Hope Music Group Explained

Hope Music Group
Type:Subsidiary
Parent:Philjohn Investment Holding
Foundation:February 17, 2012
Area Served:Worldwide
Genre:Pop music
World music
Hip hop and R&B
Industry:Music and entertainment

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.

History

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 premisces 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
PRIOR ARTISTS

Publishing

Artists
Distributed Labels

Discography

2013 – 2016

2017

2018

Awards and recognition

YearArtistAward showCategoryResults
2013Dynastie le tigreRDCM – soirée de l'excellenceBest male artist
2014Dynastie le tigreYa'Fe FestivalBest performer
Balafon Music AwardsBest rookie of the year
KR AwardsBest male rookie of the year
2015Michael KiessouCanal 2'ORBest video (tourner les reins)[22]
Greenlight AwardsBest Male artist[23]
KR AwardsPrix spécial du jury[24]
Dynastie le tigreBalafon Music AwardsBest male vocals
2016Michael KiessouMTN Zik AwardsMost downloaded artist
Dynastie le tigreMTN Zik AwardsMost downloaded artist
YvichMTN Zik AwardsMost downloaded artist
FeaturistMTN Zik AwardsMost downloaded artist

Notes and References

  1. Web site: fr . HMG, ZOOM SUR UN LABEL DE MUSIQUE EN PLEINE EXPANSION AU CAMEROUN . https://archive.today/20150917031439/http://www.rapthugafrique.com/2015/05/hmg-zoom-sur-un-label-de-musique-en.html . dead . 17 September 2015 . Rapthugafrique . 16 May 2015 . 20 June 2015 .
  2. Web site: fr. HOPE MUSIC GROUP ET SONY MUSIC FRANCE travaillent désormais main dans la main. LWN Mag. 27 April 2015. 20 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Atome . 2018-01-03 . 2012–2017, Hope Music Group fait son bilan et présente ses perpectives . 2022-07-19 . Voila Moi . fr-FR.
  4. Web site: fr. Actualité – HOPE MUSIC GROUP CHEZ SONY MUSIC. Vrjmusic. 24 April 2015. 22 October 2015.
  5. Web site: 2020-09-05 . HOPE MUSIC GROUP – Musique . 2022-07-19 . PIA AFRICA . fr.
  6. Web site: F.F.K . 2016-02-08 . Musique : Les Featurist signent avec le label Hope Music Group . 2022-07-19 . Je Wanda . fr-FR.
  7. Web site: fr. Le Label Hope Music Group s'apprête à livrer une bombe. Kamermoov. 16 March 2015. 20 March 2015. 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114120/http://www.kamermoov.cm/5737-le-label-hope-music-group-sapprete-a-livrer-une-bombe.html. dead.
  8. Web site: fr. Cameroun – Maahlox, Dynastie leTigre et Georges Breezy avec le label HMG du lourd!!!!!!!. Kurbain. 20 October 2015. 21 October 2015.
  9. Web site: fr. Michael Kiessou " Partage " avec ses fans son nouvel E.P deluxe. Auletch. 1 September 2015. 5 September 2015.
  10. Web site: fr . A la découverte de "La loi de la nature" de Dynastie Le Tigre . Mutations-online . 1 June 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121040409/http://mutations-online.info/2015/06/11/a-la-decouverte-de-la-loi-de-la-nature-de-dynastie-le-tigre/ . 21 November 2015 .
  11. Web site: fr. Georges Breezy " Parti de rien ", sort enfin l'album…. Kamermoov. 15 November 2015. 19 November 2015.
  12. Web site: en. Hope Music Group (HMG). Musicinafrica. 15 November 2016. 19 November 2016.
  13. Web site: en. Philippe Nkouaya CEO de Hope Music Group : l'exemple qui vient de la jeunesse. Cameroonceo. 19 May 2017. 19 May 2017.
  14. Web site: fr. Maahlox, Dynastie Le Tigre et Georges Breezy s'associent au label kmer Hope Music Group. Lwnmag. November 2, 2015. November 29, 2015.
  15. Web site: fr. " Lè featurist " rejoignent la grande famille HMG. Kamermoov. February 5, 2016. February 6, 2016.
  16. Web site: The Node Music signe un contrat de distribution avec Hope Music Group! . 29 November 2017 .
  17. Web site: fr . Musique : La Beat Tape "No More Stranger" de PhilJohn disponible . Je Wanda Magazine . 24 July 2013 . 20 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140720054805/http://www.jewanda-magazine.com/2013/07/musique-l-album-no-more-stranger-de-philjohn-disponible/ . 20 July 2014 . dead .
  18. Web site: fr . Partage – Michael Kiessou . Amazon . April 2, 2014 . February 26, 2015 .
  19. Web site: fr . Le 2ème album de Dynastie Le Tigre La Loi de la Nature, dans les bacs le 30 Mai. Culturebene. 6 April 2015. 19 November 2015.
  20. Web site: fr . Georges Breezy " Parti de rien ", sort enfin l'album…. Culturebene. 15 November 2015. 19 November 2015.
  21. Web site: fr. E.P.: "Partage" deluxe – Michael Kiessou . Jewandamag . September 26, 2015 . October 26, 2015.
  22. Web site: 10th Canal 2 Or: the prize-winners' list. Journalducameroun. March 8, 2015. April 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110045/http://www.africatopsuccess.com/en/2015/03/02/10th-canal-2-or-the-prize-winners-list/. April 2, 2015. dead.
  23. Web site: Qui sont les artistes nominés aux céremonies de Green Light Awards ? – Vidéo . fr . Kurbain . February 28, 2015 . December 26, 2014 . July 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723034521/http://www.kurbain.com/qui-sont-les-artistes-nomines-aux-ceremonies-de-green-light-awards-video/ . dead .
  24. Web site: Michael Kiessou rafle son troisième Awards de l'année . fr. Culturebene. August 7, 2015. August 10, 2015.

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