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The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 group formed in 1999
1999 in music

See also:* 1999 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 1999...
, when Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the Record industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Music industry....
 merged together two of its daughter companies, Island Records
Island Records

Island Records was a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group ....
 and Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is a United States based hip hop music record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group....
, to create a super label.






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Island Def Jam Music Group
Parent Company: Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the Record industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Music industry....
Date formed: 1999
Genre: Various
Distributing label: Self-distributed (USA)
Divisions: Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is a United States based hip hop music record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group....

Island Records
Island Records

Island Records was a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group ....

Roc-A-Fella Records
Roc-A-Fella Records

Roc-A-Fella Records is an United States vanity label founded by Jay-Z, Damon Dash, and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. A subsidiary of Universal Music Group, the label's title refers to American oil magnate and businessman John Rockefeller....

Lost Highway Records
Lost Highway Records

Lost Highway Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. Formed by Luke Lewis in 2000, Lost Highway Records operates as a country music label, based out of Nashville, Tennessee....

So So Def Recordings
So So Def Recordings

So So Def Recordings is a record label, based out of Atlanta, Georgia and owned by Jermaine Dupri, specializing in Southern hip hop, R&B, and bass music....

Mercury Records
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....

Disturbing Tha Peace
Disturbing Tha Peace

Disturbing tha Peace Records, LLC is a recording company and Talent manager based out of Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in hip hop music and Rap music....

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The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 group formed in 1999
1999 in music

See also:* 1999 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 1999...
, when Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the Record industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Music industry....
 merged together two of its daughter companies, Island Records
Island Records

Island Records was a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group ....
 and Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is a United States based hip hop music record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group....
, to create a super label. Island Def Jam is the largest label in the world with 400 artists on the label. Also incorporated into the venture was the staff, roster, and back catalog of Mercury Records
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
, which was then dismantled. (It was revived in 2007). The Island and Def Jam imprints, meanwhile, continue to operate as their own respective labels underneath the larger IDJMG umbrella. The company also encompasses Lost Highway
Lost Highway Records

Lost Highway Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. Formed by Luke Lewis in 2000, Lost Highway Records operates as a country music label, based out of Nashville, Tennessee....
 and formally Stolen Transmission.

Some of the most notable acts on the Island Def Jam Music Group roster include:
  • Unladylike
  • Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
  • Sum 41
    Sum 41

    Sum 41 is a Canadian Rock music Musical ensemble from Ajax, Ontario. The current members are Deryck Whibley , Cone McCaslin , and Steve Jocz ....
  • Bon Jovi
    Bon Jovi

    Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
  • Jay-Z
    Jay-Z

    Shawn Corey Carter , better known as his stage name, Jay-Z, is an American hip hop artist and businessman. He is the former Chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records....
  • Jon McLaughlin
    Jon McLaughlin

    Jon McLaughlin is a pop music/pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist from Anderson, Indiana. His debut album Indiana was released on May 1, 2007, preceded by his first Extended play Industry , also known as Jon McL, in February 2007....
  • Ludacris
    Ludacris

    Christopher Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, Grammy Award-winning American rapping. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings....
  • Kanye West
    Kanye West

    Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, record producer and singer. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, and his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008....
  • Def Leppard
    Def Leppard

    Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
  • The Killers
    The Killers (band)

    The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The group consists of Brandon Flowers , Dave Keuning , Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr....
  • Melissa Etheridge
    Melissa Etheridge

    Melissa Lou Etheridge is an Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning United States rock music singer-songwriter and musician....
  • Anastacia
    Anastacia

    Anastacia is a multi-platinum American singer and songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Asia, South Africa and Australia but has not had as much success in her native United States....
  • Rihanna
    Rihanna

    Robyn Rihanna Fenty , known as Rihanna , is a Barbados singer, fashion model, and former beauty queen. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for Barbados....
  • Amerie
    Amerie

    Amerie Mi Marie Rogers , known professionally as Amerie, is an Grammy nominated American contemporary R&B singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, she debuted in 2002 with the album All I Have , primarily written and produced by mentor Rich Harrison....
  • Utada
  • Fall Out Boy
    Fall Out Boy

    Fall Out Boy is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump , Joe Trohman , Pete Wentz , and Andy Hurley ....
  • Jermaine Dupri
    Jermaine Dupri

    Jermaine Dupri, also known as JD, , is an United States record producer, rapper and Grammy winning songwriter. He is also known as Bow Wow's mentor....
  • Nas
    Nas

    Nasir Jones, , , better known by his stage name Nas, , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapping and actor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, he was born and raised in the Queensbridge, Queens housing projects in New York City....
  • Jagged Edge
    Jagged Edge (band)

    Jagged Edge is an United States R&B group that were originally signed through Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Records to Columbia Records. The group is made up of twin lead singers Brian Casey and Brandon Casey , Kyle Norman , and Richard Wingo ....
  • Robert Cray
    Robert Cray

    Robert Cray is an United States blues musician, guitarist, and singer....
  • Sponge
  • The-Dream
    The-Dream

    Terius Youngdell Nash, better known by his stage name The-Dream, is a Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter and Record producer....
  • Hoobastank
    Hoobastank

    Hoobastank is an American alternative rock band best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason " and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away"....
  • Saliva
    Saliva (band)

    Saliva is an American hard rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in September 1996 and currently under Island/Def Jam Records. Saliva released their self-titled debut album on August 26, 1997 under Rocking Chair Records/Red Urban Records...
  • Portishead
    Portishead

    Portishead is an England musical group from Bristol. The band is named after the nearby town of Portishead, Somerset, west of Bristol....
  • Ne-Yo
    Ne-Yo

    Shaffer Chimere Smith , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop music and contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and occasional rapping....
  • Young Jeezy
    Young Jeezy

    Jay Jenkins better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, is an United States rapper....
  • 9th Ward
  • Ace Hood
    Ace Hood

    Antoine McColister, better known by his stage name Ace Hood, is an United States rap artist. He is signed to DJ Khaled's label, We The Best Music....
  • The Rocket Summer
    The Rocket Summer

    The Rocket Summer is an indie rock/power pop band from Colleyville, Texas, composed of musician Bryce Avary who plays and performs all instruments and vocals....


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