Gold Typhoon
Gold Typhoon is a Chinese music label . The once independent label is now part of the Warner Music Group and at the time of the takeover in 2014 had a back catalog of over 600,000 Chinese and international songs and a share of around 3.5% of the Chinese record market.
history
The company was founded in 2003 in Hong Kong . The initiative came from EMI Hong Kong, which gave the renowned media manager Paco Wong, former CEO of Go East Entertainment, a free hand to build up what was originally called Gold Label Entertainment . Gold Label initially took over the local artist repertoire from EMI.
In 2001 it was taken over by an investment company domiciled in Luxembourg , which in turn sold its investment after three years for an undisclosed amount. The buyer was the Warner Music Group . At the time of this takeover, Gold Typhoon had built up a core of around 100 employees with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Taipei and Hong Kong.
Portfolio
The repertoire of the record company includes, among others, Kay Tse, a cantopop singer and the actor and cantopop singer Louis Cheung from Hong Kong , Qin Lan, model, actress and singer from China, Han Xue, actress and singer, and Yang Peiyi whose voice was heard as a seven-year-old at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the English-Filipino jazz and swing artists Charlie Green, the Taiwanese Mandopop - boy band Lollipop F, the South Korean girl group After School and Orange Caramel and pop singers and Actresses IU and Son Dam Bi , plus Derrick Hoh from Singapore, participant in the casting show "Project SuperStar", as well as the idol groups AKB48 and Momoiro Clover Z , the voice actors and actors (for example Chihayafuru and Ouran High School Host Club ) Mamoru Miyano and Nana Mizuki from Japan .
From the portfolio of EMI Group were among other A Fine Frenzy , Lenny Kravitz , Thirty Seconds to Mars and Joss Stone released.
According to the artist, Typhoon Gold covers not only Canto and Mandopop, but also K-Pop , Dance-Pop and J-Pop as well as various varieties of rock music and soul.
Publications (selection)
- 2009: Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
- 2010: Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
- 2010: Lollipop F - 四 度 空間
- 2010: Fuyumi Sakamoto - Love Songs II 〜 ず っ と あ な た が 好 き で し た 〜 ( compilation )
- 2011: Pet Shop Boys - The Most Incredible Thing
- 2012: Tokyo Jihen - 東京 コ レ ク シ ョ ン
- 2014: Momoiro Clover Z - Moon Pride (Single)
- 2015: AKB48 - 0 と 1 の 間 (compilation)
- 2015: Yui Horie - World End Garden
- 2018: Inori Minase - Blue Compass
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Richard Smirke: Warner Acquires Gold Typhoon Group To Grow China Presence. In: Billboard . April 28, 2014, accessed November 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Sophie He: Stars shine on for Sun. In: usa.chinadaily.com.cn. August 7, 2015, accessed November 1, 2018 .
- ^ Richard Spencer: Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over the girl who "sang" in the opening ceremony. In: telegraph.co.uk. August 12, 2012, accessed November 1, 2018 .