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Andy Horsfield is a
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
entrepreneur best known for founding
Global Underground Global Underground is a British record label and compilation series founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolised the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s and first manifesto for hi ...
in 1996. In 2007 the record label was partially acquired by
Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio. James ...
and Horsfield remained as head of the company. In 2008 he partnered with
James Palumbo James "Jamie" Rudolph Palumbo, Baron Palumbo of Southwark (born 6 June 1963) is a British entrepreneur and member of the House of Lords. Biography The eldest son of property developer Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, Jamie was born in London and e ...
to start MOSHK America. Horsfield became the president of Ministry of Sound and
Hed Kandi Hedkandi is an English record label, events and music brand owned by Ministry of Sound. Its back catalogue includes both artist albums and dance music compilations. History A record Label founded in 1999 at Jazz FM Radio Station's Enterprise ...
for the US, Canada, and Mexico. In 2008 Ministry of Sound America released "
Let Me Think About It "Let Me Think About It" is a song performed by Danish soul singer Ida Corr and Dutch house DJ Fedde le Grand. It is a remix by le Grand of Corr's original track which appeared on her 2006 album ''Robosoul''. The song features credited vocals by C ...
", the longest running track on the Top 50 Dance Airplay chart and one of Horsfield's first achievements as President of Ministry of Sound America. He also owns Ruthless Entertainment, an Entertainment and New Tech company based in Singapore.


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Hot Dance Airplay Dance/Mix Show Airplay (formerly Hot Dance Airplay) is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. History The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic d ...


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Global UndergroundRuthless Entertainment
Living people Ministry of Sound Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-business-bio-stub