The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label which started when Universal Music merged its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam. The label also encompasses American Recordings, Lost Highway Records, Roadrunner Records, and the pop and rock back catalog of the Mercury Records and Casablanca Records imprints. Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share. ... Jump to: navigation, search Island Records is a record label that was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell. ... Def Jam is a hip-hop record label founded in 1984 by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons including artists such as LL Cool J, Run-DMC and The Beastie Boys. ... American Recordings is a Los Angeles-based record label headed by record producer Rick Rubin. ... Lost Highway Records was a subsidiary record label of Universal Music until it was merged into Island Def Jam Records. ... Jump to: navigation, search Roadrunner Records is a record label, concentrating mainly on heavy metal music. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... Casablanca Records is a record label that was started by Neil Bogart in 1973 after leaving Buddah Records. ...
DefJamRecordings is an American based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The IslandDefJam Music Group.
The first releases on DefJamRecordings were "I Need A Beat" by LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys' "Rock Hard," both in 1984.
The first full-length album released by DefJamRecordings was LL Cool J's Radio in December of 1985, followed by the Beastie Boys' Licensed To Ill in November of 1986.
Antonio 'L.A' Reid, chairman of IslandDefJamRecords, announced yesterday that the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter, will become president and chief executive of the DefJamrecord label.
DefJam had previously owned 50 percent of the label.
Some of the artists on the Island roster are Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Bob Marley, Hoobastank, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Melissa Etheridge.
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