Knockout Entertainment
{{infobox record label
| image =
| parent = Sony Music Entertainment
| founded = 2001
| founder = Ray J
| distributor = RED Distribution
| genre = R&B, hip hop, gospel
| location = Los Angeles, California, California
| country = US
| url =
}}
Knockout Entertainment is singer Ray J's vanity label, founded in 2001. The label specializes in R&B, hip hop, and gospel. Originally released under Sanctuary Records, a press release in December 2007 announced a new partnership with E1 Records.[http://www.rayj.com/RayJPressReleaseDRAFT120307.pdf Press release]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, RayJ.com Before this, he mentioned his label on his 2001 album This Ain't A Game.
The label's debut, Ray J's Raydiation album—released September 2005—included the top twenty hit "One Wish"[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ray j|chart=all}} Ray J. album chart history], Billboard online and went on to sell 1 million copies worldwide. Other releases include Willie Norwood's gospel album titled I Believe, which was not released in conjunction with any other label, and was only available as a digital download or through CD Baby and top-twenty albums Ray J's All I Feel and sister Brandy's Human.
Roster
=Artists=
- FiNaTTicZ
- Ray J
- Yung Berg
- Shorty Mack
- Willie Norwood
- TruthKO
- Tasha Scott
- Jason Miller
Discography
=Albums=
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! width="28" rowspan="2" | Year ! width="100" rowspan="2" | Artist ! width="200" rowspan="2" | Title ! colspan="2" | Chart positions |
width="40" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | US
! width="40" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | US R&B |
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align="left" rowspan="1"|2005
| Ray J |style="text-align:center;"| 48 |style="text-align:center;"| 13 |
align="left" rowspan="1"|2006
|style="text-align:center;"| — |style="text-align:center;"| — |
align="left" rowspan="2"|2008
| Ray J |style="text-align:center;"| 7 |style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
Brandy
| Human |style="text-align:center;"| 15 |style="text-align:center;"| 5 |
align="left" rowspan="1"|2009
| Ray J |style="text-align:center;"| — |style="text-align:center;"| 53 |
align="left" rowspan="1"|2011
| A Family Business [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043890/billboard-bits-brandyray-j-paisleyunderwood Billboard.com - Artist Biography - Billboard Bits: Brandy/Ray J, Paisley/Underwood: Brandy announced today (Oct. 2) on New York radio station Hot 97 (WQHT) that she is planning on partnering with her brother Ray J for a collaborative album tentatively titled "R&B." The title is a nod to the siblings' respective first initials as well as their chosen style of music.] |style="text-align:center;"| — |style="text-align:center;"| — |
==Future albums==
- Shorty Mack - Tha Purp Man (TBA)
- Ray J - Raydiation 2 (TBA) [http://www.myspace.com/rayj - Ray J's MySpace: Ray J's highly anticipated fifth album, tentatively called Raydiation 2, will be released in the summer of 2009.][{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ray j|bio=true}} - Billboard.com - Artist Biography - Ray J: In 2009 the singer announced he would be starring in his own dating series on VH1 titled For the Love of Ray J and releasing a new album, Raydiation 2.]
=Singles=
- From Raydiation (2005)
::{{small|singles: "One Wish", "What I Need"}}
- From I Believe (2006)
::{{small|single: "I Believe"}}
- From All I Feel (2008)
::{{small|single: "Sexy Can I", "Gifts"}}
- From Human (2008)
::{{small|single: "Right Here (Departed)", "Long Distance"}}
- From For the Love of Ray J (2009)
::{{small|single: "Sexy Ladies", "For the Love of Ray J"}}
- From Sahyba (2012)
::{{small|single: "Marco Polo"}}
- From I Hit It First (2013)
::{{small|single: "I Hit It First"}}
References
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Category:American record labels