82-871: Xploded Music is a British record label set up by Cris Nuttall and Matt Cadman. The label is a joint venture with Universal , and has developed from their previous partnership with the All Around the World dance music label. All Around the World (also known as AATW ) originated in Blackburn and has had success with artists such as N-Trance , Cascada , Scooter , Dannii Minogue , Armin van Buuren , Lost Frequencies , N-Dubz , Loud Luxury , Skepta , Starley , Yolanda Be Cool , and many more. AATW also owned & operated four music TV channels; Clubland TV , and three Now Music -branded channels - Now 70s , Now 80s and Now 90s , all of which are now fully owned by Universal. All Around
164-545: A Now DVD series. Now 83 was the last in the series as Musica A World Awaits died in mid-2021. This edition was released in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, etc. The first Asian Now That's What I Call Music! was released in 1995. The series is often called Now Asia due to the albums' origins: EMI Indonesia has released Now Jazz (2007) and Now Arabia (2011). Following its introduction in China,
246-538: A "record group" which is, in turn, controlled by a music group. The constituent companies in a music group or record group are sometimes marketed as being "divisions" of the group. From 1929 to 1998, there were six major record labels, known as the Big Six: PolyGram was merged into Universal Music Group (UMG) in 1999, leaving the remaining record labels to be known as the Big Five. In 2004, Sony and BMG agreed to
328-405: A 50% profit-share agreement, aka 50–50 deal, not uncommon. In addition, independent labels are often artist-owned (although not always), with a stated intent often being to control the quality of the artist's output. Independent labels usually do not enjoy the resources available to the "big three" and as such will often lag behind them in market shares. However, frequently independent artists manage
410-558: A US Senate committee, that the Byrds never received any of the royalties they had been promised for their biggest hits, " Mr. Tambourine Man " and " Turn! Turn!, Turn! ". A contract either provides for the artist to deliver completed recordings to the label, or for the label to undertake the recording with the artist. For artists without a recording history, the label is often involved in selecting producers, recording studios , additional musicians, and songs to be recorded, and may supervise
492-470: A bigger company. If this is the case it can sometimes give the artist greater freedom than if they were signed directly to the big label. There are many examples of this kind of label, such as Nothing Records , owned by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails ; and Morning Records, owned by the Cooper Temple Clause , who were releasing EPs for years before the company was bought by RCA . If an artist and
574-492: A chicken singing, discovered by Branson in an antiques shop not far from their Vernon yard office, where a woman he liked named Joan Templeman was working. Branson managed to amass an impressive collection of old hand painted tin signs that were covering his houseboat, but instead of adding to his collection, he gifted it to Simon Draper. The poster was hung behind Draper's desk at the Virgin Records office. Branson wrote, "He
656-408: A conventional cash advance to sign the artist, who would receive a royalty for sales after expenses were recouped. With the release of the artist's first album, however, the label has an option to pay an additional $ 200,000 in exchange for 30 percent of the net income from all touring, merchandise, endorsements, and fan-club fees. Atlantic would also have the right to approve the act's tour schedule, and
738-428: A deal with EMI , which allowed a greater number of major hits to be included (the first album in the series included a total of "eleven number ones" on its sleeve). The album went to number one, and soon after, CBS / WEA 's The Hits Album adopted a similar format to Now . The two series co-existed for the rest of the 1980s, and when Universal (formerly PolyGram from Now 8 in 1986 through to Now 42 in 1999) joined
820-638: A deal with a proper label. In 2002, ArtistShare was founded as the Internet's first record label where the releases were directly funded by the artist's fans. Now That%27s What I Call Music#Original United Kingdom and Ireland series Now That's What I Call Music! (often shortened to NOW ) is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Sony Music and Universal Music ( Universal / Sony Music ) which began in 1983. Spinoff series began for other countries
902-511: A follow-up to the compilation series. There have also been released some Now Dance albums in Greece. The Now series started in the Netherlands back in 1984 as Now This Is Music and a couple of spin-offs, such as Now Dance , a Christmas compilation ( Now This Is Xmas ) and several year-end compilations. The series ran from 1984 to 1989, ending with its 11th installment. The series was released on
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#1733122636692984-609: A joint venture and merged their recorded music division to create the Sony BMG label (which would be renamed Sony Music Entertainment after a 2008 merger); BMG kept its music publishing division separate from Sony BMG and later sold BMG Music Publishing to UMG. In 2007, the remaining record labels—then known as the Big Four—controlled about 70% of the world music market , and about 80% of the United States music market. In 2012,
1066-471: A label want to work together, whether an artist has contacted a label directly, usually by sending their team a demo, or the Artists & Repertoire team of the label has scouted the artist and reached out directly, they will usually enter in to a contractual relationship. A label typically enters into an exclusive recording contract with an artist to market the artist's recordings in return for royalties on
1148-462: A large international media group , or somewhere in between. The Association of Independent Music (AIM) defines a 'major' as "a multinational company which (together with the companies in its group) has more than 5% of the world market(s) for the sale of records or music videos." As of 2012 , there are only three labels that can be referred to as "major labels": Universal Music Group , Sony Music , and Warner Music Group . In 2014, AIM estimated that
1230-605: A return by recording for a much smaller production cost of a typical big label release. Sometimes they are able to recoup their initial advance even with much lower sales numbers. On occasion, established artists, once their record contract has finished, move to an independent label. This often gives the combined advantage of name recognition and more control over one's music along with a larger portion of royalty profits. Artists such as Dolly Parton , Aimee Mann , Prince , Public Enemy , among others, have done this. Historically, companies started in this manner have been re-absorbed into
1312-657: A total of 787 different songs, ranking in an impressive four gold and 19 platinum records. The first album released in Portugal was NOW 99 and released by EMI on 2 December 1999. From the Now 2 through Now 21 , the compilation was always done on a rotation system among the three music companies. In addition to these volumes, the series includes six dance editions, a DVD and the tenth anniversary commemorative edition, NOW 10 ANOS , released by EMI in December 2009. On 26 April 2010, Now Mix 2010
1394-721: Is 1999's Now That's What I Call Music! 44 , which sold 2.3 million copies and remains the biggest-selling various artists compilation album in the UK. 2008's Now That's What I Call Music! 70 sold 383,002 units in the first week of sales, the biggest ever first week sale of any Now album. As of July 2024, the most featured artists are Kylie Minogue with 34 followed by Robbie Williams with 31 singles, Calvin Harris with 32, David Guetta with 30, Rihanna with 27, Katy Perry with 22 and Girls Aloud with 21. This does not include any uncredited appearances in groups or on charity records. Although
1476-504: Is a Danish record label set up especially to release Now That's What I Call Music! albums in Denmark reaching the nineteenth edition in November 2007 not making anymore after that. As well as the Now regular series there have also been spin-offs including Now Big Hits , Now Christmas , Now Summer , Now Clubbing , Now Dance and Now Hip Hop . Robbie Williams is the artist to be featured
1558-419: Is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture , distribution , marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while also conducting talent scouting and development of new artists , artist financing and maintaining contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label" derives from
1640-454: Is often marketed as a "unit" or "division" of the parent label, though in most cases, they operate as pseudonym for it and do not exist as a distinct business operation or separate business structure (although trademarks are sometimes registered). A record label may give a musical act an imprint as part of their branding, while other imprints serve to house other activities, such as side ventures of that label. Music collectors often use
1722-684: Is owned by Sony Group Corporation ). Record labels and music publishers that are not under the control of the big three are generally considered to be independent ( indie ), even if they are large corporations with complex structures. The term indie label is sometimes used to refer to only those independent labels that adhere to independent criteria of corporate structure and size, and some consider an indie label to be almost any label that releases non-mainstream music, regardless of its corporate structure. Independent labels are often considered more artist-friendly. Though they may have less sales power, indie labels typically offer larger artist royalty with
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#17331226366921804-498: The Now series are only released on one disc), now exploiting the capacity of the CD to include between 40 and 46 tracks over two discs. Since July 2006 ( Now That's What I Call Music! 64 ), the Now! series have only been released on CD and digital download formats. Previously, the series had been available on vinyl , cassette and MiniDisc , until these formats declined in popularity. Peter Duckworth and Steve Pritchard have been managing
1886-454: The Now series is called Now! Hits Référence . There have been released Now! Hits Référence 1-7 and Now! Hits Référence 2005, 2006 and 2007. In Greece the Now series is called Now: Αυτά Είναι Τα Hits Σήμερα! ("Now These Are the Hits Today!"). Now 1 was released in 2002 and Now 2010 was released in 2009. In 2015 (early summer), Now that's what i call music 2015 was released as
1968-550: The Now! compilations sold extremely well in the U.S. Each of the first 29 volumes received at least a platinum certification , and 18 albums from the series have reached number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, more than any individual recording artist except the Beatles . However, more recent releases have not sold as well, with Now That's What I Call Music! 77 selling only an estimated 7,500 copies in its first week, compared to
2050-491: The Now! series has enjoyed great success, with a new compilation released approximately every three to four months. Each album contains current and recent hit singles from Chinese artists signed to EMI or Polydor , and from British and Australian pop acts such as Kylie Minogue , Sophie Ellis-Bextor , Sugababes or Robbie Williams . Now has been seen in Israel, starting in 1999. The first three albums are double discs. Now 4
2132-459: The free software and open source movements and the success of Linux . In the mid-2000s, some music publishing companies began undertaking the work traditionally done by labels. The publisher Sony/ATV Music, for example, leveraged its connections within the Sony family to produce, record, distribute, and promote Elliott Yamin 's debut album under a dormant Sony-owned imprint , rather than waiting for
2214-505: The "parent" of any sublabels. Vanity labels are labels that bear an imprint that gives the impression of an artist's ownership or control, but in fact represent a standard artist/label relationship. In such an arrangement, the artist will control nothing more than the usage of the name on the label, but may enjoy a greater say in the packaging of their work. An example of such a label is the Neutron label owned by ABC while at Phonogram Inc. in
2296-404: The 1990s . Since the release of Volume 32 in 2009, albums included bonus "Now What's Next" tracks by not-yet-fully-established artists at the expense of additional hit songs. The 2020s saw the Now brand being introduced to streaming services such as Spotify . The Australian series is a single disc edition and began in 2002, as a replacement for the long-running 100% Hits brand. The series
2378-532: The 621,000 copies Now! 7 sold in its debut week in July 2001. The most successful album in the series to date is Now That's What I Call Music! 5 , which was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA in 2000. Since the fourth volume, Jeff Moskow was the album compiler. Various "special edition" Now! albums were also released, such as Now Esto Es Musica! Latino , Now That's What I Call Motown , and Now That's What I Call
2460-557: The AATW staff, including A&R Manager James Hill, keeping their roles at the new imprint, and artists such as N-Dubz and Darren Styles staying with Nuttall and Cadman as well as releasing music from new signings such as; Loud Luxury, Armin van Buuren, Sam Ryder, Ben Nicky, Timmy Trumpet, PBH & JACK, MENTIS and more. Since 2021, the AATW brand has been discontinued by Universal with the TV Channels broadcasting licences transferring fully into
2542-479: The Albums Chart to releases by a single act. The rate of release settled very quickly to three per year: one release around late March/early April, another around late July and a third around late November. Over a hundred "main series" (not including spin-off and special edition) albums have been released to date. The UK series has followed a double-album format throughout the series (many other foreign franchises of
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2624-461: The Dancefloor , Floorfillers , Ultimate Club Anthems , Love2Club , 100% Chilled , Ultimate NRG and Dance Mania . In March 2008, AATW organised a series of Clubland arena events, followed by a second tour, Clubland Live 2, which took place in December 2008 and a third in 2010. In 2012, AATW became more strongly integrated with Universal's compilation division UMTV as Nuttall and Cadman became
2706-848: The EVA label, a joint venture of the Dutch branches of EMI , Sony and Ariola (later: BMG Ariola, a subsidiary of BMG / Warner Music Group ). A second series under the same title started in 1997, but only two albums were released. The Norwegian series of Now That's What I Call Music! is a joint venture by the Norwegian branches of Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI Music and Warner Music. Prior to 2009 they released two independent series called Absolute Music by EVA Records (EMI and Warner Music) and McMusic (Sony Music Entertainment AS and Universal Music Group AS). The first issue of Now That's What I Call Music! in Norway
2788-655: The Managing Director of Virgin Records from 1979 to 1990. Despite having so many songs high up in the charts, they were tired of third party labels using their hits and making money out of their success. They managed to convince EMI, where Peter Jamieson, the Managing Director of EMI Records from 1983 to 1986, was captivated by Virgin’s innovative ideas on a compilation album. The partnership materialised during negotiations on Richard Branson’s boat in Little Venice. I took
2870-534: The Now brand since Now 17 . Mark Goodier has voiced the Now adverts since Now That's What I Call Music! 21 in 1992, when he worked for BBC Radio 1 , with the exception of Now That's What I Call Music! 95 in 2016, which was voiced by Matt Edmondson due to Goodier suffering a stroke around that time. Ashley Abram of Box Music compiled the albums from Now That's What I Call Music II in 1984 through to Now That's What I Call Music! 81 in 2012. Jenny Fisher took over as
2952-456: The UK. At one point artist Lizzie Tear (under contract with ABC themselves) appeared on the imprint, but it was devoted almost entirely to ABC's offerings and is still used for their re-releases (though Phonogram owns the masters of all the work issued on the label). However, not all labels dedicated to particular artists are completely superficial in origin. Many artists, early in their careers, create their own labels which are later bought out by
3034-546: The United States would typically bear a 4th & B'way logo and would state in the fine print, "4th & B'way™, an Island Records, Inc. company". Collectors discussing labels as brands would say that 4th & B'way is a sublabel or imprint of just "Island" or "Island Records". Similarly, collectors who choose to treat corporations and trademarks as equivalent might say 4th & B'way is an imprint and/or sublabel of both Island Records, Ltd. and that company's sublabel, Island Records, Inc. However, such definitions are complicated by
3116-440: The World was founded in 1991 in Blackburn , Lancashire by record store owner and former Phonogram employee Cris Nutall, who decided to team up with former BMG employee Matt Cadman to launch the label. Throughout the 1990s, AATW established an abundance of British electronic music acts including Love Decade , 2 Funky 2, Bus Stop , Porn Kings and N-Trance - who achieved a number two UK single with their track " Set You Free " on
3198-407: The album will sell better if the artist complies with the label's desired requests or changes. At times, the record label's decisions are prudent ones from a commercial perspective, but these decisions may frustrate artists who feel that their art is being diminished or misrepresented by such actions. In other instances, record labels have shelved artists' albums with no intention of any promotion for
3280-515: The albums started out on only vinyl records and cassette tapes, the formats on which the albums have been released have changed over the years: In addition to the main Now That's What I Call Music series, there have been a number of spin-off compilations in the UK using the name, including: The record labels which make up the UK series have changed over the years but have always been controlled by EMI and Virgin Records , although Virgin Records' logo
3362-411: The artist from their contract, leaving the artist in a state of limbo. Artists who have had disputes with their labels over ownership and control of their music have included Taylor Swift , Tinashe , Megan Thee Stallion , Kelly Clarkson , Thirty Seconds to Mars , Clipse , Ciara , JoJo , Michelle Branch , Kesha , Kanye West , Lupe Fiasco , Paul McCartney , and Johnny Cash . In
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3444-415: The artist in question. Reasons for shelving can include the label deciding to focus its resources on other artists on its roster, or the label undergoing a restructure where the person that signed the artist and supports the artist's vision is no longer present to advocate for the artist. In extreme cases, record labels can prevent the release of an artist's music for years, while also declining to release
3526-425: The artist is established and has a loyal fan base. For that reason, labels now have to be more relaxed with the development of artists because longevity is the key to these types of pact. Several artists such as Paramore , Maino , and even Madonna have signed such types of deals. A look at an actual 360 deal offered by Atlantic Records to an artist shows a variation of the structure. Atlantic's document offers
3608-484: The artists may be downloaded free of charge or for a fee that is paid via PayPal or other online payment system. Some of these labels also offer hard copy CDs in addition to direct download. Digital Labels are the latest version of a 'net' label. Whereas 'net' labels were started as a free site, digital labels represent more competition for the major record labels. The new century brought the phenomenon of open-source or open-content record labels. These are inspired by
3690-489: The biggest dance hits in Spain during 2009, including Lady Gaga , David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland , The Black Eyed Peas and Katy Perry , among others. The first installment of the product line into Canada was released in 1988 . The second installment of the product line was released in 1995. Beginning with the second installment of the series, repertoire was licensed from Universal, Warner and EMI. Songs from Sony and BMG
3772-509: The biggest hits of the day onto one record. Now, all we needed was a name. There on the wall was the Danish Bacon poster. Suddenly, we had our name: NOW That’s What I Call Music! We released it in time for Christmas, selling one million copies in the process. Amidst the conception of the series, the name found its roots in a distinctive source. An old 1920s Danish Bacon poster featuring a pig saying "Now, That's What I Call Music" as it listened to
3854-418: The channel broadcasts dance music videos. As of 2022, Clubland TV focuses only on throwback dance music, as the sale of AATW and the channel to UMOD meant many of the partnerships with other record labels ended, making it more difficult for the channel to have rights to play new music. All Around the World also owned three other music TV channels, branded in partnership with Now Music . In 2017, following
3936-650: The circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. Within the mainstream music industry , recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer base, market their albums, and promote their singles on streaming services, radio, and television. Record labels also provide publicists , who assist performers in gaining positive media coverage, and arrange for their merchandise to be available via stores and other media outlets. Record labels may be small, localized and " independent " ("indie"), or they may be part of
4018-460: The collaboration, the Now series was more successful commercially. The Out Now series by MCA and Chrysalis was also established as a rival to the series, but was short-lived and lasted only two volumes. By 1989, Now , Hits , and other various-artist compilation albums were occupying such a large fraction of the UK Albums Chart that a separate UK Compilation Chart was created to restrict
4100-403: The company. Some independent labels become successful enough that major record companies negotiate contracts to either distribute music for the label or in some cases, purchase the label completely, to the point where it functions as an imprint or sublabel. A label used as a trademark or brand and not a company is called an imprint , a term used for a similar concept in publishing . An imprint
4182-611: The compiler beginning with Now That's What I Call Music! 82 . On 23 October 2013, the NOW Music television channel was launched in the UK. Targeting a broad age group, the channel used to play current popular music in the daytime and hits from its 30-year back catalogue in the evenings. It was renamed to Now 80s on 27 December 2016. Its success has led to two more branded channels exploring decades, Now 90s on 27 December 2017, replacing Chilled TV, and Now 70s on 27 December 2019, replacing Total Country. The most successful volume to date
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#17331226366924264-400: The corporate mergers that occurred in 1989 (when Island was sold to PolyGram) and 1998 (when PolyGram merged with Universal). PolyGram held sublabels including Mercury, Island and Motown. Island remained registered as corporations in both the United States and UK , but control of its brands changed hands multiple times as new companies were formed, diminishing the corporation's distinction as
4346-416: The early days of the recording industry, recording labels were absolutely necessary for the success of any artist. The first goal of any new artist or band was to get signed to a contract as soon as possible. In the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, many artists were so desperate to sign a contract with a record company that they sometimes ended up signing agreements in which they sold the rights to their recordings to
4428-512: The end of their contract with EMI when their album In Rainbows was released as a " pay what you want " sales model as an online download, but they also returned to a label for a conventional release. Research shows that record labels still control most access to distribution. Computers and internet technology led to an increase in file sharing and direct-to-fan digital distribution, causing music sales to plummet in recent years. Labels and organizations have had to change their strategies and
4510-475: The following year, starting with South Africa, and many other countries worldwide soon followed, expanding into Asia in 1995, then the United States in 1998. The compilation series was conceived in the office of Virgin Records in London and took its name from a 1920s British advertising poster for Danish bacon featuring a pig saying "Now. That's What I Call Music" as it listened to a chicken singing. The pig became
4592-460: The hands of Universal. In 2022, late 2000s AATW-signed act N-Dubz released their comeback single after 11 years away. with the single, called "Charmer", getting the label's first Top 40 hit. On 28 January 2008, All Around the World launched their own TV channel, Clubland TV . The channel broadcasts official music videos and acted as a platform for emerging dance and pop music artists as well as featuring programmes focused around bygone eras. Primarily
4674-474: The joint Managing Directors of the division, a role which saw them overseeing the Pop Party , Dreamboats & Petticoats and NOW compilation brands. In 2017, AATW founders Cris Nuttall and Matt Cadman sold the record label and Clubland branding to Universal with the duo staying on at the label for another year until their new label Xploded Music, was ready to launch. In 2018, Xploded Music launched with many of
4756-499: The label in 1995. The 2000s saw the label expand under the management of John Donaghey with the signing and development of artists such as Flip & Fill , Ultrabeat , Cascada , Dannii Minogue , Scooter , Darren Styles , N-Dubz , Skepta and many more. During the early 2000s, AATW also founded the long-standing Clubland compilation album series, as well as various other branded compilation titles released in partnership with UMTV / UMOD. Other compilation series' included Rock
4838-678: The major divisions of EMI were sold off separately by owner Citigroup : most of EMI's recorded music division was absorbed into UMG; EMI Music Publishing was absorbed into Sony/ATV Music Publishing; finally, EMI's Parlophone and Virgin Classics labels were absorbed into Warner Music Group (WMG) in July 2013. This left the so-called Big Three labels. In 2020 and 2021, both WMG and UMG had their IPO with WMG starting trading at Nasdaq and UMG starting trading at Euronext Amsterdam and leaving only Sony Music as wholly-owned subsidiary of an international conglomerate ( Sony Entertainment which in turn
4920-433: The major labels (two examples are American singer Frank Sinatra 's Reprise Records , which has been owned by Warner Music Group for some time now, and musician Herb Alpert 's A&M Records , now owned by Universal Music Group). Similarly, Madonna 's Maverick Records (started by Madonna with her manager and another partner) was to come under control of Warner Music when Madonna divested herself of controlling shares in
5002-537: The majors had a collective global market share of some 65–70%. Record labels are often under the control of a corporate umbrella organization called a "music group ". A music group is usually affiliated to an international conglomerate " holding company ", which often has non-music divisions as well. A music group controls and consists of music-publishing companies, record (sound recording) manufacturers, record distributors, and record labels. Record companies (manufacturers, distributors, and labels) may also constitute
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#17331226366925084-795: The mascot for the series, making its last regular appearance on Now That's What I Call Music 5 , before reappearing in 2018, and again since 2021. In 1983, the ideas of the Now That’s What I Call Music! series were conceived in Richard Branson 's Virgin Records offices, in Vernon Yard, near Portobello Road in Notting Hill , London. The co-creators behind this idea were Stephen Navin, Head of Licensing and Business Affairs at Virgin Records from 1979 to 1990, and Jon Webster, General Manager from 1983 to 1988. The concept found resonance with Simon Draper,
5166-590: The most often in the regular Danish Now series, just as he also is in the UK Now! series. He has appeared ten times in the Danish series. The first Finnish Now That's What I Call Music was released in 2003 where it replace the Absolute Hits series. The albums are released as double discs. There have also been spin-offs including Now That's What I Call Music Pop Hits and Now That's What I Call Dance Music . In France
5248-507: The output of recording sessions. For established artists, a label is usually less involved in the recording process. The relationship between record labels and artists can be a difficult one. Many artists have had conflicts with their labels over the type of sound or songs they want to make, which can result in the artist's artwork or titles being changed before release. Other artists have had their music prevented from release, or shelved. Record labels generally do this because they believe that
5330-443: The poster back to the Virgin Records office as a gift to Simon Draper, who ran our label with me. We were riding high in the charts with everyone from Phil Collins to Culture Club, UB40 to The Human League. But we were tired of third party labels using our hits and making money out of our success. We knew we could do it better, so we decided to make our own compilation albums. We convinced EMI to partner with us on it, so we could get all
5412-543: The record label in perpetuity. Entertainment lawyers are usually employed by artists to discuss contract terms. Due to advancing technology such as the Internet , the role of labels is rapidly changing, as artists are able to freely distribute their own material through online radio , peer-to-peer file sharing such as BitTorrent , and other services, at little to no cost, but with correspondingly low financial returns. Established artists, such as Nine Inch Nails , whose career
5494-418: The salaries of certain tour and merchandise sales employees hired by the artist. In addition, the label also offers the artist a 30 percent cut of the label's album profits—if any—which represents an improvement from the typical industry royalty of 15 percent. With the Internet now being the dominant source for obtaining music, netlabels have emerged. Depending on the ideals of the net label, music files from
5576-456: The sale of AATW, all of the channels were acquired by Universal, who continue to broadcast the channels on Sky and Virgin Media. Record label [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos , or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label
5658-419: The selling price of the recordings. Contracts may extend over short or long durations, and may or may not refer to specific recordings. Established, successful artists tend to be able to renegotiate their contracts to get terms more favorable to them, but Prince 's much-publicized 1994–1996 feud with Warner Bros. Records provides a strong counterexample, as does Roger McGuinn 's claim, made in July 2000 before
5740-432: The series started over with Now Esto Es Música 1 , which included songs from artists like Juanes , Enrique Iglesias , George Michael , Sheryl Crow , Tiziano Ferro , Alex Ubago , Las Ketchup and U2 . Now Esto Es Música 2003 has also been released. But due to the lukewarm success, no more albums were released since 2004. However, in late 2009, EMI Music released the album "Now Dance" in Spain, which contains all
5822-400: The term sublabel to refer to either an imprint or a subordinate label company (such as those within a group). For example, in the 1980s and 1990s, 4th & B'way Records (pronounced as "Broadway") was a trademarked brand owned by Island Records Ltd. in the UK and by a subordinate branch, Island Records, Inc., in the United States. The center label on a 4th & Broadway record marketed in
5904-433: The way they work with artists. New types of deals called "multiple rights" or "360" deals are being made with artists, where labels are given rights and percentages to artist's touring, merchandising, and endorsements . In exchange for these rights, labels usually give higher advance payments to artists, have more patience with artist development, and pay higher percentages of CD sales. These 360 deals are most effective when
5986-427: Was released in November 2009 . The Now series in Portugal is a joint-venture between the three major international publishers present in Portugal – EMI , Sony and Universal . In 2010, it was announced that total sales of the series, not counting the extra editions, topped one million copies in Portugal. Through Volume 21 of the series, the multi-volume sets have included 414 national and international artists and
6068-455: Was developed with major label backing, announced an end to their major label contracts, citing that the uncooperative nature of the recording industry with these new trends is hurting musicians, fans and the industry as a whole. However, Nine Inch Nails later returned to working with a major label, admitting that they needed the international marketing and promotional reach that a major label can provide. Radiohead also cited similar motives with
6150-504: Was issued as a double CD in commemoration of 25 years of Now! albums in South Africa, and double compact discs are every 3 albums through Now 80 released in November 2018 as the series switched to 2 in 2019, then one in 2020, the most recent Now Album to include a double disc was Now 83 this was also the last physical album to be released as further volumes are only available on streaming platforms. As of 2 September 2005, there has also been
6232-454: Was last featured on Now! 74 as the companies became merged. The current entity controlling the series is Now That's What I Call Music LLP, a joint venture between Sony Music and Universal's EMI label (the old EMI/Virgin/PolyGram bloc). Numerous different versions of the Now! brand exist in other parts of the world, including: Volume one was released in 1984 (a year after the original UK series launched). Now 50 , released in November 2008,
6314-508: Was not included on any editions of the series in Canada. Since the second installment of the series, Universal, Warner and EMI have formed a joint venture together and generally take turns to release the series. From the years of 1996 to 2009 the series released an annual compilation usually in the late summer months. However, beginning with Now 15 , there have been two editions each year which usually take place in early winter and late summer. Now 28
6396-481: Was notoriously grumpy before breakfast and loved his eggs in the morning, so I bought him the poster, framed it and had it hung behind his desk." The pig became the mascot for the series, making its last regular appearance on Now That's What I Call Music 5 , and made a reappearance on the cover of Now That's What I Call Music! 100 in 2018 and Now That's What I Call Music! 109 in 2021. Notably, Richard Branson later married Joan Templeman in 1989. The first Now
6478-411: Was released on 28 November 1983 and featured 30 UK hit singles from that year on a double vinyl LP or cassette . Although the compilation of recent hit songs into a single release was not a new concept ( K-tel and Ronco , for example, had been issuing various-artist compilations for some years), this was the first time that two major record labels had collaborated on such a venture. Virgin agreed to
6560-405: Was released, which includes dance versions of popular songs in a non-stop mix format. [1] . The most recent editions, Now 36 Various - NOW 36 , was released in November 2021. Now has also been seen in Spain under the name of Now Esto sí es música ("Now This Is Music"). The original series included six releases from 1984 to 1989. The compilation album is released as a double CD album. Later
6642-555: Was the first single disc and the rest in the series are also single disc. Now started in South Korea on 22 March 2015 . The first three albums were double discs, under the name Now That's What I Call K-Pop . Now Hity is the Czech version of the Now That's What I Call Music! series. Originally branded under the main family name, it was changed to Now Hity later in the run. There have also been spin-offs like Now! 2006 . Now Music
6724-554: Was the last release in 2017. Now has also been seen in Mexico, with at least ten releases. The track listings on the Mexican albums are only slightly different from those of the Argentine ones. The series of Now! albums was brought to the United States in 1998 by Bob Mercer. The most recent album in the series, Now That's What I Call Music! 90 , was released on May 3, 2024. Collectively,
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