Hope Music Group
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World music
Hip hop and R&B
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music and entertainment |
| Genre | Pop music World music Hip hop and R&B |
| Founded | February 17, 2012 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products |
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| Parent | Philjohn Investment Holding |
| Website | hmg |
Hope Music Group[1] (sometimes known plainly by the initials as, HMG) is a Cameroonian record label that mainly produces hip hop, urban & popular music. It is distributed by The Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.[2] The label produces and distributes various artists as Locko, J-Rio, Fanicko, Dynastie le tigre, Michael Kiessou, Featurist, Duc-Z and record labels as White House Music, Tiger Production, MKO Music.
Hope Music Group was founded by Philippe Nkouaya in 2012. The label's first release was a mixtape by his music producer Philjohn.
2011–2014 : DeadZone Recordz to Hope Music
The company was founded in February 2012 by Philippe Nkouaya and Anthony Gorby in Douala, Cameroon.[3] But before the era, the premises of the label was based on a previous label founded by Philippe and associates, DeadZone Recordz which was shut down in 2011. Active independent label in popular music, the company developed many activities to offer a formula as 360 deals (music recording, visual content production, development, promotion and music publishing). HMG[4] signed independent artists as Michael Kiessou, Yvich and gained partnerships with MTN Cameroon (AIM), Putumayo World Music (Content connect Africa) .[5][6]
2014–2016 : Sony Music/The Orchard Partnership
In April 2015, HMG entered an exclusive distributed deal with Sony Music Entertainment's main distribution service company The Orchard (company) for a 4-year deal.
HMG energized the breakthrough of Cameroonian urban music[7] by managing artists and developing urban music styles in Cameroon and abroad.
The label catalog[8] is rather modern, Pop, Contemporary R&B, world music, electronic music, reggae, soul and hip-hop.
The label released several projects such as Partage EP[9] of Michael Kiessou, La loi de la nature[10] of Dynastie le tigre and Parti De Rien[11] of Georges Breezy.
2016–present : Philjohn Investment Holding and restructuring
In November 2016,[12] HMG had new shareholders such as HTD & Penthold, which bought the respective shares of Armel Nango and Philippe Nkouaya.[13] HMG becomes a subsidiary of Henthold and joins the conglomerate with sister companies Hope Music Publishing, Hope Management & Consulting (HOMCO), YASHA Corp., Hope Clothing, Philjohn Technologies & Hope Entertainment Pictures (HentPix).
In February 2017, an edition service is coupled with those of the label via the sister company Hope Music Publishing which has a catalog of more than 700 songs and added to that of HMG, brings back a catalog of more than 1000 songs. In November 2017 hope music group signs a distribution deal with a Gabonese label the node music through Kiss levray.
List of Hope Music Group labels and artists
In January 2017, the label subdivided its large catalog into 3 under separate labels, Binam Nation, Easy Hits Recordz & Bakwaaba Muzik. Each catalog has specific services and specializes in specific areas.
Artistes
- PRESENT
- Andy Jemea
- Dynastie le tigre[14]
- Featurist[15]
- Ghix
- J-Rio
- Kôba Building
- Michael Kiessou
- Sonia Kay
- Vicky
- Zyon Stylei
- Peka (artiste)
- PRIOR ARTISTS
- Fanicko, for Trace TV
- Kayla Lys
- Locko, for Universal Music Group
- Nelly Moukoko
- Obeytheking
- Tenor, for Universal Music Group
- Valeri Williams, for Keyzit
- Yvich
Publishing
- Artists
- DJ Kessy
- DJ Kriss
- LMTY
- Ovadoz
- Philjohn
- Tris[16]
- Distributed Labels
- King Kurtis Entertainment
- Clovis Music
- Tatco Group
- LJ Music