Takeover Entertainment
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Takeover Entertainment is an independent record label
, talent agency, musician management company, producer, and publisher of music
, currently based in the United Kingdom
. The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III (better known as Tinchy Stryder
), Archie Lamb IV and Jack Foster. It specializes in producing R&B
, hip hop
, and electronic
music.
The first person to be signed to Takeover Entertainment was Tinchy Stryder. Success followed by Stryder becoming the biggest selling UK male artist of 2009
with his certified Gold second studio album, Catch 22
, which spawned hits, including "Take Me Back", and #1's "Never Leave You
", and the N-Dubz
collaboration "Number 1".
that featured artists including Roll Deep
and Lethal Bizzle
. Upon meeting Tinchy Stryder in 2006 they branched out into management, signed the artist to a record deal while also launching his Star In The Hood
clothing range.
, which will enable Takeover Entertainment to sign and develop new talent in partnership with EMI
.
and Roc Nation
signed a joint venture deal with Takeover Entertainment to create a European record label
and entertainment company. The new company was named Takeover Roc Nation
. Takeover Roc Nation is currently based in the United Kingdom
, and distributes its record releases through Sony Music
and partners with Live Nation
for all other aspects of the business.
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|David Dawood|| style="text-align:center;"|2010||style="text-align:center;"|
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|Nathan Retro|| style="text-align:center;"|2008||style="text-align:center;"|
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|align="left"|Jodie Connor
- "Now or Never
"
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|align="left"|Tinchy Stryder
- "Let It Rain
"
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|align="left"|Jodie Connor - "Bring It
"
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|align="left"|Tinchy Stryder - "Spaceship
"
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|align="left"|Dappy
- "No Regrets
"
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|align="left"|Tinchy Stryder - "Off The Record
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|align="left"|Dappy
- "Rockstar"
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|align="left"|Jodie Connor
- "Living My Life"
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Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, talent agency, musician management company, producer, and publisher of music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, currently based in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III (better known as Tinchy Stryder
Tinchy Stryder
Kwasi Danquah III , better known by his pseudonyms Tinchy Stryder and Star In The Hood, is a Ghanaian British recording artist, music executive, A&R executive, and businessman...
), Archie Lamb IV and Jack Foster. It specializes in producing R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
, hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, and electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
music.
The first person to be signed to Takeover Entertainment was Tinchy Stryder. Success followed by Stryder becoming the biggest selling UK male artist of 2009
2009 in British music
This is a summary of the year 2009 in British music. 31 singles have occupied the number-one spot including 15 new entries. Due to the increase in downloads over physical sales, singles now tend to enter the chart at a lower position, before climbing to the top a few weeks later: a trend which was...
with his certified Gold second studio album, Catch 22
Catch 22 (Tinchy Stryder album)
Catch 22 is the second full-length solo studio album by Ghanaian British recording artist Tinchy Stryder, and his major label debut, since allying with Universal Island Records. After three successful singles leading up to the album, the album, was released on August 17, 2009. The album is produced...
, which spawned hits, including "Take Me Back", and #1's "Never Leave You
Never Leave You
-Charts:The song immediately rushed to the top of the charts, charting at #1 in the UK and #2 in Ireland, the song knocked The Black Eyed Peas's song "I Gotta Feeling" of the top spot on 2 August 2010, but failed to knock I Gotta Feeling of the Irish top spot, and charted behind it.-End-of-year...
", and the N-Dubz
N-Dubz
N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London. The group consists of members Dappy, Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer.N-Dubz were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records...
collaboration "Number 1".
2006-2008: Formation
The company was formed on Thursday, February 9, 2006 by Archie Lamb IV and Jack Foster, both 17 at the time. Then part-time promoters, the duo put on nightclubs in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
that featured artists including Roll Deep
Roll Deep
Roll Deep are an Urban Music Awards-winning London-based grime music collective. They were founded in 2002, by a group of MCs including Wiley. Roll Deep were also closely associated with Boy Better Know with members in both. Their debut album, In at the Deep End, was released in June 2005...
and Lethal Bizzle
Lethal Bizzle
Lethal Bizzle, also known as Lethal B , is a Ghanaian British rapper. His songs are known to satirise modern Gangsta rap; much of the humour comes from the adoption of hip-hop style and language...
. Upon meeting Tinchy Stryder in 2006 they branched out into management, signed the artist to a record deal while also launching his Star In The Hood
Star in the Hood (company)
Star In The Hood Unltd. is a international mid-range to luxury clothing company founded by Kwasi Danquah III, better known as Tinchy Stryder in September 2006...
clothing range.
2008-2010: Takeover/Cloud 9
In 2008 Tinchy Stryder, Archie Lamb IV and Jack Foster the two-man management team behind Tinchy Stryder’s success, signed a joint venture publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing to create Takeover/Cloud 9Takeover/Cloud 9
Takeover/Cloud 9 is a global London-based music publishing company. The organisation is a co-owned subsidiary of Takeover Entertainment Ltd and EMI Music Publishing, and was originally founded by Kwasi Danquah III and EMI Music Publishing’s UK president and EMI European creative president, Guy...
, which will enable Takeover Entertainment to sign and develop new talent in partnership with EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
.
2010-Present: Takeover Roc Nation
In 2010 Shawn "Jay-Z" CarterJay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
and Roc Nation
Roc Nation
Roc Nation is an American management, music publishing and entertainment company founded by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter.-History:In April 2008, Live Nation partnered with Jay-Z to create Roc Nation...
signed a joint venture deal with Takeover Entertainment to create a European record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
and entertainment company. The new company was named Takeover Roc Nation
Takeover Roc Nation
Takeover Roc Nation is a global London-based independent record label and entertainment company, which acts as a co-owned subsidiary of Takeover Entertainment Ltd and Roc Nation...
. Takeover Roc Nation is currently based in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and distributes its record releases through Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
and partners with Live Nation
Live Nation
Live Nation is a live-events company based in Beverly Hills, California, focused on concert promotions. Live Nation formed in 2005 as a spin-off from Clear Channel Communications, which then merged with Ticketmaster in 2010 to become Live Nation Entertainment....
for all other aspects of the business.
Recording artists
| Act | Year signed | Takeover Albums | Reference |
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| Dappy Dappy Costadinos Contostavlos better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, actor of Greek descent. He is best known for being the lead singer of the Camden-based Grime/hip hop/R&B trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa and their friend Fazer... |
2011 | 1 | |
| Dot Rotten | 2011 | — | |
| Giggs | 2010 | 1 | |
| Jodie Connor Jodie Connor Jodie Melanie Connor is an Barbadian British R&B and soul recording artist, lyricist, fashion model and goodwill ambassador for Charles, Prince of Wales's The Prince's Trust.... |
2010 | 1 | |
| Ria Ritchie | 2010 | — | |
| Ruff Sqwad Ruff Sqwad Ruff Sqwad is a Ghanaian British grime music, post-dubstep and alternative hip hop group originating from Republic of Ghana formed by Tinchy Stryder in 2001... |
2011 | 1 |
Songwriters
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|Ayak Thiik|| style="text-align:center;"|2010||style="text-align:center;"|
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|David Dawood|| style="text-align:center;"|2010||style="text-align:center;"|
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|Jodie Connor
Jodie Connor
Jodie Melanie Connor is an Barbadian British R&B and soul recording artist, lyricist, fashion model and goodwill ambassador for Charles, Prince of Wales's The Prince's Trust....
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|Nathan Retro|| style="text-align:center;"|2008||style="text-align:center;"|
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Producers
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|David Dawood|| style="text-align:center;"|2010||style="text-align:center;"|
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|Dirty Danger|| style="text-align:center;"|2011||style="text-align:center;"|
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|Nathan Retro|| style="text-align:center;"|2008||style="text-align:center;"|
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|Rapid|| style="text-align:center;"|2011||style="text-align:center;"|
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DJ/Computer DJs
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|David Dawood|| style="text-align:center;"|2010||style="text-align:center;"|
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|DJ Sir Spyro|| style="text-align:center;"|2011||style="text-align:center;"|
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|Nathan Retro|| style="text-align:center;"|2008||style="text-align:center;"|
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Audio engineers
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|David Dawood|| style="text-align:center;"|2010||style="text-align:center;"|
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Mixing/Mastering engineers
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Takeover Concerts and Tours
- Rollercoaster Tour, November 2011 (United Kingdom)
- The Rockstar Tour, December 2011 (United Kingdom)
2011 Studio album single(s)
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|align="left"|Jodie Connor
Jodie Connor
Jodie Melanie Connor is an Barbadian British R&B and soul recording artist, lyricist, fashion model and goodwill ambassador for Charles, Prince of Wales's The Prince's Trust....
- "Now or Never
Now or Never (Jodie Connor song)
-Charts:...
"
- Released: Thursday, January 13, 2011
- Album: TBA
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: #14 - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: Unknown - BPI certification: (uncertified)
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|align="left"|Tinchy Stryder
Tinchy Stryder
Kwasi Danquah III , better known by his pseudonyms Tinchy Stryder and Star In The Hood, is a Ghanaian British recording artist, music executive, A&R executive, and businessman...
- "Let It Rain
Let It Rain (Tinchy Stryder song)
-Chart performance:"Let It Rain" first debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 103 on 9 January 2011. The following week, the single rocketed up the chart, jumping 65 places to number 38; marking Stryder's ninth Top 40 hit and fourth consecutive Top 40 single to have been released from Third...
"
- Released: Thursday, January 27, 2011
- Album: Third StrikeThird Strike (album)Third Strike is the third solo studio album from Ghanaian British recording artist Tinchy Stryder, and his second studio album with Universal Island Records. It was released in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2010...
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: #14 - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: Unknown - BPI certification: (uncertified)
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|align="left"|Jodie Connor - "Bring It
Bring It (song)
-Charts:The song debuted at 87 on the UK Singles Chart before dropping out the following week. On the 27 March, 2011, the song re-entered at number 98 and rocketed to number 48 the following week. The song then leaped 11 positions to 37, Marking her second top 40 hit.-Release history:...
"
- Released: Sunday, February 20, 2011
- Album: TBA
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: #37 - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: Unknown - BPI certification: (uncertified)
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|align="left"|Tinchy Stryder - "Spaceship
Spaceship (Tinchy Stryder song)
-Critical reception:Lewis Corner of Digital Spy Blog gave the song a positive review stating:It's been a rocky few months for Tinchy Stryder. After catapulting to the upper echelons of the charts with his debut LP and its subsequent spinoff singles, the pint-sized rapper suffered a textbook case of...
"
- Released: Sunday, June 12, 2011
- Album: Full Tank
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: #5 - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: 44,390+ - BPI certification: (uncertified)
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|align="left"|Dappy
Dappy
Costadinos Contostavlos better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, actor of Greek descent. He is best known for being the lead singer of the Camden-based Grime/hip hop/R&B trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa and their friend Fazer...
- "No Regrets
No Regrets (Dappy song)
"No Regrets" is the debut solo single by British hip hop artist Dappy. The song was produced by TMS and was written by Dappy, TMS, and Ayak Thiik . It was released in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2011. This was Dappy's first solo number 1 single in the UK...
"
- Released: Sunday, September 18, 2011
- Album: No Regrets
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: #1 - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: 96,639+ - BPI certification: (uncertified)
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|align="left"|Tinchy Stryder - "Off The Record
Off the Record (Tinchy Stryder song)
"Off the Record" is a 2011 single by Ghanaian British recording artist, Tinchy Stryder. The single features Scottish disc jockeys and record producers, Calvin Harris and Matt Burns . It is the second single from his fourth studio album entitled, Full Tank...
"
- Released: Sunday, November 6, 2011
- Album: Full Tank
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: #24 - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: 25,000+ - BPI certification: (uncertified)
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Upcoming studio album single(s)
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|align="left"|Dappy
Dappy
Costadinos Contostavlos better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, actor of Greek descent. He is best known for being the lead singer of the Camden-based Grime/hip hop/R&B trio N-Dubz, with his cousin Tulisa and their friend Fazer...
- "Rockstar"
- Released: TBD
- Album: No Regrets
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: TBR - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: TBR - BPI certification: TBR
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|align="left"|Jodie Connor
Jodie Connor
Jodie Melanie Connor is an Barbadian British R&B and soul recording artist, lyricist, fashion model and goodwill ambassador for Charles, Prince of Wales's The Prince's Trust....
- "Living My Life"
- Released: TBD
- Album: TBA
- UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
position: TBR - BPIBritish Phonographic IndustryThe British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
sales: TBR - BPI certification: TBR
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External links
- Tinchy Stryder: Rapping with the Lib Dems collected news and commentary at The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...