Interscope Records
American record label
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| 2025 | Ari Lennox's association with Dreamville Records concludes after a decade with the label. |
| 2025 | 222 Records is set to release Maroon 5's EP 'Will Be Loved'. |
| November 2024 | A&M Records was revived by Interscope Geffen A&M as a new subsidiary of Interscope. |
| April 5 2024 | J. Cole released the mixtape 'Might Delete Later' on Dreamville Records. |
| February 2024 | Universal Music Group announced a reorganization of its operating units, creating Interscope Capitol Labels Group with Janick as chairman. IGA and Capitol Music Group would maintain separate identities, with Tom March becoming chair of Capitol Music Group. |
| September 2023 | Olivia Rodrigo achieved a number one Hot 100 single with 'Vampire' and her album Guts debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. |
| September 22 2023 | EarthGang released the EP 'EarthGang Vs The Algorithm: RIP Human Art' through Dreamville Records. |
| April 1 2023 | Dreamville Festival held at Dix Park, featuring all Dreamville artists and special guests including Usher, Drake, Burna Boy, and Sean Paul. The event was sold out with an estimated 100,000 attendees. |
| March 2023 | Singer Kali Uchis, who had been with Interscope since 2017, was transferred to Geffen subsidiary and released her fourth album, Red Moon in Venus. |
| March 3 2023 | Dreamville Records released the soundtrack album for the film Creed III, distributed through Dreamville and Interscope Records as a digital download. The album peaked at #127 on the US charts. |
| 2022 | A&R Caroline Diaz departed from the Interscope/Geffen team after working there since 2019, subsequently forming her own label, Great Day Records. |
| 2022 | Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA) achieved commercial success with three number one albums: Mainstream Sellout by Machine Gun Kelly, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar, and Born Pink by Blackpink. |
| September 9 2022 | Ari Lennox releases 'Age/Sex/Location' through Dreamville and Interscope. |
| August 31 2022 | Ari Lennox released the EP 'Away Message' through Dreamville Records. |
| August 26 2022 | JID releases 'The Forever Story' through Dreamville and Interscope, charting at #12. |
| April 15 2022 | Bas released the EP '[BUMP] Pick Me Up' through Dreamville Records. |
| April 2 2022 | Dreamville Festival returns as a two-day event at Dix Park, with a lineup including Fivio Foreign, Kehlani, Lil Baby, and Wizkid on Day 1, and Lil Wayne, Jeezy, T.I., Moneybagg Yo, and T-Pain on Day 2. The festival drew 80,000 attendees and generated an economic impact of $6.7 million. |
| March 31 2022 | Dreamville released D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, featuring guest appearances from 2 Chainz, ASAP Ferg, Young Nudy, Kenny Mason, Sheck Wes, G Perico, and Reason. The mixtape was released ahead of the second annual Dreamville Festival. |
| 2021 | 222 Records released Maroon 5's album 'Jordi'. |
| 2021 | Olivia Rodrigo scored the unit's first 2021 Hot 100 number one single with 'Drivers License', becoming a notable Generation Z recording artist. |
| December 2 2021 | Cozz released the EP 'Fortunate' through Dreamville Records. |
| September 2021 | DGC Records was permanently merged into Geffen Records after eight years of inactivity, ending the label's independent operations. |
| August 2021 | Billie Eilish released her album 'Happier Than Ever'. |
| June 2021 | Alamo Records ended its distribution deal with Interscope Geffen A&M and signed a new distribution deal with The Orchard, an independent distributor of Sony Music. |
| May 2021 | Olivia Rodrigo's debut album 'Sour' produced over 295,000 album-equivalent units and 385 million Spotify streams, helping Geffen Records score their first number one album in over fourteen years. |
| May 14 2021 | J. Cole releases 'The Off-Season' through Dreamville, Interscope, and Roc Nation. |
| 2020 | Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA) and Universal Music Group (UMG) experienced a 4.5% decrease in music and concert sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Dreamville Records released 'Revenge of the Dreamers III: Director's Cut' featuring additional tracks 'Bussit' by Ari Lennox and 'Still Up' by EarthGang. |
| December 2020 | Joie Manda vacated his position as executive vice president of Interscope Geffen A&M and later launched his own label, Encore Recordings. |
| October 12 2020 | Dreamville Studios was launched as a content studio to produce original and co-produced content, with Candace Rodney appointed as president. Co-founder Ibrahim Hamad highlighted the studio's expansion while maintaining core values. |
| October 12 2020 | J. Cole's record label Dreamville Records announced the formation of Dreamville Ventures, a multi-disciplinary media company. Damien Scott was appointed president and Candace Rodney as executive vice president, expanding the company's operations across music, TV, film, publishing, apparel, and live events. |
| September 25 2020 | Spillage Village (with JID & EarthGang) releases 'Spilligion' through Dreamville, Interscope, and SinceThe80s. |
| July 22 2020 | J. Cole released the EP 'Lewis Street' through Dreamville Records. |
| June 2020 | Lady Gaga's song 'Rain on Me' debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and her album Chromatica also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. |
| April 2020 | Revenge of the Dreamers III is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. |
| April 4 2020 | Second annual Dreamville Festival initially scheduled, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 27 2020 | Ari Lennox released the remix EP 'Shea Butter Baby'. |
| 2019 | Joe Pesci is signed to 222 Records for a brief period |
| 2019 | 222 Records released 'Pesci... Still Singing' album by Joe Pesci. |
| 2019 | The single 'Costa Rica' achieved RIAA Platinum certification and RMNZ Gold certification. |
| 2019 | Released the song 'Under the Sun' featuring J. Cole, Lute, and DaBaby from the album Revenge of the Dreamers III. The track achieved significant chart success, reaching #44 on the US chart, #18 on US R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and #16 on US Rap chart. It was certified 2× Platinum by RIAA and Platinum by RMNZ. |
| 2019 | The single 'Got Me' by Ari Lennox and Omen featuring Ty Dolla Sign & Dreezy achieved RIAA Gold certification. |
| 2019 | The single 'Down Bad' achieved RIAA Platinum certification and RMNZ Gold certification. |
| August 9 2019 | Bas released the EP 'Spilled Milk 1' through Dreamville Records. |
| July 5 2019 | Dreamville releases its third compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III, which debuts at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 115,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. |
| July 1 2019 | Dreamville released the EP 'ROTD3.COM'. |
| June 12 2019 | Dreamville released the EP '1-888-88-DREAM'. |
| May 7 2019 | Ari Lennox releases 'Shea Butter Baby' through Dreamville and Interscope, certified Gold by RIAA. |
| April 6 2019 | First Dreamville Festival held at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, after being postponed due to Hurricane Florence. The festival sold out with 40,000 attendees and featured artists including SZA, Big Sean, Nelly, 21 Savage, and Dreamville's roster. |
| January 6 2019 | Dreamville announces a 10-day recording session in Atlanta for the compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III, which will end on January 16. |
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