Young Money Entertainment

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Young Money Entertainment
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Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded 2005
Founder Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.
Distributor(s) Republic Records
Genre Hip hop
Country of origin United States
Location New Orleans, Louisiana
Official website youngmoney.com

Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. Young Money's president is Lil Wayne's lifelong friend Mack Maine. The label is an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Republic Records.

The label has released eleven US No. 1 albums: Tha Carter III, I Am Not a Human Being, and Tha Carter IV by Lil Wayne, Thank Me Later, Take Care, Nothing Was the Same, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, What a Time to Be Alive (along with Epic Records artist Future) and Views by Drake, and Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded by Nicki Minaj. Current artists include Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine, Jae Millz and Cory Gunz among others. The label has released three compilation albums, We Are Young Money (2009), Rich Gang (2013; with Cash Money Records) and Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014).

History

Lil Wayne (pictured) founded the label in 2005.

In October 2007, Lil Wayne said in an interview with Vibe that he had stepped down as President of the label, and had given the position to Cortez Bryant.[1] As of 2009, Mack Maine is serving as President.[2] Rapper Drake signed a joint venture between Cash Money Records and Young Money. President Mack Maine confirmed that Omarion was no longer on the label after many rumours were circulating the internet.

To promote their collaboration album We Are Young Money, which was released on December 21, 2009, Young Money artists embarked on the Young Money Tour.[3] We Are Young Money debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 142,000 copies in its first-week sales.[4] The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over a shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States.[5]

The album featured the highly successful single Bedrock. "BedRock" debuted at thirty six on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending December 12, 2009.[6] On the week ending March 13, 2010, the song reached a peak of two, making it the most successful single by the group on the chart.[7] "BedRock" debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 6 February 2010 at forty.[8] On March 6, 2010, the single climbed to twenty two,[9] and the subsequent week the single climbed to eighteen, marking Young Money's first Top 20 hit in the UK.[10] Peaking at number nine on April 3, 2010, making it Young Money's first Top 10 hit in the UK.[11]

The label had three of the top 10 highest 2010 hip hop album sales with—in order—Drake's Thank Me Later, Lil Wayne's Rebirth and I Am Not a Human Being.[12] On March 6, 2010, Lil Wayne confirmed that rapper Cory Gunz was the latest artist to sign.[13] In 2011 Konvict Muzik artist T-Pain signed to the Young Money roster after he and Akon agreed to part ways after his last Konvict release RevolveR, later T-Pain revealed that he was close to sign a deal with Young Money, but it never concluded.[14] In November 2011, Lil Wayne introduced 14-year-old singer Torion Sellers.[15] On February 15, 2013 Mack Maine announced We the Future and Lil Wayne's 14-year-old daughter Reginae Carter had signed to Young Money.[16] The next albums released by Young Money were Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being II, Tyga's Hotel California and Drake's Nothing Was the Same on March 26, April 7 and September 24.

In December 2012 Mack Maine announced a second Young Money album will be released.[17] In February 2013 Birdman released a compilation mixtape with Cash Money and Young Money titled Rich Gang: All Stars. Shortly after he announced a compilation album titled, Rich Gang that was due to be released on May 21, 2013 featuring members of Cash Money, Young Money and their various collaborators.[18] The first single from the project, "Tapout" would be released on March 12, 2013 and featured Lil Wayne, Future, Mack Maine, and Nicki Minaj and produced by 808 Mafia's Southside and TM88.[19] The album would then be pushed back to July 23, 2013.[20]

On January 22, 2014, it was revealed that Young Money would be releasing their own compilation album on March 11, 2014, titled Young Money: Rise of an Empire. That same day, the first single "We Alright" featuring Lil Wayne, Birdman and Euro was released. Drake's Nothing Was the Same leftover "Trophies" will also be included on the album.[21] The album's second single, "Senile", was released February 14, 2014. It is by Tyga, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne and was produced by David D.A. Doman.[22] It was followed by Drake's "Trophies" and Minaj's "Lookin Ass", which were met with more chart success then the first two singles.

Notable artists

Current acts

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Former acts

In-house producers

Discography

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[30]		 US
R&B
[31]		 US
Rap
[32]
We Are Young Money
  • Released: December 21, 2009[33]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 9 3 1
Rich Gang
(with Cash Money Records)
  • Released: July 23, 2013[35]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 9 2 2
Rise of an Empire
  • Released: March 11, 2014[36]
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 7 4 2

Mixtapes

List of compilation albums, with selected details
Title Album details
Young Money: The Mixtape Vol. 1
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Young Money, Cash Money
  • Format: CD, Digital download

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[37]		 US
R&B
[38]		 US
Rap
[39]		 CAN IRE NZ UK
2009 "Every Girl" 10 2 2 — — — — We Are Young Money
"BedRock"
(featuring Lloyd)		 2 2 1 12 17 21 9
  • US: 3× Platinum[40]
2010 "Roger That" 56 15 6 — — — — —
2013 "Tapout"
(featuring Future)		 45 10 8 — — — — Rich Gang
2014 "We Alright" — 56 — — — — — — Young Money: Rise of an Empire
"Trophies" 50 13 5 — — — — —
"Lookin Ass" 104 28 16 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
[41]		 US
R&B
[42]		 US
Rap
[43]
2009 "Pass the Dutch"
(featuring Short Dawg)		 — 119 — We Are Young Money
"Steady Mobbin'"
(featuring Gucci Mane)		 48 17 6
"Gooder" 109 — —
2014 "Senile" — 50 — Young Money: Rise of an Empire
"Moment" — 57 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Full discography

Albums released on Young Money Entertainment label
Artist Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
US US R&B US Rap AUS CAN GER IRE NZ SWI UK
Lil Wayne 1 1 1 47 1 29 34 — — 23
Drake 6 3 2 — 15 — — — — —
  • US: 500,000
Young Money 9 3 1 — — — — — — —
  • US: 500,000
Lil Wayne 2 1 1 51 5 — — 33 15 24
Drake 1 1 1 81 1 34 35 35 69 15
Lil Wayne 1 1 1 60 16 — — — 46 56
Nicki Minaj 1 1 1 19 8 — 17 15 — 16
Lil Wayne 1 1 1 9 1 13 19 8 9 8
  • US: 2x Platinum
  • BPI: Silver
  • US: 2,200,000
  • WW: 3,500,000
Drake 1 1 1 15 1 42 30 19 45 5
Tyga 4 1 1 33 6 — — — — 56
Nicki Minaj 1 1 1 5 1 49 2 3 29 1
Lil Wayne 2 2 1 43 5 70 85 — 35 29
  • US: Gold [65]
  • MC: Gold
Tyga 7 2 1 20 5 — 42 8 — 11
PJ Morton
  • Title: New Orleans
  • Released: May 14, 2013
  • Singles: "Only One"
 — — — — — — — — — —
Rich Gang 9 2 2 — — — — — — —
  • US: 40,000
Drake 1 1 1 2 1 14 4 4 11 2
Young Money 7 4 2 — 24 — — — — 148
  • US: 53,000
Nicki Minaj 2 1 1 19 6 70 31 25 — 22
Drake 1 1 1 2 1 89 13 3 7 3
  • RIAA: Platinum[47]
Chris Brown x Tyga 7 3 3 3 11 14 31 9 6 7
Drake x Future 1 1 1 4 1 — 30 8 — 6
Drake 1 1 1 1 1 11 2 1 4 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Upcoming releases

References

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