The Island Def Jam Music Group

American record label group formed in 1998
Organization record_label_group Q947109
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The Island Def Jam Music Group

Summary

The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label group[1]. It draws 761 Wikipedia views per month (record_label_group category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Island Def Jam Music Group is in the country of United States[3].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's instance of is recorded as record label group[4].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's instance of is recorded as record label[5].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[6].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Island Records[7].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Republic Records[8].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Casablanca Records[9].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Def Jam Recordings[10].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Imperial[11].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Mercury Records[12].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Motown[13].
  • 1998 marks the founding of The Island Def Jam Music Group[14].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group was dissolved in April 1, 2014[15].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[16].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's official website is recorded as http://www.islanddefjam.com[17].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's replaced by is recorded as Republic Corps[18].
  • The Island Def Jam Music Group's different from is recorded as Island Records[19].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Holding[20]

  • Country: US[21]

  • Began / founded: 1999[22]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2014-04-01[23]

  • Community tags: clean up[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c9ecb3cf-ed8c-4f48-b99a-7d63ed12d89b[25]

Body

Founding

1998 marks the founding of The Island Def Jam Music Group[14].

Operations

The Island Def Jam Music Group's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[6]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group[16]. Subsidiaries include Island Records[7], a record label[26], in Jamaica[27], founded in 1959[28], headquartered in London[29]; Republic Records[8], a record label[30], in United States[31], founded in 1995[32], headquartered in New York City[33]; Casablanca Records[9], a record label[34], in United States[35], founded in 1973[36], headquartered in Los Angeles[37]; Def Jam Recordings[10], a record label[38], in United States[39], founded in 1984[40], headquartered in New York City[41]; Imperial[11], a record label[42], in United States[43], founded in 1947[44], headquartered in Los Angeles[45]; and Mercury Records[12], a record label[46], in United States[47], founded in 1945[48], headquartered in London[49].

Dissolution

The Island Def Jam Music Group was dissolved in April 1, 2014[15].

Why It Matters

The Island Def Jam Music Group draws 761 Wikipedia views per month (record_label_group category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

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  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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