consisted of several flagship record labels, which originally formed part of BMG before being absorbed into Sony's operations.

RCA Music Group edit

RCA Music Group
 
Parent companySony Music Entertainment
FoundedMarch 2004 (March 2004)
Distributor(s)RCA/Jive Label Group
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York, NY
Official websiteOfficial website

RCA Music Group was created by BMG in March 2004 shortly after the formation of Zomba Label Group.[15] It became a part of the BMG Label Group along with Zomba, and remained unscathed after the rebranding. The group continued its operations following the dissolution of its parent group in 2011. During the existence of the RCA/Jive Label Group, the RCA Music Group consisted of the following labels:

Jive Label Group edit

Jive Label Group
 
Parent companySony Music Entertainment
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York, NY
Official websiteOfficial website

Jive Label Group is a music group which formed half of the RCA/Jive Label Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Jive Label Group was founded in 2004 as Zomba Label Group by BMG, their parent company at the time. In January 2009. BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger to Sony and Zomba Label Group was rebranded to the current Jive Label Group.[11][16]

During the existence of the RCA/Jive Label Group, the Jive Label Group consisted of the following labels:

 
From 2004 until 2009, Jive Label Group was known as Zomba Label Group.

History edit

In late 2002, Zomba completed a US$2.74 billion transaction that required BMG to purchase the remaining shares of the Zomba Group of Companies. When BMG began their integration of Zomba labels into their operations, they created the Zomba Label Group in early 2004. Initially the group consisted of LaFace, Volcano, Silvertone and Jive, though later expanded to include other labels. In 2005, Zomba Label Group created a gospel division called Zomba Gospel to collate their gospel interests at the time. The group primarily consisted of GospoCentric Records and Verity Records, but also included some artist-owned imprints. After being shuffled under Sony in late 2008, the Zomba Label Group began rebranding to the Jive Label Group. Additionally, Zomba Gospel was rebranded as the Verity Gospel Music Group. In mid-2011, Jive Label Group was separated from the RCA Music Group and joined Epic Records under the newly formed Epic Label Group. Because of the stylistic focus of the new group (largely urban music), some of Jive's non-urban artists, such as Britney Spears, stayed with RCA Records.[13]

Artists edit

List of RCA Records artists

Discography edit

The record labels under RCA/Jive have been releasing material since before the entity's existence. For detailed discographies of those labels, please visit their respective pages. For a list of releases which contain RCA/Jive as the copyright holder, see: RCA/Jive Label Group discography.

Personnel edit

Name Position Tenure
Anderson, Bob Head of sales September 2007–July 2011
Davis, Clive CEO
September 2007-April 2008
Fleckenstein, John Senior VP, International September 2007–July 2011
Thea, Peter Executive Vice President April 1999–July 2011
Twitchell, Kevin Head of sales September 2007–July 2011
Weiss, Barry CEO/Chairman April 2008–March 2011

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Walsh, Chris M. (September 8, 2007). "RCA, Zomba merge". Billboard. 119 (36): 5.
  2. ^ "BMG Label Group re-organizes business, legal, affairs, finance, production". HITS Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  3. ^ Gallo, Phil (April 17, 2008). "BMG shakes up executives". Variety.com. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
  4. ^ Christman, Ed (April 26, 2008). "Barry's Big Day". Billboard. 120 (17): 10.
  5. ^ Broven, John (2009). Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. pp. 229. ISBN 978-0-252-03290-5.
  6. ^ Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (April 18, 2008). "Clive Davis replaced by Barry Weiss as BMG head". USAToday.com. Gannett Co. Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  7. ^ Lauria, Peter (October 10, 2008). "Sony Music turns to Davis for Hit$". NYPost.com. NYP Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  8. ^ Hefflinger, Mark (August 5, 2008). "Bertelsmann Sells Stake in Sony BMG for $1.2 Billion". DMWMedia.com. Digital Media Wire, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  9. ^ Gallo, Phil (January 14, 2009). "Keith Naftaly joins RCA/Jive". Variety.com. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  10. ^ Billboard Staff (June 1, 2009). "UJA To Honor RCA/Jive Chief Barry Weiss". Billboard.biz. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  11. ^ a b "Zomba Now Jive". Hits Daily Double. January 25, 2009.
  12. ^ . ZombaLabelGroup.com. Zomba Label Group LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  13. ^ a b c alex (21 April 2018). "Billboard biz". Billboard. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  14. ^ Singersroom (28 June 2011). "Britney Spears Cuts Ties with Longtime Record Label, JIVE Records". Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Big changes for BMG North America". TourDates.co.uk. TourDates.co.uk. March 25, 2004. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  16. ^ Billboard Staff (June 1, 2009). "UJA To Honor RCA/Jive Chief Barry Weiss". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-02.

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This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2015 RCA Jive Label Group sometimes stylized as RCA JIVE Label Group was a short lived American record label group owned by Sony Music Entertainment and representing the merger of the RCA Music Group and JIVE Label Group The umbrella group was formed in 2007 under the name BMG Label Group was rebranded as RCA Jive Label Group in 2009 In July 2011 it was finally dissolved into two separate labels the RCA Music Group and Epic Records which took Jive subsidiaries LaFace Battery etc until October 2011 when it retired Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records The artists on those three labels were moved to RCA Records RCA Jive Label GroupParent companySony Music EntertainmentFoundedJanuary 2009 15 years ago January 2009 DefunctJuly 2011 12 years ago July 2011 StatusDefunctDistributor s Sony Music EntertainmentGenreVariousCountry of originUnited StatesLocationNew York NYOfficial websitehttp www sonymusic com Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation as BMG 1 2 Rebranding to RCA Jive Label Group 1 3 Dissolution 2 Structure 2 1 RCA Music Group 2 2 Jive Label Group 2 2 1 History 3 Artists 4 Discography 5 Personnel 6 See also 7 ReferencesHistory editFormation as BMG edit RCA Jive configuration began as the BMG Label Group during the last year of the Sony BMG merger The group was officially formed in September 2007 when Bertelsmann Music Group restructured their RCA and Zomba groups into one entity bearing the BMG branding 1 2 Bob Anderson and Kevin Twitchell led the sales department for the new group and John Fleckenstein was named senior VP of international By early 2008 the BMG Label Group was said to consist of RCA Records Jive Records J Records LaFace Arista Volcano Entertainment Verity GospoCentric and Fo Yo Soul 3 4 In April 2008 Jive head Barry Weiss was promoted to chairman and CEO of the whole BMG Label Group a position he still held since the groups rebranding 5 6 Weiss replaced longtime music exec Clive Davis who became the Chief Creative Officer Though some interpreted this move by Sony as a way of shuffling Davis out of the company he quickly reasserted his position as a hitmaker for Sony working with artists such as Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson 7 Rebranding to RCA Jive Label Group edit In August 2008 BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger back to Sony 8 Since Bertelsmann retained the use of the BMG name Sony renamed the BMG Label Group to RCA Jive Label Group in early 2009 9 while at the same time the Zomba Label Group officially began the process of rebranding to Jive Label Group 10 11 During 2009 branding for both Zomba Label Group and Jive Label Group linked to the same website while RCA Jive seemed to eschew the Zomba name suggesting that the branding was in process during this time By early 2010 the Zomba site was completely reworked as the rebranding process was completed 12 Following the restructuring Barry Weiss remained head of both RCA Jive Label Group and its constituent Jive Label Group Weiss left the RCA Jive Label Group in March 2011 13 Dissolution edit Main articles Epic Records and RCA Music Group In mid 2011 Sony Music split RCA Jive Label Group Staff and artists associated with Jive were moved to a restructured Epic Records which is aimed to focus on mostly urban music RCA Music Group remained on its own and even took on some of the non urban artist from Jive such as notable pop superstar Britney Spears 14 L A Reid became Chairman and CEO of Epic Records and Peter Edge became Chairman and CEO of RCA Music Group 13 Structure editThough the RCA Jive Label Group was often mentioned in press releases and the entity often appeared as a copyright and phonograph rights holder on actual releases this changed recently as of 2010 with each individual label being credited as itself on phonograph rights it had a less public presence and no known website Instead both the RCA Music Group and the Jive Label Group operate as standalone units but shared back office functions and reported to CEO Barry Weiss RCA Jive consisted of several flagship record labels which originally formed part of BMG before being absorbed into Sony s operations RCA Music Group edit RCA Music Group nbsp Parent companySony Music EntertainmentFoundedMarch 2004 March 2004 Distributor s RCA Jive Label GroupGenreVariousCountry of originUnited StatesLocationNew York NYOfficial websiteOfficial website Main article RCA Music Group RCA Music Group was created by BMG in March 2004 shortly after the formation of Zomba Label Group 15 It became a part of the BMG Label Group along with Zomba and remained unscathed after the rebranding The group continued its operations following the dissolution of its parent group in 2011 During the existence of the RCA Jive Label Group the RCA Music Group consisted of the following labels Arista Records J Records Phonogenic Records RCA Records The Inc Records Jive Label Group edit Jive Label Group nbsp Parent companySony Music EntertainmentFounded2004 20 years ago 2004 GenreVariousCountry of originUnited StatesLocationNew York NYOfficial websiteOfficial website Main article Jive Records Jive Label Group is a music group which formed half of the RCA Jive Label Group a division of Sony Music Entertainment Jive Label Group was founded in 2004 as Zomba Label Group by BMG their parent company at the time In January 2009 BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger to Sony and Zomba Label Group was rebranded to the current Jive Label Group 11 16 During the existence of the RCA Jive Label Group the Jive Label Group consisted of the following labels Battery Records Jive Records LaFace Records So So Def Recordings Verity Gospel Music Group GospoCentric Records Verity Records Fo Yo Soul Quiet Water Entertainment Volcano Entertainment nbsp From 2004 until 2009 Jive Label Group was known as Zomba Label Group History edit In late 2002 Zomba completed a US 2 74 billion transaction that required BMG to purchase the remaining shares of the Zomba Group of Companies When BMG began their integration of Zomba labels into their operations they created the Zomba Label Group in early 2004 Initially the group consisted of LaFace Volcano Silvertone and Jive though later expanded to include other labels In 2005 Zomba Label Group created a gospel division called Zomba Gospel to collate their gospel interests at the time The group primarily consisted of GospoCentric Records and Verity Records but also included some artist owned imprints After being shuffled under Sony in late 2008 the Zomba Label Group began rebranding to the Jive Label Group Additionally Zomba Gospel was rebranded as the Verity Gospel Music Group In mid 2011 Jive Label Group was separated from the RCA Music Group and joined Epic Records under the newly formed Epic Label Group Because of the stylistic focus of the new group largely urban music some of Jive s non urban artists such as Britney Spears stayed with RCA Records 13 Artists editList of RCA Records artistsDiscography editThe record labels under RCA Jive have been releasing material since before the entity s existence For detailed discographies of those labels please visit their respective pages For a list of releases which contain RCA Jive as the copyright holder see RCA Jive Label Group discography Personnel editName Position Tenure Anderson Bob Head of sales September 2007 July 2011 Davis Clive CEO September 2007 April 2008 Fleckenstein John Senior VP International September 2007 July 2011 Thea Peter Executive Vice President April 1999 July 2011 Twitchell Kevin Head of sales September 2007 July 2011 Weiss Barry CEO Chairman April 2008 March 2011See also editList of record labels Epic Records RCA Music Group Sony Music Entertainment Sony BMG Bertelsmann Music GroupReferences edit Walsh Chris M September 8 2007 RCA Zomba merge Billboard 119 36 5 BMG Label Group re organizes business legal affairs finance production HITS Daily Double HITS Digital Ventures June 20 2008 Retrieved 2009 12 02 Gallo Phil April 17 2008 BMG shakes up executives Variety com Reed Business Information Retrieved 2009 11 30 Christman Ed April 26 2008 Barry s Big Day Billboard 120 17 10 Broven John 2009 Record Makers and Breakers Voices of the Independent Rock n Roll Pioneers Champaign IL University of Illinois Press pp 229 ISBN 978 0 252 03290 5 Moody Nekesa Mumbi April 18 2008 Clive Davis replaced by Barry Weiss as BMG head USAToday com Gannett Co Inc Retrieved 2009 12 02 Lauria Peter October 10 2008 Sony Music turns to Davis for Hit NYPost com NYP Holdings Inc Retrieved 2009 12 04 Hefflinger Mark August 5 2008 Bertelsmann Sells Stake in Sony BMG for 1 2 Billion DMWMedia com Digital Media Wire Inc Retrieved 2009 12 02 Gallo Phil January 14 2009 Keith Naftaly joins RCA Jive Variety com Reed Business Information Retrieved 2009 12 12 Billboard Staff June 1 2009 UJA To Honor RCA Jive Chief Barry Weiss Billboard biz Nielsen Business Media Inc Retrieved 2009 12 02 a b Zomba Now Jive Hits Daily Double January 25 2009 Zomba Label Group Jive Records LaFace Records ZombaLabelGroup com Zomba Label Group LLC Archived from the original on 2009 10 24 Retrieved 2009 12 02 a b c alex 21 April 2018 Billboard biz Billboard Retrieved 14 February 2019 Singersroom 28 June 2011 Britney Spears Cuts Ties with Longtime Record Label JIVE Records Retrieved 14 February 2019 Big changes for BMG North America TourDates co uk TourDates co uk March 25 2004 Retrieved 2009 12 12 Billboard Staff June 1 2009 UJA To Honor RCA Jive Chief Barry Weiss Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc Retrieved 2009 12 02 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RCA Jive Label Group amp oldid 1136347121, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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