Takeover Entertainment

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Takeover Entertainment Ltd.
Private ownership,
Private limited company
Industry Music industry & Fashion
Genre Hip hop, alternative hip hop, alternative rock, R&B, soul, neo soul, electronic, post-dubstep, dubstep, grime
Founded 9 February 2006
Founder Archie Lamb & Jack Foster
Headquarters 64 New Cavendish Street
London
United Kingdom
W1G 8TB
Area served
 Asia
United Kingdom
European Union
United States
Key people
 Kwasi Danquah III
(Chairman and A&R executive)
Archie Lamb
(President and CEO)
Jack Foster
(Vice President, COO and CFO)
Products Entertainment
Total assets Increase £45.7 million (FY 2010)
Increase €50.8 million (FY 2010)
Increase US$73.8 million (FY 2010)
Owner Takeover Group
Number of employees
 16
Divisions Star in the Hood
Subsidiaries Takeover/Cloud 9
Takeover Roc Nation

Takeover Entertainment is a British entertainment company. The organization operates an independent record label, talent agency, a music production company, as well as its own music publishing house.[1] The company was founded in 2006 and is run by Kwasi Danquah III (known by his pseudonym Tinchy Stryder), Archie Lamb and Jack Foster.[2][3] It specializes in producing R&B, hip hop and electronic music.

The first person to be signed to Takeover Entertainment was English rapper and entrepreneur Tinchy Stryder. Success followed by Stryder becoming the biggest selling UK male artist of 2009 with his second studio album, Catch 22, which spawned hits, including "Take Me Back", and #1's "Never Leave You", and the N-Dubz collaboration "Number 1".[4]

History

2006-2008: Formation

The company was formed on Thursday 9 February 2006 by Archie Lamb and Jack Foster.[4] Then part-time promoters, the duo put on nightclubs in the United Kingdom that featured artists including Roll Deep and Lethal Bizzle.[4] Upon meeting Danquah in 2006 they branched out into management, and signed him to a record deal. The Star in the Hood clothing company was founded in the same year.[4]

2008-2010: Takeover/Cloud 9

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In 2008 Takeover Entertainment, signed a joint venture with EMI Music Publishing to create the global music publishing company Takeover/Cloud 9, and enabled Takeover Entertainment to sign artists and songwriters and develop the signed artists and songwriters in partnership with EMI.[4]

2010 – present: Takeover Roc Nation

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In 2010 Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Roc Nation signed a joint venture deal with Takeover Entertainment to create a European record label and entertainment company.[1] The new company was named Takeover Roc Nation.[1] Takeover Roc Nation is currently based in the United Kingdom, and distributes its record releases through Sony Music and partners with Live Nation for all other aspects of the business.[1]

Takeover Roster

Signed artists

Managed artists

Songwriters

Producers

DJ/Computer DJs

Audio engineers

Mixing/Mastering engineers

Takeover Concerts and Tours

  • Rollercoaster Tour, November 2011 (United Kingdom)
  • The Rockstar Tour, December 2011 (United Kingdom)
  • Bad Intentions Tour, 2012

Discography

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