Hollywood Records#Hollywood Basic

{{seealso|List of Hollywood Records artists}}

File:Innuendo by Queen album red vinyl.jpg's 1991 album Innuendo was their first to be released through Hollywood Records.]]

Hollywood Records was founded in December 1989 by Michael Eisner, then-CEO of The Walt Disney Company, as a way of expanding the company's music operations by looking to develop and promote the careers of a wide variety of artists in various genres.{{cite news|title=Disney To Launch New Record Division|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-11-29-8903130790-story.html|access-date=July 17, 2014|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 29, 1989}} At the time, the company was limited to the release of soundtracks from Touchstone, and Hollywood Pictures films.{{refn|group=N|Buena Vista Records currently limited to the release of soundtracks from Touchstone, and Hollywood Pictures films.}} The first act to be signed to the label was The Party, after being formed from Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club. Lawyer Peter Paterno was the first president of the label, until his resignation in 1993 because of the division's lackluster sales. After failing to sign popular new artists such as Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Naughty by Nature, Cypress Hill and Dr. Dre, the label experienced its first major success in February 1990, when it acquired the North American distribution rights to Queen's entire catalog for $10 million.{{cite news|title=Queen Signs With Disney, Raising Hope For Cd Releases|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-09-13-9003160958-story.html|access-date=July 17, 2014|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News|date=September 13, 1990}}{{cite news|last1=Wilker|first1=Deborah|title=Queen Must Decide On Replacing Freddie Mercury|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-07-9202100472-story.html|access-date=July 17, 2014|work=Sun-Sentinel|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=May 7, 1992}} The following year, the first Queen album under Hollywood, Innuendo, was released. The deal's outlook as an important economic opportunity was immediately affected by the death of the band's lead singer Freddie Mercury,{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/27/business/the-media-business-memo-cites-disney-records-woes.html?scp=1&sq=hollywood%20records&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Memo Cites Disney Records' Woes | date=November 27, 1991}} although the band's catalog sales managed to successfully generate nearly $94 million in revenue for Disney from 1991 to 1995.{{cite news|last1=Philips|first1=Chuck|title=Disney Co Trouble in Tunetown : Hollywood Records Remains Hitless|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-30-fi-60705-story.html|access-date=July 17, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 30, 1995}}

Bob Pfeifer was named president of the label in March 1995 after a whole year without a president, but problems continued to the label and Pfeifer was fired in 1997, after the label revealed that he had lost over 150 million dollars since 1990.{{cite news|title=Head of struggling Disney music unit quits: Walt Disney...|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-04-17-9704180160-story.html|access-date=July 17, 2014|work=Chicago Tribune|date=April 17, 1997}} In 1997, Disney acquired Mammoth Records, in order to get an already-established record label that could succeed. However, the acquisition of Mammoth was a failure and the label was closed and integrated to Hollywood in 2003. Additionally, during this time, they had signed Duran Duran to a three-album contract, and subsequently released Pop Trash, only to terminate their contract after disappointing album sales.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/28/business/the-corporate-wooing-and-winning-of-mammoth-records.html?scp=3&sq=hollywood%20records&st=cse | work=The New York Times | first=Trip | last=Gabriel | title=The Corporate Wooing and Winning of Mammoth Records | date=July 28, 1997}} In 1998, the company decided to form Buena Vista Music Group (now Disney Music Group), integrating the operations of Walt Disney Records along with Hollywood, Lyric Street, Mammoth, and Disney Music Publishing. Bob Cavallo, former manager of Earth, Wind & Fire and Prince was appointed as chairman of the group, and president of Hollywood Records.{{cite news|last1=Chmielewski|first1=Dawn|title=A Cinderella story for Disney Music Group|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-09-fi-hollywood9-story.html|access-date=September 7, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 9, 2007}} This movement looked to organize the music operations of the company under a more integrated direction.{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50B14F73F5D0C718DDDA80894D0494D81&scp=7&sq=bob%2520cavallo&st=cse&legacy=true&status=nf | work=The New York Times | title=Regrouping, Disney Music Names Chairman | date=January 12, 1998}}

In 1998, Hollywood Records had its first major success in seven years with Fastball's second album, All the Pain Money Can Buy, whose accompanying hit single "The Way" helped the label return to mainstream prominence. Five years later, Hilary Duff's second studio album Metamorphosis was released and became a success to the label, selling over three million copies in the United States. The launch of Duff's career represented a new business model for the record, utilizing the synergies around the company, including important outlets like Disney Channel, Radio Disney, ABC Family and ABC. Duff's albums released under Hollywood proved to be equally successful including Duff's self-titled third album and 2005's Most Wanted.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/arts/television/a-musical-for-tweens-captures-its-audience.html | newspaper=The New York Times | first=Ben | last=Sisario | title=A Musical For Tweens Captures Its Audience | date=February 8, 2006}} Duff's success led to Hollywood utilizing talent from Disney Channel (such as Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, the Jonas Brothers and Bridgit Mendler) as artists into the mid-2010s, with several records that attained Platinum or Gold certifications. These artists' music careers proved the label to be successful. At the same time, the label continued to develop the careers of acts with a less mainstream profile such as Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Breaking Benjamin or Plain White T's, but who had been successful in its own terms. The label also continued to release soundtracks from films and television shows, mainly those derived from Marvel Studios productions in conjunction with Marvel Music.{{Cite web |title=2010 Amended Annual Franchise Tax Report, Marvel Music, Inc. |url=https://delecorp.delaware.gov/eCorp/LoginAnnualReportsCLF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212162650/https://delecorp.delaware.gov/eCorp/LoginAnnualReportsCLF |archive-date=December 12, 2013 |access-date=October 4, 2011 |publisher=State of Delaware: Department of State: Division of Corporations |df=mdy-all}} Note: Secure site: File number 4034835 must be entered. In 2010, Hollywood absorbed the remaining operations of country music label Lyric Street Records, which became an imprint for the catalog of the defunct-label, currently managed by Hollywood. Later that same year, Queen left EMI Records for Universal Music-owned Island Records, with Hollywood continuing to remain the group's North American music distributor.{{cite magazine|last1=Collett-White|first1=Mike|title=Queen Signs To Universal, Preps Remastered Albums|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/951467/queen-signs-to-universal-preps-remastered-albums|access-date=July 17, 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=November 8, 2010}}

{{Anchor|DMGNashville}}In January 2012, after 14 years of a successful tenure, Bob Cavallo retired as chairman of the group and Ken Bunt was appointed as president of the group. Several changes have been done under his tenure, including the retirement of long-time executives from the Cavallo's era like Abbey Konowitch, Justin Fontaine and Jhon Linda and the appointment of new A&R's like Mio Vukovic and Mike Daly.{{cite web|last=Finke|first=Nikki|title=Ken Bunt Will(LA Version) Run Disney Music Group In 2012 When Bob Cavallo Retires|url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/ken-bunt-will-run-disney-music-group-in-2012-when-bob-cavallo-retires-136636/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 2011|access-date=August 12, 2012}} In March 2013, Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group announced the expansion of their relationship with a new commercial and creative agreement that enable Hollywood Records' artists to collaborate with the roster of producers and songwriters that are part of Universal.{{cite news| url=https://www.universalmusic.com//corporate/detail/2457 | title= Universal Music Group (UMG) & Disney Music Group (DMG) expand agreement globally | date=March 20, 2013}} Since 2013, Hollywood Records also uses the brand name DMG Nashville{{cite web|title=Hollywood Records, inc.|url=https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/corps/search_corps.php?DETAIL=371347&corp_type_id=1&corp_name=&agent_search=&agent_city=&agent_state=&filing_number=&cmd=|access-date=April 13, 2015|publisher=Arkansas Secretary of State}}{{cite web|title=See Lucy Hale Live in LA!|url=https://www.hollywoodrecords.com/lucyhale/iheart/|access-date=April 13, 2015|publisher=Hollywood Records|quote=...you agree to the terms of this promotion and to receive future email updates from DMG Nashville and Lucy Hale (...) hold harmless and defend Lucy Hale, Hollywood Records, Inc., Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc., and all of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and agents...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413061326/http://hollywoodrecords.com/lucyhale/iheart/|archive-date=April 13, 2015|url-status=dead}} to specialize in country music. The genre label was founded to provide music licensing for Bigger Picture Music Group.{{cite web|last1=Nicholson|first1=Jessica|title=Bigger Picture Group Teams With DMG For Music Licensing|url=https://musicrow.com/2013/11/bigger-picture-group-teams-with-dmg-for-music-licensing/|publisher=Music Row|access-date=June 13, 2014|date=November 14, 2013}} After Bigger Picture's closure in 2014, DMG Nashville released its first studio album; Lucy Hale's Road Between.{{cite magazine|last1=Hudak|first1=Joseph|title=Nashville Record Label Closes Up Shop|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nashville-record-label-closes-up-shop-20140508|access-date=June 13, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 8, 2014}} Starting in 2020, Hollywood Records has released a series of EPs under the name Music for the Movement, with social justice and protest songs.{{cite web |title=I Can't Breathe |url=https://andscape.com/features/i-cant-breathe-is-indeed-the-music-for-the-movement/ |website=Andscape |date=October 16, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Second volume of Music for the Movement |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-history-always-music-for-the-movement-set-for-release-this-week/ |website=cbs.com |date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=November 1, 2021}}

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Hollywood BASIC [sic] was Hollywood's short-lived hip-hop subsidiary, run by Dave Funkenklein, which existed from 1990 to 1995.{{cite news|title=Disney's Rap Label Shows Conviction|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-03-28-9101280100-story.html|access-date=July 17, 2014|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News|date=March 28, 1991}} It did not survive the distribution transition its parent made to PolyGram Records, and all of its recordings were deleted, except for those by Organized Konfusion, which were repressed under the new deal. It was the first label to record DJ Shadow, releasing his "Lesson 4" (a reference to Double Dee and Steinski) as the B-side of a 1991 single by Lifers Group, a hip hop group composed of prisoners at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway, New Jersey. It also released Shadow's Legitimate Mix on the B-side of a single by the group Zimbabwe Legit in 1992.Peter Shapiro, Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd ed. London: Rough Guides/Penguin Books, 2000 (p. 102). Arguably the most high-profile release was due to be BASIC Queen Bootlegs, a 10-track collection of hip-hop remixes and reinterpretations of tracks by the rock band Queen and featuring roster names plus guests such as Ice Cube. Although the BASIC Beats Sampler confirmed its release date for April 1992, the album was not commercially released although it has since leaked online. Other notable releases came from Organized Konfusion; its challenging second album, Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994), was widely acclaimed.Peter Shapiro, Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd ed. London: Rough Guides/Penguin Books, 2000 (p. 291). The label was also home of Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, although, following the shooting death of Charizma in 1993, the music the duo recorded for the label was not released. This would later inspire Peanut Butter Wolf to found Stones Throw Records in order to make this music available.Peter Shapiro, Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd ed. London: Rough Guides/Penguin Books, 2000 (pp. 349–351). Acts on Hollywood BASIC's roster included Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, Lifers' Group, Organized Konfusion, Raw Fusion, Hi-C, and Zimbabwe Legit.

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Upon its 1989 launch, Hollywood was distributed in the United States and Canada by Elektra Records, at the time owned by Disney rival Time Warner. Distribution in North America switched to PolyGram (acquired by Universal Music Group) in 1995 (partnered with A&M in Canada until PolyGram's acquisition by Universal Music in 1999). Today, Universal Music Group markets and distributes Hollywood Records catalog worldwide. Also, several Hollywood artists including Demi Lovato, Bridgit Mendler, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Nick Jonas & the Administration, Joe Jonas, Miley Cyrus, and the Jonas Brothers had signed to Universal Music UK's Fascination Records.{{cite web|title=UNIVERSAL MUSIC, DISNEY MUSIC FORGE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND: Forthcoming Releases Include Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana|url=https://www.universalmusic.com/?NewsId=738|publisher=Universal Music Group|access-date=December 6, 2012}} There were reports in 2011 that Disney Music Group would start an independent US distribution arm for its label's releases, but this never enacted. Universal Music Group acquired most of EMI in 2013 but pledged not to renew its European license with Disney; both sides eventually changed their minds.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1084095/universal-emi-merger-approved-by-canadian-regulators|title=Universal-EMI Merger Approved By Canadian Regulators|work=billboard.com|access-date=January 9, 2017}} In March 2013, Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group announced the expansion of their relationship with a new commercial and creative agreement that enabled Hollywood Records' artists to collaborate with the roster of producers and songwriters that are part of Universal Music.{{cite news|title=Universal Music Group (UMG) & Disney Music Group (DMG) Expand Agreement Globally|newspaper=PR Newswire|date=March 20, 2013}}

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• [https://variety.com/2005/music/markets-festivals/h-wood-records-ups-exex-1117919930/ Hollywood Records] extends deal for Senior Management

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