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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.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Music and entertainment |
Genre | Pop music World music Hip hop and R&B |
Founded | February 17, 2012 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | |
Parent | Philjohn Investment Holding |
Website | hmg |
The company was founded in February 2012 by Philippe Nkouaya and Anthony Gorby in Douala, Cameroon.[3] But before the era, the premisces[check spelling] 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 in order 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]
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.
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.
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.
Year | Artist | Award show | Category | Results |
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2013 | Dynastie le tigre | RDCM – soirée de l'excellence | Best male artist | Won |
2014 | Dynastie le tigre | Ya'Fe Festival | Best performer | Won |
Balafon Music Awards | Best rookie of the year | Won | ||
KR Awards | Best male rookie of the year | Won | ||
2015 | Michael Kiessou | Canal 2'OR | Best video (tourner les reins) | Won[22] |
Greenlight Awards | Best Male artist | Won[23] | ||
KR Awards | Prix spécial du jury | Won[24] | ||
Dynastie le tigre | Balafon Music Awards | Best male vocals | Won | |
2016 | Michael Kiessou | MTN Zik Awards | Most downloaded artist | Won |
Dynastie le tigre | MTN Zik Awards | Most downloaded artist | Won | |
Yvich | MTN Zik Awards | Most downloaded artist | Won | |
Featurist | MTN Zik Awards | Most downloaded artist | Won |
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