Relentless Records

Relentless Records
Parent company Sony Music Entertainment
Founded 1 December 1999
Founder Shabs Jobanputra, Paul Franklyn
Distributor(s) Sony Music Entertainment
Genre Various
Country of origin UK
Official website Official website of Relentless Records

Relentless Records is a record label currently headed by co-founder Shabs Jobanputra.[1] Originally known for singles such as Artful Dodger's "Re-Rewind" and B15 Project's "Girls Like This", Relentless has also published albums by Joss Stone, KT Tunstall, So Solid Crew and Cage the Elephant.

Ownership

Relentless Records was formally registered as a company on 1 December 1999.[2] After first working with Virgin Records in 2003, the label was sold to it in 2009 (when Virgin was at that time a label of EMI Records).[3]

Affected by the November 2011 dissolution of EMI Group (the parent company of Virgin Records), Virgin's recorded music business was sold to Universal Music UK, a division of Universal Music Group. Propitiously, Jobanputra had departed EMI in April 2011, with a deal returning control of the Relentless name to him whilst leaving the label's roster signed to the major.[3] In this interim period, Relentless released music from Ms. Dynamite and Cage the Elephant and signed artists Rude Kid and Misty Miller.

In January 2012[4] Relentless became part of Sony Music in the UK, reuniting Jobanputra with his former EMI/Virgin colleague Nick Gatfield.[5][6]

Recent signings include Bondax, Misha B, Misty Miller, The Other Tribe, Mausi, Roll Deep, Martin Solveig, Chris Malinchak and Rude Kid.

Relentless works closely with in-house company Media Village for its PR and A&R.[1]

Artists currently signed to Relentless Records

Artists signed under Relentless include:

Artists formerly signed to Relentless Records

Artists formerly signed under Relentless include:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome to Relentless Records". Retrieved 2013-11-13. Relentless Records is a boutique and independently minded record label providing a home for distinctive, creative talent.
  2. ↑ "RELENTLESS RECORDS LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  3. 1 2 Complete Music Update (2012-01-13). "Relentless Records joins Sony Music". CMU. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  4. ↑ "Relentless Records to Sony Music". Room 64. 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  5. ↑ Smirke, Richard (2012-01-12). "Sony To Resurrect Relentless Records Label". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  6. ↑ "Sony resurrects Relentless Records". Music Week. 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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