KonLive Distribution
Konvict Kulture is a record label founded by singer Akon, Melvin Brown and Bu Thiam in 2003 under the name Konvict Muzik.[3] Artists including T-Pain, Kat DeLuna, Mali Music, Red Café, Dolla, Ya Boy, and Costa Titch have signed to and released singles or albums by the label.[4][5] Heard at the beginning of many of the label's recordings, besides Akon's own production or songwriting contribution, is the sound of the clank of a jail cell, followed by Akon uttering "Konvict". In 2022, the label was rebranded into Konvict Kulture.[6] By 2011, Fotemah Mba was appointed Vice President of A&R for the label. The label operated with another label founded by Akon in 2006, KonLive Distribution, whose flagship artist was Lady Gaga.
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KonLive Distribution
- Name
- Konvict Kulture
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- United States
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Konvict Kulture is a record label founded by singer Akon, Melvin Brown and Bu Thiam in 2003 under the name Konvict Muzik.[3] Artists including T-Pain, Kat DeLuna, Mali Music, Red Café, Dolla, Ya Boy, and Costa Titch have signed to and released singles or albums by the label.[4][5] Heard at the beginning of many of the label's recordings, besides Akon's own production or songwriting contribution, is the sound of the clank of a jail cell, followed by Akon uttering "Konvict". In 2022, the label was rebranded into Konvict Kulture.[6] By 2011, Fotemah Mba was appointed Vice President of A&R for the label. The label operated with another label founded by Akon in 2006, KonLive Distribution, whose flagship artist was Lady Gaga.
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Overview
KonLive was an imprint of Interscope Records, while Konvict Muzik was an imprint of Akon's label, Universal Motown Records, prior to the launching of KonLive. In 2011, Akon signed Nigerian artists P-Square, Tuface, and Wizkid as representatives of the label in Africa.[7]
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• Name — Konvict Kulture • Founded — 2003 as Konvict Muzik 2022 as Konvict Kulture (rebrand) • Founder — Akon Melvin Brown Bu Thiam • Distributor — Vydia (2020[1]–) Universal Motown Records (2005–2011) Universal Republic Records (2011–2014) Interscope Records (2006–2014)[2] Def Jam Recordings (2008–2014) Sony Music (Jive/RCA) (2005/2017) • Genre — Hip hop, R&B • Country — United States • Website — https: konvictkulture.com/
Background
Background
Akon started his own label after the success of his 2003 mixtape Akonvict. • Illustration — Original Konvict Muzik Logo
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• Name — KonLive Distribution • Parent — Interscope-Geffen-A&M • Founder — Akon • Distributor — Interscope Records[9] Geffen Records • Genre — Pop, dance, R&B, hip hop • Country — United States KonLive Distribution (or simply KonLive) was a record label founded in 2006 as a joint venture with Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records, the label was to allow both parties to manage the career and recording catalogue of singer Lady Gaga.[11] Other notable acts signed to the label included Kardinal Offishall, Colby O'Donis, Brick & Lace, Mali Music, Natalia Kills, Jeffree Star, R. City, Ya Boy, and Verse Simmonds.[12][13]
Current
Current
• Akon • Jonn Hart
Former Konvict Artists
Former Konvict Artists
• OG Boo Dirty • Demarco • Sarkodie • P-Square[14] • Verse Simmonds[15] • Wizkid • Omega • Sammie • Cyhi the Prynce • Costa Titch (deceased) • D Teck • Dolla (deceased) • French Montana • T-Pain • Jeffree Star • JQT • Red Cafe
Former KonLive Artists
Former KonLive Artists
• Lady Gaga • Kardinal Offishall • Ya Boy • R. City • Brick & Lace • Natalia Kills • Jeffree Star • Colby O'Donis • Mali Music
Institutional identity and establishment
Institutional identity and establishment
KonLive Distribution, also designated simply as KonLive, is a record label associated with the United States, founded in 2006. Established by the singer Akon as a joint venture with Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records, KonLive Distribution functioned as an imprint of Interscope Records. The joint venture was created to manage the career and recording catalogue of singer Lady Gaga, who served as the imprint's flagship artist.
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• Artist — Album — Album details — Singles • T-Pain — Rappa Ternt Sanga — * Released: December 5, 2005 * Label: Konvict Muzik * Chart position: 33 U.S. * RIAA certification: Gold — * I'm Sprung * I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper) • Akon — Konvicted — * Released: November 14, 2006 * Label: Konvict Muzik * Chart position: 2 U.S. * RIAA certification: 3× Platinum — * Smack That * I Wanna Love You * Don't Matter * Mama Africa * Sorry, Blame It on Me • T-Pain — Epiphany — * Released: June 5, 2007 * Label: Konvict Muzik * Chart position: 1 U.S. * RIAA certification: Platinum — * Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') * Bartender * Church • Brick & Lace — Love Is Wicked — * Released: September 4, 2007 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: — * RIAA certification: — — * Never Never * Love Is Wicked * Get That Clear (Hold Up) * Take Me Back * Bad To Di Bone • Lady Gaga — The Fame — * Released: August 19, 2008 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: 2 U.S. * RIAA certification: 6× Platinum — * Just Dance * Poker Face * Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) * LoveGame * Paparazzi • Kardinal Offishall — Not 4 Sale — * Released: September 9, 2008 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: 40 U.S. * RIAA certification: — — * Dangerous * Set It Off * Burnt * Numba 1 (Tide Is High) • Colby O'Donis — Colby O — * Released: September 16, 2008 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: 41 U.S. * RIAA certification: — — * What You Got * Don't Turn Back * Let You Go • Sway — The Signature LP — * Released: October 6, 2008 * Label: Konvict Muzik * Chart position: 51 U.K. * RIAA certification: — — * F Ur X featuring $tush * Saturday Night Hustle * Silver & Gold • T-Pain — Thr33 Ringz — * Released: November 11, 2008 * Label: Konvict Muzik * Chart position: 4 U.S. * RIAA certification: Gold — * Can't Believe It * Chopped N Skrewed * Freeze • Akon — Freedom — * Released: December 2, 2008 * Label: Konvict Muzik * Chart position: 7 U.S. * RIAA certification: 2× Platinum — * Right Now (Na Na Na) * I'm So Paid * Beautiful • Lady Gaga — The Fame Monster — * Released: November 18, 2009 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: 5 U.S. * RIAA certification: 5× Platinum — * Bad Romance * Telephone * Alejandro * Dance in the Dark • Natalia Kills — Perfectionist — * Released: March 15, 2011 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: 134 U.S. * RIAA certification: — — * Mirrors * Wonderland * Free * Kill My Boyfriend • Lady Gaga — Born This Way — * Released: May 23, 2011 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: 1 U.S. * RIAA certification: 4× Platinum — * Born This Way * Judas * The Edge of Glory * You and I * Marry the Night • T-Pain — Revolver — * Released: December 6, 2011 * Label: Konvict Muzik * Chart position: 28 U.S. * RIAA certification: — — * Best Love Song * 5 O'Clock * Turn All the Lights On • Jeffree Star — Mr. Diva - EP — * Released: October 2, 2012 * Label: KonLive Distribution * Chart position: — * RIAA certification: — — * Mr. Diva * Legs Up
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- 1.www.vydia.com.
- 2.Akon Signs Ya Boy to Konvict Music. February 26, 2010.
- 3.Melvin Brown: Konvict Business
- 4.Masuku, Brooklyn. Costa Titch Announces Global Partnership Deal with Akon's label Konvict Kulture. Gagasi World. 2023-02-08.
- 5.Akon Signs Gospel Rapper Mali Music to Konvict Muzik. AllHipHop. 2011-11-01.
- 6.Brown, Preezy. Akon Preps Partnership With TikTok, Afrobeat's Movement And The Rebirth Of Konvict Muzik. VIBE.com. 2022-10-30.
- 7.Akon signs 2face, Wizkid and P-Square as Konvict Musik Representatives.
- 8.The Akon Empire. Billboard.
- 9.Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Not 4 Sale
- 10.Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Not 4 Sale
- 11.Nolfi, Joey. Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' turns 15: Akon, RedOne on the hit that almost went to the Pussycat Dolls. Entertainment Weekly. March 23, 2023.
- 12.KonLive Distribution. Discogs.
- 13.Akon Signs Verse Simmonds to KonLive. MTV dead link. June 2024.
- 14.Mgbolu, Charles. Akon's label, Konvict signs Wizkid Psquare, Tuface!. Vanguard. December 19, 2011.
- 15.Konvict Muzik Artists.
- 16.Akon Says He "Cashed Out" On Lady Gaga Before Her Decline. 2014-05-31.
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