Ultra Records Explained

Ultra Records
Parent:Sony Music Entertainment
Founder:Patrick Moxey
Key People:David Waxman (president)
Industry:Music

Ultra Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

Company history

Established in 1995 in New York City by Patrick Moxey, a former executive of PolyGram and Virgin Records, Ultra Records is home to various successful electronic music artists such as Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, deadmau5, and Tiësto.

In 1999, Ultra Records commenced litigation with the upstart Ultra Music Festival. Ultra Records demanded that Ultra Music Festival limit its use of the name Ultra to Florida.[1] Years later in 2012, after Ultra Records adopted a new logo and started using the name Ultra Music, the dispute resulted in a two week jury trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York between Ultra Records and Ultra Music Festival (known formally as Ultra Enterprises, Inc.)[2] that was resolved by an out of court settlement.[3] [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]

Artists

Awards

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), and nominations 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”.[8] Ultra Music has also received the Best American Music Label award from International Dance Music Awards' Best American Music Label 10 times.[9]

Certifications

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

Partnerships

Compilations

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moayeri . Lily . 2023-03-20 . Which Ultra? Dance Music Festival, Label and Publisher Share Name but Are Not Connected, Market Confusion Be Damned . 2024-06-29 . Variety.
  2. Web site: August 15, 2012 . Herrick, Feinstein Achieves Success for Ultra Enterprises in Trademark Infringement and Breach of Contract Suit . June 29, 2024 . Businesswire.
  3. Web site: August 12, 2012 . Ultra Music, Ultra Music Festival Announce 'Global Alliance' . June 29, 2024 . Herrick.
  4. Web site: THREE QUESTIONS ON HERRICK'S REPRESENTATION OF ULTRA ENTERPRISES, INC. IN A FEDERAL TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT AND BREACH OF CONTRACT TRIAL . June 29, 2024 . Herrick.
  5. January 23, 2013. Ultra Music and Sony Announce Partnership, Patrick Moxey Named President of Electronic Music. Billboard. March 27, 2017. en.
  6. Web site: December 13, 2021. Sony Music fully acquired Ultra Records from Patrick Moxey..
  7. Web site: January 20, 2022. David Waxman Named President of Ultra Records.
  8. News: 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees. GRAMMY.com. March 27, 2017. en.
  9. Web site: 31st Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2017 – WMC 2017. Winter Music Conference. March 27, 2017.
  10. Web site: IFPI. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. June 3, 2021. no.
  11. Exclusive: Ultra Music, Ultra Music Festival Announce 'Global Alliance'. Billboard. 2017-03-27. en.
  12. https://www.amazon.com/gp/series/91562 Ultra.Dance at Amazon.com
  13. https://www.amazon.com/gp/series/91563 Ultra.Trance at Amazon.com
  14. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p300557|pure_url=yes}} DJ Ricardo at Allmusic.com ].
  15. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=out+anthems&x=0&y=0 Out.Anthems at Amazon.com
  16. Web site: Out.Anthems at About.com . October 30, 2018 . September 1, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070901110726/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/DJRicardoOutAnt.htm . dead .

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