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The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) was an American recording music unit, formed on New Year's Eve 1998 by the Universal Music Group. It consists of labels devised and consisted under the basic operations of
Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
and Def Jam Recordings. On April Fools Day 2014, Universal Music publicly announced the disbandment of the Island Def Jam Music Group, leaving Island, Def Jam and its affiliated subsidiaries as separate sister labels.


History


1999: Seagram buyout of PolyGram and unit formation

On December 10, 1998,
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completed its seven-month $10.6 billion dollar plan to acquire
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, merging its music label unit with the MCA Music unit of labels, consolidating both into what is known today as the Universal Music Group. Following the formation of the Universal Music Group, and right on time for
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1999, came the creation of the Island Def Jam Music Group, a new music label unit founded through the combination of fourteen or more recording labels, including those consisting of Island Records, Def Jam Recordings and Mercury Records. Although Island Def Jam grouped all three labels together, they continued to operate as separately autonomous labels under the unit, which was assumed presidency by Lyor Cohen. In the United Kingdom, Island handled its own operations under Universal's Island Records Group, while Def Jam UK was created and distributed by Mercury, which also distributed its artists in that region under the banner with U.S. distribution rescinded by IDJMG.


1999-2001: Success

The first official release through IDJMG was Biohazard's Mercury outing, ''New World Disorder'', which was released on June 8, 1999. By that time, the Rush Associated Labels portfolio (which had been a holding ground for Def Jam) was absorbed into Island Def Jam, with most of its labels joining forces including Def Soul, Roc-A-Fella and Murder Inc. Records, all of which had been a part of the Def Jam Label Group since its PolyGram era between 1996-98. For Island, some of its divisions had been either sold off or folded into IDJMG; both of which being
4th & B'way Records 4th & B'way Records (pronounced and spelled out completely as Fourth and Broadway Records in the UK) is a US-based subsidiary of Island Records that specialised in street-oriented music such as hip hop. Established in 1984, it was the flagshi ...
and Island Black Music, with many of its artist rosters being transferred into Def Jam. In 2000, the unit launched Def Jam Germany, the first international Def Jam label. The following year, a country label, Lost Highway Records, was formed. The label operated as an imprint of Mercury Records, but had since been moved to Universal Music's Nashville division following the dissolvement of IDJMG in 2014. In the summer of 2001, Island Def Jam acquired a controlling interest in the rock label,
Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. History The label was launched in 1980 in t ...
. Edel SE & Co. KGaA, a German music distributor which owned 17% of Roadrunner at the time, threatened to take legal action against Universal. During the launch of the new
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, Island Def Jam raked in successful radio hits and Platinum-selling albums from its united artists like
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, Method Man, Redman,
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, N.O.R.E. (Def Jam), Melissa Etheridge,
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,
Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...
(Island), and other related associates.


2002-2009: Restructure, Murder Inc. problems, Roc-A-Fella buyout and new leadership

In early 2002, the label won a bidding war to buy
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's failed label contract with future UMG sister label Virgin Records. That November, she released '' Charmbracelet'', but the album didn't perform successfully, sending Carey on a downward spiral as she was struggling with her mental problems at the time, putting her relationship with Island Def Jam at stake. In 2003, Fefe Dobson,
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, and
Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, actress and businesswoman. LaBelle is referred to as the " Godmother of Soul". She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singe ...
all became part of the unit. On January 3, the label unit was forced to cut all ties with producer Irv Gotti and his label, Murder Inc. Records, after a federal investigation and office raid considering allegations of money laundering in connection to an illegal operation maintained by a drug lord. That May, Island Def Jam were also ceased and desisted by Steve Gottlieb, founder of TVT Records, regarding the release of a Cash Money Click reunion album, which IDJMG restricted because of member Ja Rule's obligations with Def Jam. President Lyor Cohen obliged Gotti and Ja Rule not to record the album for TVT, but instead have IDJMG and UMG to distribute it to avoid conflict of interest. TVT's lawsuit cites copyright infringement, fraud and tortious interference. Ultimately, TVT was awarded $132 million in damages with Cohen ordered to pay $56 million of which he was found liable. It was later reversed two years later as TVT's cash award was reduced to $126,000 after Island Def Jam successfully appealed the judgment with a claim of this situation not being fraud nor infringement, but instead, breach of contract. At the end of the year, Dobson's self-titled debut was released on December 9, as was on the same date as Def Soul artists
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's ''
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'' and Musiq Soulchild's ''Soulstar''. Then, in May 2004, Everlast and LaBelle released their albums, '' White Trash Beautiful'' and '' Timeless Journey'', under Island and Def Soul Classics respectively. At the same time,
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was appointed president and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group after he was dismissed from
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. Cohen left Island Def Jam to join Warner Music Group, bringing with him, his colleagues,
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and
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. In December, the unit acquired the remaining 50% interest in Roc-A-Fella Records in exchange for appointing co-founder
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president of Def Jam Recordings; the other 50% had been purchased by former Def Jam parent company, PolyGram, in 1997. As a result, fellow Roc-A-Fella cohorts
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and
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were corporately forced off the label. Then, in early 2005, the group extended a new label deal renewal with Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace, making IDJMG a stakeholder in another 50% interest in the imprint. In April, with L.A. Reid's leadership, Mariah Carey returned from a two-year hiatus with '' The Emancipation of Mimi''. Upon an April release, the album sold 404,000 copies in its first week and opened to widespread acclaim from critics; a staggering improvement over her predecessor, ''Charmbracelet''. That same year, Island Def Jam reached a breaking point when they signed a newcomer, a Barbadian songstress namely
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. Her debut single, " Pon de Replay", was an instant hit. In 2006, IDJMG ended their partnership with Roadrunner Records, selling the label to Warner Music.
Shakir Stewart Shakir Stewart (April 12, 1974 – November 1, 2008), a native of Oakland, California, was a US record executive in a number of companies, the latest being Def Jam. At the time of his death he was the Senior Vice President of Island Def Jam Mu ...
was appointed senior vice president of A&R in October. A year later, Steve Bartels was appointed chairman and COO of Island Def Jam, reporting to L.A. Reid and then-CEO of Universal Music, Doug Morris. On December 22, 2007, Jay-Z announced his vacancy from his presidency of Def Jam, invoking L.A. Reid to step in rather than find a replacement. On November 1, 2008, Shakir Stewart committed suicide, vacating his positions as senior vice president of A&R at Island Def Jam and executive vice president of Def Jam. He was posthumously replaced by Christopher Hicks, a former executive from Warner Music Group. Approaching 2009, IDJMG began to soar to new heights with Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber. His single, " One Time", generated commercial success and iterated new generosity for the unit.


2010-11: Motown induction and GOOD Music partnership

Throughout 2010, Island Def Jam had generated more success from Bieber (" Baby"), Kanye West ('' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'') and Rihanna ("
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"). In 2011, former
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chairman
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was assigned to become the new chairman of the Universal Motown Republic Group, while at the same time, assuming the CEO position at the Island Def Jam Music Group. Under Weiss' leadership,
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became an imprint of the Island Def Jam Music Group shortly after the disbandment of the UMRG. Kanye West's imprint, GOOD Music, was given a 10-year distribution partnership with IDJMG. GOOD Music assumed marketing, while Def Jam took over the manufacturing and distribution of its releases. The first official album released under the new partnership was Big Sean's debut, ''Finally Famous''. In May, Def Soul Records was folded into Island Def Jam as a part of rearrangement of the Island Def Jam Music Group's multi-genre strategy. That August, a Jay-Z and Kanye West collaborative album, '' Watch the Throne'', was released under Island Def Jam's distribution. Producing 436,000 copies in its first week, it produced the biggest first week sales of 2011 hip hop and also the highest for IDJ since Mariah Carey's 2005 album.


2013: Final outbreak

In 2013,
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, Iggy Azalea and Neon Trees solidified more success at the unit. Respectively, Fall Out Boy's ''
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'' accumulated 154,000 copies, debuting at number one on ''Billboard''. For Iggy Azalea, her single, " Change Your Life", went gold despite debuting at number thirty-four on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Neon Trees' single, " Sleeping with a Friend", made the number seven position on the Adult Top 40 chart after receiving positive feedback. The Island Def Jam Music Group's operations in the United Kingdom were also changed that year with Mercury UK being absorbed into the new Virgin EMI Records. With the absorption of Mercury UK also involved the end of Def Jam UK, with all of Island, Def Jam,
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, Virgin and Motown's artists being distributed under the newly reiterated imprint in the region. It has occurred following UMG's acquisition of the recording music division of EMI a year earlier.


2014: Disbandment

On April Fools Day 2014, Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group, confirmed the disbandment of the Island Def Jam Music Group. The unit ceased to exist after East Coast label faction CEO Barry Weiss' departure. Grainge explained: It was believed that Weiss was valiantly dissatisfied with the fact that he would be demoted to an underpromotion at Universal Music with Michele Anthony being promoted to executive vice president at the company's recorded music unit and John Janick replacing Jimmy Iovine as chairman and CEO of Island Def Jam's sister unit,
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. He was also in talks with Grainge to create a new joint venture with UMG. With Island Def Jam disbanded, operations had been traced solely into all three label units: Def Jam Recordings will now act as its own label under Universal Music, but remains a sister label to Island Records with new farther relations, while Motown Records currently operates under the
Capitol Music Group Capitol Music Group (CMG) is an American front line umbrella label distributed by Universal Music Group which oversees handling of record labels assigned to UMG's Capitol Records division. It was inherited from UMG's acquisition of EMI's catalog ( ...
. Mercury Records had folded into Island following the closure, but had since been reactivated in 2022 by Universal Music and later moved to Republic Records. In terms of corporate leadership, Steve Bartels was reassigned to CEO of Def Jam, David Massey remained president and CEO of Island, and Ethiopia Habtemariam was named president of Motown. As of 2022, despite the shutdown, there is a Facebook and Instagram joint account called Island Def Jam France, taking the unit name and being maintained by Universal Music France to promote both labels' music altogether.


Awards and accolades

According to the 2012 radio airplay analysis of music industry service Mediabase, IDJMG became the number-one rhythmic label with seven number one songs played on rhythmic radio stations including songs from Rihanna, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, and Justin Bieber.


Labels


Island Records

* 4th & B'way Records * Casablanca Records * Monarc Entertainment * Photo Finish Records * Tuff Gong


Def Jam Recordings

* Disturbing tha Peace


Mercury Records

*
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* Limelight Records *
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Motown Records

* Motown Gospel


Other labels, divisions or affiliates

* Artium Records


Former or defunct

* American Recordings * Chemistry Records * Def Con II * Def Jamaica * Def Jam Japan * Def Jam UK *
Def Jam South Def Jam South was the music division of Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predo ...
* Def Soul ** Def Soul Classics * Capricorn Records * GOOD Music * Intrepid Records * Island Black Music * Island Urban Music * Lost Highway Records * Margaritaville Records * Mercury Classics * Mercury International * Mercury Nashville * Murder Inc. Records * Radio Killa Records *
Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. History The label was launched in 1980 in t ...
* Roc-A-Fella Records * Roc-La-Familia * The Rocket Record Company * Rush Associated Labels *
Russell Simmons Music Group Russell Simmons Music Group or RSMG was a record label founded by hip-hop mogul and accused sexual predator Russell Simmons. It was formed in 2004 as a joint venture with Universal Music's Island Def Jam Music Group. Tony Austin was the label's ...
*
Smash Records Smash Records was an American record label founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artist ...
* So So Def Recordings * Tag Records * Teen Island * Vertigo Records *
Wing Records Wing Records was a record label subsidiary of Mercury Records founded in 1955, that found its greatest success during the late 1950s. In 1986, the label was revived by Mercury's parent company, PolyGram and the label had brief success with R&B ...


Notable artists before dissolvement

* Avicii * Adrienne Bailon * Ashanti * August Alsina * Big Sean * Bob Marley *
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* Cameo *
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*
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* Dru Hill *
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* Frank Ocean * Hanson * Iggy Azalea *
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*
Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...
* Ja Rule *
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*
Jeezy Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. Signing to Def Jam Recordings in 2004, his major label debut, '' Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101'', was released the followin ...
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Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
* Justin Bieber * Kanye West * The Killers * Kurtis Blow *
Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...
*
LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, along ...
* Logic * Ludacris *
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the " Songbird Supreme", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the whi ...
* Method Man *
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* Ne-Yo * Neon Trees * Nickelback *
Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, actress and businesswoman. LaBelle is referred to as the " Godmother of Soul". She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singe ...
* Redman *
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* Shania Twain *
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References


External links

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