Hope Music Group

Hope Music Group
Subsidiary
Industry Music and entertainment
Genre Pop music
World music
Hip hop and R&B
Founded February 17, 2012
Headquarters Douala, Cameroon
Key people
 Philippe NKouaya (CEO)
Nelson Feukam (Chief Distribution Officer)
Products
Parent Hope Entertainment Holding
Website hopemg.net

Hope Music Group[1] (sometimes known plainly by the initials as, HMG)is a Cameroonian record label that mainly produces hip hop, urban & popular music. It is distributed by The Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.[2] The label produces and distributes various artists as Fanicko, Dynastie le tigre, Michael Kiessou, Featurist and record labels as White House Music, Tiger Production, MKO Music.
Hope Music Group was founded by Philippe Nkouaya & Anthony Gorby in 2012. The label's first release was a mixtape by his music producer Philjohn.

History

The company was founded in February 2012 by Philippe Nkouaya and Anthony Gorby in Douala, Cameroon. Active independent label in popular music, the company developed many activities in order to offer a formula as 360 deals (music recording, visual content production, development, promotion and music publishing). In order to provide the most comprehensive solutions to the entertainment industry in Africa, HMG[3] signed independent artists as Michael Kiessou, Dynastie le tigre and gained partnerships with MTN Cameroon (AIM), Putumayo World Music (Content connect Africa) and The Orchard . HMG energized the breakthrough of Cameroonian urban music[4] by managing artists and developing urban music styles in Cameroon and abroad.
The label catalog[5] is rather modern, Pop, Contemporary R&B, world music, electronic music, reggae, soul and hip-hop. The label released several projects such as Partage EP[6] of Michael Kiessou , La loi de la nature[7] of Dynastie le tigre and Parti De Rien[8] of Georges Breezy.

Artists

Labels

Independent distributed labels

Discography

2013

2014

2015

2016

Awards & recognition

Year Artist Award show Category Results
2013 Dynastie le tigre RDCM – soirée de l'excellence Best male artist Won
2014 Dynastie le tigre Ya'Fe Festival Best performer Won
Balafon Music Awards Best rookie of the year Won
KR Awards Best male rookie of the year Won
2015 Michael Kiessou Canal 2'OR Best video (tourner les reins) Won[17]
Greenlight Awards Best Male artist Won[18]
KR Awards Prix spécial du jury Won[19]
Dynastie le tigre Balafon Music Awards Best male vocals Won
2016 Michael Kiessou MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won
Dynastie le tigre MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won
Yvich MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won
Featurist MTN Zik Awards Most downloaded artist Won

References

  1. ↑ "HMG, ZOOM SUR UN LABEL DE MUSIQUE EN PLEINE EXPANSION AU CAMEROUN". RAPTHUGAFRIQUE (in French). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "HOPE MUSIC GROUP ET SONY MUSIC FRANCE travaillent désormais main dans la main". LWN MAG (in French). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Actualité – HOPE MUSIC GROUP CHEZ SONY MUSIC". Vrjmusic (in French). 24 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Le Label Hope Music Group s'apprête à livrer une bombe". kamermoov (in French). 16 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cameroun – Maahlox, Dynastie leTigre et Georges Breezy avec le label HMG du lourd!!!!!!!". kurbain (in French). 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Michael Kiessou " Partage " avec ses fans son nouvel E.P deluxe". Auletch (in French). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "A la découverte de "La loi de la nature" de Dynastie Le Tigre". mutations-online (in French). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Georges Breezy " Parti de rien ", sort enfin l'album…". kamermoov (in French). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Maahlox, Dynastie Le Tigre et Georges Breezy s'associent au label kmer Hope Music Group". lwnmag (in French). November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ "" Lè featurist " rejoignent la grande famille HMG". Kamermoov (in French). February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Cameroun: Hope Music Group présente son nouvel artiste Kayla Lys". 237online (in French). April 10, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Musique : La Beat Tape "No More Stranger" de PhilJohn disponible". Je Wanda magazine (in French). 24 July 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Partage – Michael Kiessou". Amazon (in French). April 2, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Le 2ème album de Dynastie Le Tigre La Loi de la Nature, dans les bacs le 30 Mai". CULTUREBENE (in French). 6 April 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Georges Breezy " Parti de rien ", sort enfin l'album…". CULTUREBENE (in French). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "E.P.: "Partage" deluxe – Michael Kiessou". JEWANDAMAG (in French). September 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  17. ↑ "10th Canal 2 Or: the prize-winners' list". journalducameroun. March 8, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Qui sont les artistes nominés aux céremonies de Green Light Awards ? – Vidéo". kurbain (in French). December 26, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Michael Kiessou rafle son troisième Awards de l'année". Culturebene (in French). August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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