Blackground Records
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| Blackground Records | |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Barry Hankerson |
| Distributing label | None |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | US |
| Official website | Official website of Blackground Records |
Blackground Records is an American record label, owned by entertainment attorney and artist manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson. The label is home to Aaliyah, and Timbaland & Magoo.
In 1993, Hankerson formed the label, and Aaliyah became its first signee. At the time, Hankerson was managing R. Kelly, and was able to get his label Jive Records to distribute Blackground's releases. In 1996 Blackground obtained a lucrative distribution deal with Atlantic Records, just before the release of Aaliyah's second album, One In A Million.
Often playing distributor hopscotch, in 2000, Blackground switched over to EMI's Virgin Records. Two years later, it moved again, this time finding a home at Universal Motown Records Group.
Currently the most successful acts from the label are Aaliyah, Timbaland, and Tank.
In March 2009, Timbaland filed a lawsuit against the label, alleging that they attempted to blackball him and damage his career, after he made the decision to move from music performance to production.[1]
As of April 2009, Blackground is currently finalizing a new distributing deal.[2][3]
[edit] The following artists signed to Blackground
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