Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former

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and

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executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with

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, giving its artists access to Sony's international marketing and promotional resources. Ultra Records' roster includes Sofi Tukker, Kygo,

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, DVBBS,

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, Era Istrefi,

Deorro Erick Orrosquieta (born August 30, 1991), commonly known by his stage name Deorro, is a Mexican-American DJ signed to Ultra Records. He formerly used the name TON!C. Career 2005–12: Early beginnings Deorro was born in Los Angeles to Mexican ...

, Flosstradamus, Carnage, Louis the Child, Alina Baraz & Galimatias,

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, Tep No, Benny Benassi, Mako, Klingande, Giiants, Iceleak, and Headhunterz. Ultra has featured releases from deadmau5,

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, Tiësto, Kaskade, Above & Beyond,

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, Paul Oakenfold,

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, Pitbull, The Crystal Method, The Bloody Beetroots, Sasha, John Digweed, and

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Awards

Ultra Music has received a Grammys for Benny Benassi's remix of Public Enemy's “Bring The Noise” (2008) and Skrillex’s remix of Benny Benassi's " Cinema" (2012), as well as being nominated in 2017 for Best Dance Recording with Sofi Tukker's “Drinkee,” Best Dance Electronic Album with Jean-Michel Jarre's “Electronic 1: The Time Machine”, and Best Music Film with

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’s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”. Ultra Music has also won the title of International Dance Music Awards' Best American Music Label 10 consecutive times.

Certifications

By 2017, Ultra Records (then Ultra Music) had received Diamond, Platinum, and Gold records worldwide. * OMI's "

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" ( Felix Jaehn Remix) has received 1× Diamond, 20× Platinum, and 7× Gold certifications globally. *

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and member of

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, released their collaboration “ Just Hold On,” which went Gold and Silver in 6 countries in four months. * “Don’t Be So Shy ( Filatov & Karas Remix)” by French singer and model

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went 2× Platinum. * Producer and DJ

’s Latin crossover ballad “Bailar”, featuring Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer Elvis Crespo went multi-Platinum and Gold. * Deorro's collaboration with

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“Five More Hours” earned 19× Platinum and 4× Gold certifications. * “Paradise,” a collaboration between Benny Benassi and

went certified Gold in 2016. * Jesper Jenset's singles released on the label in partnership with Sony Music Norway "High" and "Painkiller" have become 2× Platinum and Gold in Norway, respectively. Recent signings to the Ultra repertoire have acquired some charted titles: *

’ “ Are You With Me” with multi-Platinum and Gold certifications across 14 countries. * Pop singer Era Istrefi’s track “

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” went Gold in 4 countries. * SNBRN’s “Gangsta Walk” went 2× Platinum. * French producer Klingande went Platinum with his song “Somewhere New”. * Grammy-nominated duo Sofi Tukker went certified Gold with their record “Drinkee”. * Ultra's artist Kygo performed the Closing Ceremony of Rio's 2016 Olympics.

Synchs

Ultra Records releases are featured in films, television programs, video games, film trailers, and advertisements, including the following in 2016: * Far East Movement - Get Up (Rattle) - The Secret Life Of Pets trailer * Steve Aoki feat. Kid Ink - Delirious (Boneless) - War Dogs trailer * Ludacris - Get Back - Smurfs 3 Trailer * Kanye West - I Am A God -

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trailer
Deorro feat. Elvis Crespo - Bailar - Just Dance 2017

Dyro & Dannic - Raddical - Just Dance 2017

Era Istrefi - BonBon - Just Dance 2017
* Flosstradamus, FKI 1st, & graves - Came Up feat. Post Malone & key! - Madden NFL ‘17 * Steve Aoki & Laidback Luke feat. Lil Jon - Turbulence - Madden NFL ‘17 * Steve Aoki - How Else feat. Rich The Kid and ILoveMakonennen - Madden NFL ‘17 * Kygo feat. Kodaline - Raging - FIFA 2017 * Neil Ormandy - Shoulders Of Giants - Lucifer Promo Campaign * Anderson .Paak feat. ScHoolboy Q -

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In-Store POS Campaign * Daktyl - Stay -

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Come Together Ad * Busy Signal - Watch Me Now - Smirnoff’s Diageo Ad * Deorro - Move On - T-Mobile Ad * Flosstradamus feat. Travis Porter - Drop Top (Party Favor & Meaux Green Remix) - T-Mobile Ad * Vic Mensa - U Mad - Apple Watch Ad * Busy Signal - Everybody Move - LG Ad
Deorro feat. Elvis Crespo - Bailar - Target Fall 2016 Ad
* Deorro feat. Elvis Crespo - Bailar -

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Partnerships

* Ultra Records has produced a series of long concert movies, including

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’s Grammy-nominated '' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'' (2016) documentary, as well as Kygo and

's forthcoming concert documentaries. * Ultra Music Festival and Ultra Records have partnered with one another to create a series of electronic music festivals worldwide.

Compilations

Dance music compilations that have come out on Ultra Records: *''Club Anthems'' **'' Club Anthems Vol. 1'' - Denny Tsettos (September 7, 2004) **'' Club Anthems Vol. 2'' - Bad Boy Joe (March 8, 2005) **'' Club Anthems Vol. 3'' - The Riddler (March 7, 2006) *''Ultra.Chilled'' **'' Ultra.Chilled 01'' - (November 27, 2001) **'' Ultra.Chilled 02'' - (April 30, 2002) **'' Ultra.Chilled 03'' - (October 29, 2002) **'' Ultra.Chilled 04'' - (July 29, 2003) **'' Ultra.Chilled 05'' -

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(March 22, 2005) **'' Ultra.Chilled 06'' - (November 17, 2009)
''Ultra Chilled 2016''
- (May 27, 2016) *''Ultra Electro'' **'' Ultra Electro'' - David Waxman (April 4, 2006) **'' Ultra Electro 2'' - David Waxman (August 21, 2007) **'' Ultra Electro 3'' - David Waxman (December 9, 2009) * Ultra.Summer 01-02 *''Ultra.Dance'' 01 - 18 **'' Ultra.Dance 01'' - Johnny Vicious (January 22, 2002) **'' Ultra.Dance 02'' - DJ Encore (June 25, 2002) **'' Ultra.Dance 03'' - Johnny Vicious (February 25, 2003) **'' Ultra.Dance 04'' -

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(August 26, 2003) **'' Ultra.Dance 05'' - Vic Latino &

(April 20, 2004) **'' Ultra.Dance 06'' - The Riddler & Vic Latino (January 25, 2005) **'' Ultra.Dance 07'' -

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& Johnny Budz (January 24, 2006) **'' Ultra.Dance 08'' - The Riddler & Trevor Simpson (January 23, 2007) **'' Ultra.Dance 09'' -

(January 22, 2008) **''

Ultra.Dance 10 Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...

'' - Jason Nevins (January 6, 2009) **'' Ultra.Dance 11'' - DJ Enferno (January 26, 2010) **'' Ultra.Dance 12'' - Vic Latino (January 25, 2011) **'' Ultra.Dance 13'' (February 7, 2012) **'' Ultra.Dance 14'' (February 12, 2013) **'' Ultra.Dance 15'' -

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(January 21, 2014) **'' Ultra.Dance 16'' (February 24, 2015) **''

Ultra.Dance 17 Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...

'' (January 29, 2016) **'' Ultra.Dance 18'' (January 27, 2017) **'' Ultra.Dance 19'' (January 26, 2018) **''

Ultra.Dance 20 Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...

'' (February 15, 2019) **''

Ultra.Dance 21 Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...

'' (February 21, 2020) **'' Ultra.Dance 22'' (February 19, 2021) *''Ultra.Trance'' 1 - 10 **'' Ultra.Trance:1'' -

(October 2, 2002) **'' Ultra.Trance:2'' -

(May 20, 2003) **'' Ultra.Trance:3'' - Johnny Vicious (January 27, 2004) **'' Ultra.Trance:4'' - (September 7, 2004) **'' Ultra.Trance:5'' - The Riddler (September 20, 2005) **'' Ultra.Trance 06'' - Johnny Budz & DJ Irene (September 26, 2006) **'' Ultra.Trance 07'' - DJ 4 Strings (October 9, 2007) **''

Ultra.Trance 08 Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...

'' - (April 22, 2008) **'' Ultra.Trance 09'' - (April 21, 2009) **'' Ultra.Trance 10'' - (April 3, 2012) *''Out.Anthems'' Vol. 1 - 8 (the first gay-themed musical compilation). **'' Out.Anthems'' - (May 30, 2006) **'' Out.Anthems 2'' - DJ Ricardo! (May 22, 2007) **''

Out.Anthems 3 Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...

'' - DJ Ricardo! (May 20, 2008) **'' Out Anthems 4'' - DJ Ricardo! (July 28, 2009) **'' Out Anthems 5'' - DJ Ricardo! (June 22, 2010) **'' Out Anthems 6'' - DJ Ricardo! (June 28, 2011) **'' Out Anthems 7'' - DJ Ricardo! (June 19, 2012) **'' Out Anthems 8'' - DJ Ricardo! (June 11, 2013) * Ultra.80's vs Electro 1 *Ultra.Club Classics: '90s 1 *Ultra.Video (DVD) 1 - 2 * Ultra.Weekend 1 - 9 * Ultra.Rock Remixed * Ultra.2008 * Ultra.2009 * Ultra.2010 * Ultra.2011 * Ultra.2012 * Ultra.2013 * Ultra.2014 * Ultra 2015 * Ultra 2016 * Ultra.10 1 * Ultra Deep House 1 * Ultra Dubstep 1 * Ultra Trap 1 * Ultra Hits 1 - 2 * Ultra.Mix 1 - 8 * Just Dance 1 - 3 * Ultra.Latino 1 *The Jersey Shore 1 - 3 *Electric Daisy Carnival Vol. 1 - 3 *Ultra Music Festival Compilation 2013 - 2017

References

External links

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Awards

Certifications

Synchs

Partnerships

Compilations

See also

References

External links