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How did Jive Records make teen pop a billion dollar business? And will Britney, 'N Sync & Co. ever grow up?
“American Idol” Season Six winner Jordin Sparks, the show’s youngest winner ever, has signed to 19 Recordings/Jive Records, becoming the first “Idol” winner to join the label group.
RCA Execs Confirm Jive and Arista Labels Shut Down In an interview with THR, CEO Peter Edge and COO Tom Corson explain why it was time to “retire those brands” and how the artists reacted.
The Clipse leaves Jive Records for Columbia This time last year, the Clipse complained to anyone who'd listen how unhappy it was on Jive Records. Now, the act's wish to leave has been granted ...
All in all Jive Records walked away with forty million albums sold this year, including sales from other Jive artists like R. Kelly, Mystikal and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter’s brother Aaron.
The 2016 Juneau Invitational Volleyball Extravaganza (JIVE) remains a sweet memory for the Thunder Mountain High School volleyball team.
RCA executives have announced that the company is shutting down Arista, Jive and J Records, and that all of the artists currently signed to those labels will be folded into the RCA Records roster ...
Jive Records, run by Barry Weiss for nearly 20 years, was home to multi-platinum pop stars Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Arista was founded in 1974 also by Davis, who signed Whitney ...
Papoose admitted that signing a $1.5 million with Jive Records in 2007 was the biggest regret of his career and earned him “Kay Slay hate.” While many emerging artists would have been happy to ...
The logo for Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records—a faceless, angry crowd wielding various pieces of weaponry—turned the tables on the concept of mob rule in the glory days of the gangsta rap era.
Johnny Otis, the "godfather of rhythm and blues" who wrote and recorded the R&B classic "Willie and the Hand Jive" and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader ...