Empire Distribution
American record label
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| 2025 | Distribution of Jisoo's single 'Earthquake' |
| 2025 | Shaboozey was nominated for five Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' and Best New Artist. |
| 2024 | Distribution of G-Dragon's single 'Power' |
| May 2024 | Shaboozey, who signed with Empire in 2021, released the album 'Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going'. The album was a worldwide hit, with the single 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' reaching #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and holding the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 non-consecutive weeks. |
| 2023 | Distribution of single 'Gbese' by Majeeed and Tiwa Savage |
| June 2023 | Davis was named president of Empire. |
| January 2023 | Empire announced a partnership with Web3 investment platform Nebula, with plans for Money Man to release an EP on the platform. |
| October 2022 | Empire acquired the Bay area-founded dance label, Dirtybird. |
| 2021 | Distribution of singles by 50 Cent, French Montana, Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Yung Bleu, Shelley FKA DRAM, T-Pain, OG Parker, Tyga, and Sean Kingston |
| 2021 | Money Man was signed to Empire and was uniquely paid in Bitcoin. |
| 2021 | Empire Africa partnered with YBNL Nation, signing Nigerian Afrobeats artist Fireboy DML. His single 'Peru', remixed by Ed Sheeran, became a global hit. Additional signings included Asake, Burna Boy, BNXN, and Kizz Daniel. |
| 2020 | Distribution of multiple singles by artists including King Von, Young Dolph, Busta Rhymes, T.I., French Montana, Rich The Kid, Yung Bleu, and Shapiro |
| 2020 | Empire established a publishing division after developing proprietary music publishing software. Initial signings included artists like Illmind, Nebu Kiniza, Dr Zeus, Young Dolph, Key Glock, Mozzy, Fireboy DML, Yung Bleu, and RJMrLA. |
| 2020 | Empire Publishing was established, further diversifying the company's music industry operations. |
| 2019 | Distribution of singles by Adam Lambert, Iggy Azalea, Free Nationals, and others |
| 2019 | Empire founded Empire Nashville, a country music division aimed at supporting Black country artists. |
| 2019 | Empire Latino had its first hit with Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Jay Wheeler's song 'La Curiosidad', which went 8× platinum. |
| December 6 2019 | XXXTentacion releases 'Bad Vibes Forever', which peaks at #5 on US Billboard 200 |
| December 2 2019 | Iggy Azalea releases 'Wicked Lips' under Empire Distribution |
| August 16 2019 | Snoop Dogg releases 'I Wanna Thank Me', which peaks at #76 on US Billboard 200 |
| July 19 2019 | Iggy Azalea releases 'In My Defense', which peaks at #50 on US Billboard 200 |
| June 7 2019 | Tyga releases 'Legendary', which peaks at #17 on US Billboard 200 |
| May 24 2019 | Rotimi releases 'Walk with Me' under Empire Distribution |
| 2018 | Distribution of singles including Mario's 'Drowning', Tyga's 'Taste' featuring Offset, and Dinah Jane's 'Bottled Up' |
| 2018 | Tina Davis was named SVP of A&R at Empire. The label announced a partnership with L.A. Reid's Hitco. |
| 2018 | Empire established Empire Latino, focusing on Latino artists. |
| 2018 | King Von's Empire-distributed song 'Crazy Story' became a 3× platinum viral hit. He subsequently signed with Empire and released the mixtape 'Grandson'. |
| 2018 | Empire worked with Tyga, releasing the 9× platinum track 'Taste'. |
| December 7 2018 | XXXTentacion releases 'Skins', which peaks at #1 on US Billboard 200 |
| October 5 2018 | Mario releases 'Dancing Shadows' under Empire Distribution |
| August 31 2018 | Lloyd releases 'Tru LP' under Empire Distribution |
| February 16 2018 | Tyga releases 'Kyoto' under Empire Distribution |
| 2017 | XXXTentacion's debut album '17' was released on Empire, charting at #2 on the Billboard Top 200. |
| 2016 | Distribution of singles including Fat Joe & Remy Ma's 'All The Way Up' remix, Lloyd's 'Tru', and Luke Nasty's 'OTW' |
| 2015 | Distribution of numerous singles by artists including D.R.A.M., Jermaine Dupri, Kane Brown, Nef the Pharaoh, Puff Daddy, Popcaan, Rich Homie Quan, and Tyga |
| 2014 | Distribution of singles including Busta Rhymes' 'Calm Down' featuring Eminem, Rich Homie Quan's 'Walk Thru', and Sage The Gemini's 'Gas Pedal' |
| 2014 | Empire established Empire Records digital distribution platform, releasing albums for artists like Anderson .Paak, Fat Joe, and DRAM. |
| 2014 | Ghazi Shami launched the Empire record label, expanding the company's operations beyond digital distribution. |
| 2013 | Distribution of multiple singles including Problem's 'Like Whaaat', Rocko's 'U.O.E.N.O.', Sage The Gemini's 'Red Nose', and T.I.'s 'Memories Back Then' |
| 2012 | Distribution of Hopsin's single 'Ill Mind of Hopsin 5' and Trinidad James' 'All Gold Everything' |
| 2011 | Distribution of Kendrick Lamar's single 'A.D.H.D' |
| 2010 | Ghazi Shami founded Empire Distribution as a digital distribution company specifically focused on hip hop and rap, developing proprietary software to track airplay and sales for artists. |
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