Ultra Records

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Ultra Records
Company type
  • Record label
  • Publishing
  • Artist management
IndustryMusic
Founded
FounderPatrick Moxey
Key people
David Waxman (president)
ParentSony Music Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial website

Ultra Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. The record label has helped in bringing emerging artists and music genres into the mainstream spotlight.

Company History[edit]

Established in 1995 in New York City by Patrick Moxey, a former executive of PolyGram and Virgin Records, Ultra Records has served as a creative hub for numerous highly successful electronic music artists including: MK, Benny Benassi, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Black Coffee, deadmau5, Carnage, Deorro, Kygo, Tiësto, Kaskade, Louis the Child, Sofi Tukker, and Anabel Englund.

Ultra Records has also cultivated an extensive collection of digital media assets including a YouTube channel with over 30 million subscribers,[1] a Facebook page with 2.4 million Likes,[2] an Instagram page with more than 525,000 followers,[3] and a Twitter account with more than 588,000 followers.[4]

In 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music.[5] In December 2021, Sony Music fully acquired Ultra Records from Patrick Moxey.[6]

In January 2022, David Waxman, previously Head of A&R and General Manager, was appointed President of Ultra Records.[7] While the acquisition brought about changes, Ultra Records’ mission to provide electronic music to a broad audience has remained.[8]

Artists[edit]

Awards[edit]

Ultra Music has received 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 Steve Aoki’s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”.[9] Ultra Music has also won the title of International Dance Music Awards' Best American Music Label 10 consecutive times.[10]

Certifications[edit]

By 2017, Ultra Records (then Ultra Music) had received Diamond, Platinum, and Gold records worldwide.

  • OMI's "Cheerleader" (Felix Jaehn Remix) has received 1× Diamond, 20× Platinum, and 7× Gold certifications globally.
  • Steve Aoki and Louis Tomlinson, a member of One Direction, 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 Imany went 2× Platinum.
  • Producer and DJ Deorro’s Latin crossover ballad “Bailar”, featuring Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer Elvis Crespo went multi-Platinum and Gold.
  • Deorro's collaboration with Chris Brown “Five More Hours” earned 19× Platinum and 4× Gold certifications.
  • “Paradise,” a collaboration between Benny Benassi and Chris Brown 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.[11]

Recent signings to the Ultra repertoire have acquired some charted titles:

  • Lost Frequencies’ “Are You With Me” with multi-Platinum and Gold certifications across 14 countries.
  • Pop singer Era Istrefi’s track “BonBon” 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.[12]

Synchs[edit]

Ultra Records releases are featured in films, television programs, video games, film trailers, and advertisements, including the following in 2016:

Partnerships[edit]

  • Ultra Records has produced a series of long concert movies, including Steve Aoki’s Grammy-nominated I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2016) documentary, as well as Kygo and Deorro's forthcoming concert documentaries.
  • Ultra Music Festival and Ultra Records have partnered with one another to create a series of electronic music festivals worldwide.[15]

Compilations[edit]

Dance music compilations that have been released via Ultra Records include the following:

  • Club Anthems
    • Club Anthems Vol. 1Denny 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 05David Waxman (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[16]
    • Ultra.Dance 01Johnny Vicious (January 22, 2002)
    • Ultra.Dance 02DJ Encore (June 25, 2002)
    • Ultra.Dance 03Johnny Vicious (February 25, 2003)
    • Ultra.Dance 04Louie DeVito (August 26, 2003)
    • Ultra.Dance 05Vic Latino & David Waxman (April 20, 2004)
    • Ultra.Dance 06The Riddler & Vic Latino (January 25, 2005)
    • Ultra.Dance 07Bad Boy Joe & Johnny Budz (January 24, 2006)
    • Ultra.Dance 08The Riddler & Trevor Simpson (January 23, 2007)
    • Ultra.Dance 09David Waxman (January 22, 2008)
    • Ultra.Dance 10Jason Nevins (January 6, 2009)
    • Ultra.Dance 11 – DJ Enferno (January 26, 2010)
    • Ultra.Dance 12Vic Latino (January 25, 2011)
    • Ultra.Dance 13 (February 7, 2012)
    • Ultra.Dance 14 (February 12, 2013)
    • Ultra.Dance 15Jump Smokers (January 21, 2014)
    • Ultra.Dance 16 (February 24, 2015)
    • Ultra.Dance 17 (January 29, 2016)
    • Ultra.Dance 18 (January 27, 2017)
    • Ultra.Dance 19 (January 26, 2018)
    • Ultra.Dance 20 (February 15, 2019)
    • Ultra.Dance 21 (February 21, 2020)
    • Ultra.Dance 22 (February 19, 2021)
  • Ultra.Trance 1 – 10[17]
    • Ultra.Trance:1David Waxman (October 2, 2002)
    • Ultra.Trance:2David Waxman (May 20, 2003)
    • Ultra.Trance:3Johnny Vicious (January 27, 2004)
    • Ultra.Trance:4 – (September 7, 2004)
    • Ultra.Trance:5The Riddler (September 20, 2005)
    • Ultra.Trance 06Johnny Budz & DJ Irene (September 26, 2006)
    • Ultra.Trance 07DJ 4 Strings (October 9, 2007)
    • Ultra.Trance 08 – (April 22, 2008)
    • Ultra.Trance 09 – (April 21, 2009)
    • Ultra.Trance 10 – (April 3, 2012)
  • Out.Anthems Vol. 1 – 8[18][19] (the first gay-themed musical compilation).[20]
    • Out.Anthems – (May 30, 2006)
    • Out.Anthems 2DJ Ricardo! (May 22, 2007)
    • Out.Anthems 3 – 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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Social Blade". October 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Facebook". October 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Instagram". October 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Social Blade". October 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Ultra Music and Sony Announce Partnership, Patrick Moxey Named President of Electronic Music". Billboard. January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  6. ^ "Sony Music fully acquired Ultra Records from Patrick Moxey". December 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "David Waxman Named President of Ultra Records". January 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Ultra Records LinkedIN". October 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  10. ^ "31st Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2017 – WMC 2017". Winter Music Conference. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  11. ^ "IFPI" (in Norwegian). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  12. ^ Olympic (August 23, 2016). "Carry Me – Kygo feat. Julia Michaels Live at the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ Steve Aoki feat. Kid Ink – Delirious (Boneless) – War Dogs Trailer
  14. ^ "Ultra Music Media – Home". ultramusicmedia.com. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  15. ^ "Exclusive: Ultra Music, Ultra Music Festival Announce 'Global Alliance'". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  16. ^ Ultra.Dance at Amazon.com
  17. ^ Ultra.Trance at Amazon.com
  18. ^ "DJ Ricardo at Allmusic.com".
  19. ^ Out.Anthems at Amazon.com
  20. ^ "Out.Anthems at About.com". Archived from the original on September 1, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

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