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American record label

Ultra Records

Company type	Record label publishing artist management
Industry	Music
Founded	1995; 30 years ago (1995) New York City, New York, U.S.
Founder	Patrick Moxey
Key people	David Waxman (president)
Parent	Sony Music Entertainment (2012–present)
Website	Official website

Ultra Records is an American record label owned bySony Music Entertainment, which is a subsidiary ofSony Music Group.

Company history

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Established in 1995 inNew York City by Patrick Moxey, a former executive ofPolyGram andVirgin Records, Ultra Records is home to various electronic music artists such asArmin van Buuren,David Guetta,Calvin Harris,deadmau5, andTiësto.

In 1999, Ultra Records commenced litigation with the upstartUltra Music Festival. Ultra Records demanded that Ultra Music Festival limit its use of the name Ultra toFlorida.^[1] In 2012, after Ultra Records adopted a new logo and started using the nameUltra Music, the dispute resulted in a two-weekjury trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York between Ultra Records and Ultra Music Festival (known formally as Ultra Enterprises, Inc.)^[2] that was resolved by an out of courtsettlement.^[3]^[4]

In 2013, Ultra entered a global partnership withSony Music.^[5] In December 2021, Sony Music fully acquired Ultra Records from Patrick Moxey.^[6]

In January 2022, David Waxman, previously head of A&R and general manager, was appointed president of Ultra Records.^[7]

Artists

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Awards

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Ultra Music has receivedGrammys forBenny Benassi's remix ofPublic Enemy's “Bring The Noise” (2008) andSkrillex’s remix ofBenny Benassi's "Cinema" (2012), and nominations in 2017 for Best Dance Recording withSofi Tukker's “Drinkee,” Best Dance Electronic Album withJean-Michel Jarre's “Electronic 1: The Time Machine”, and Best Music Film withSteve Aoki’s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”.^[8] Ultra Music has also received the Best American Music Label award fromInternational Dance Music Awards' Best American Music Label 10 times.^[9]

Certifications

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By 2017, Ultra Records (then Ultra Music) had received Diamond, Platinum, and Gold records worldwide.

OMI's "Cheerleader" (Felix Jaehn Remix) has received 1× Diamond, 20× Platinum, and 7× Gold certifications globally.
Steve Aoki andLouis Tomlinson, a member ofOne Direction, released their collaboration “Just Hold On,” which went Gold and Silver in 6 countries in four months.
“Don’t Be So Shy (Filatov & Karas Remix)” by French singer and modelImany went 2× Platinum.
Producer and DJDeorro’s Latin crossover ballad “Bailar”, featuring Grammy Award-winning Merengue singerElvis Crespo went multi-Platinum and Gold.
Deorro's collaboration withChris Brown “Five More Hours” earned 19× Platinum and 4× Gold certifications.
“Paradise,” a collaboration betweenBenny Benassi andChris Brown went certified Gold in 2016.
Jesper Jenset's singles released on the label in partnership withSony Music Norway "High" and "Painkiller" have become 2× Platinum and Gold in Norway, respectively.^[10]
Lost Frequencies’ “Are You with Me” with multi-Platinum and Gold certifications across 14 countries.
Pop singerEra Istrefi’s track “BonBon” went Gold in 4 countries.
SNBRN’s “Gangsta Walk” went 2× Platinum.
French producerKlingande went Platinum with his song “Somewhere New”.
Grammy-nominated duoSofi Tukker went certified Gold with their record “Drinkee”.

Partnerships

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Ultra Records has producedSteve Aoki’sI'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2016) documentary, as well asKygo andDeorro's forthcoming concert documentaries.
Ultra Music Festival and Ultra Records collaborate on international electronic music festivals.^[11]

Compilations

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Dance music compilations that have been released via Ultra Records include the following:

Club Anthems
- Club Anthems Vol. 1 –Denny Tsettos (September 7, 2004)
- Club Anthems Vol. 2 – Bad Boy Joe (March 8, 2005)
- Club Anthems Vol. 3 – The Riddler (March 7, 2006)
Ultra.Chilled
- Ultra.Chilled 01 – (November 27, 2001)
- Ultra.Chilled 02 – (April 30, 2002)
- Ultra.Chilled 03 – (October 29, 2002)
- Ultra.Chilled 04 – (July 29, 2003)
- Ultra.Chilled 05 –David Waxman (March 22, 2005)
- Ultra.Chilled 06 – (November 17, 2009)
- Ultra Chilled 2016 – (May 27, 2016)
Ultra Electro
- Ultra Electro – David Waxman (April 4, 2006)
- Ultra Electro 2 – David Waxman (August 21, 2007)
- Ultra Electro 3 – David Waxman (December 9, 2009)
Ultra.Summer 01–02
Ultra.Dance 01 – 18^[12]
- Ultra.Dance 01 –Johnny Vicious (January 22, 2002)
- Ultra.Dance 02 –DJ Encore (June 25, 2002)
- Ultra.Dance 03 –Johnny Vicious (February 25, 2003)
- Ultra.Dance 04 –Louie DeVito (August 26, 2003)
- Ultra.Dance 05 –Vic Latino &David Waxman (April 20, 2004)
- Ultra.Dance 06 –The Riddler &Vic Latino (January 25, 2005)
- Ultra.Dance 07 –Bad Boy Joe &Johnny Budz (January 24, 2006)
- Ultra.Dance 08 –The Riddler & Trevor Simpson (January 23, 2007)
- Ultra.Dance 09 –David Waxman (January 22, 2008)
- Ultra.Dance 10 –Jason Nevins (January 6, 2009)
- Ultra.Dance 11 – DJ Enferno (January 26, 2010)
- Ultra.Dance 12 –Vic Latino (January 25, 2011)
- Ultra.Dance 13 (February 7, 2012)
- Ultra.Dance 14 (February 12, 2013)
- Ultra.Dance 15 –Jump Smokers (January 21, 2014)
- Ultra.Dance 16 (February 24, 2015)
- Ultra.Dance 17 (January 29, 2016)
- Ultra.Dance 18 (January 27, 2017) (digital only)
- Ultra.Dance 19 (January 26, 2018) (digital only)
- Ultra.Dance 20 (February 15, 2019) (digital only)
- Ultra.Dance 21 (February 21, 2020) (digital only)
- Ultra.Dance 22 (February 19, 2021) (digital only)
Ultra.Trance 1 – 10^[13]
- Ultra.Trance:1 –David Waxman (October 2, 2002)
- Ultra.Trance:2 –David Waxman (May 20, 2003)
- Ultra.Trance:3 –Johnny Vicious (January 27, 2004)
- Ultra.Trance:4 – (September 7, 2004)
- Ultra.Trance:5 –The Riddler (September 20, 2005)
- Ultra.Trance 06 –Johnny Budz &DJ Irene (September 26, 2006)
- Ultra.Trance 07 –DJ 4 Strings (October 9, 2007)
- Ultra.Trance 08 – (April 22, 2008)
- Ultra.Trance 09 – (April 21, 2009)
- Ultra.Trance 10 – (April 3, 2012)
Out.Anthems Vol. 1 – 8^[14]^[15] (the first gay-themed musical compilation).^[16]
- Out.Anthems – (May 30, 2006)
- Out.Anthems 2 –DJ Ricardo! (May 22, 2007)
- Out.Anthems 3 – DJ Ricardo! (May 20, 2008)
- Out Anthems 4 – DJ Ricardo! (July 28, 2009)
- Out Anthems 5 – DJ Ricardo! (June 22, 2010)
- Out Anthems 6 – DJ Ricardo! (June 28, 2011)
- Out Anthems 7 – DJ Ricardo! (June 19, 2012)
- Out Anthems 8 – DJ Ricardo! (June 11, 2013)
Ultra.80's vs Electro 1
Ultra.Club Classics: '90s 1
Ultra.Video (DVD) 1 – 2
Ultra.Weekend 1 – 9
Ultra.Rock Remixed
Ultra.2008
Ultra.2009
Ultra.2010
Ultra.2011
Ultra.2012
Ultra.2013
Ultra.2014
Ultra 2015
Ultra 2016
Ultra.2017 (digital only)
Ultra.2018 (digital only)
Ultra.2019 (digital only)
Ultra.2020 (digital only)
Ultra.2021 (digital only)
Ultra.2022 (digital only)
Ultra.10 1
Ultra Deep House 1
Ultra Dubstep 1
Ultra Trap 1
Ultra Hits 1 – 2
Ultra.Mix 1 – 10 (8-10 digital only)
Just Dance 1 – 3
Ultra.Latino 1
The Jersey Shore 1 – 3
Electric Daisy Carnival Vol. 1 – 3
Ultra Music Festival Compilation 2013 – 2024 (2018 - 2024 digital only)
DJ Kai Song: School Sessions 1

References

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^Moayeri, Lily (March 20, 2023)."Which Ultra? Dance Music Festival, Label and Publisher Share Name but Are Not Connected, Market Confusion Be Damned".Variety. RetrievedJune 29, 2024.
^"Herrick, Feinstein Achieves Success for Ultra Enterprises in Trademark Infringement and Breach of Contract Suit".Businesswire. August 15, 2012. RetrievedJune 29, 2024.
^"Ultra Music, Ultra Music Festival Announce 'Global Alliance'".Herrick. August 12, 2012. RetrievedJune 29, 2024.
^"THREE QUESTIONS ON HERRICK'S REPRESENTATION OF ULTRA ENTERPRISES, INC. IN A FEDERAL TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT AND BREACH OF CONTRACT TRIAL"(PDF).Herrick. RetrievedJune 29, 2024.
^"Ultra Music and Sony Announce Partnership, Patrick Moxey Named President of Electronic Music".Billboard. January 23, 2013. RetrievedMarch 27, 2017.
^"Sony Music fully acquired Ultra Records from Patrick Moxey". December 13, 2021.
^"David Waxman Named President of Ultra Records". January 20, 2022.
^"59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees".GRAMMY.com. RetrievedMarch 27, 2017.
^"31st Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2017 – WMC 2017".Winter Music Conference. RetrievedMarch 27, 2017.
^"IFPI" (in Norwegian).International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. RetrievedJune 3, 2021.
^"Exclusive: Ultra Music, Ultra Music Festival Announce 'Global Alliance'".Billboard. RetrievedMarch 27, 2017.
^Ultra.Dance at Amazon.com
^Ultra.Trance at Amazon.com
^"DJ Ricardo at Allmusic.com".
^Out.Anthems at Amazon.com
^"Out.Anthems at About.com". Archived fromthe original on September 1, 2007. RetrievedOctober 30, 2018.

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