Clive Davis' J Records Inks Joint Venture With Wyclef Jean; Newly Formed Clef Records Becomes First Creative Partnership for J Records.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000 Wyclef Jean, the Grammy-winning music producer and songwriter who skyrocketed to fame as a member of the multi-platinum Fugees, has inked a joint venture deal with Clive Davis' J Records. Wyclef Jean's brand new label, Clef Records, is the first joint venture for J Records, the new instant major label launched by Davis and BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass Entertainment. Within the 50-50 deal, Wyclef will sign and produce new talent while J Records handles the sales, marketing and promotion for the imprint im·print tr.v. im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints 1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure. 2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure. 3. . J Records' creative alliance with Wyclef Jean continues an already successful association between the artist and Clive Davis Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is an American record producer and a leading music industry executive. From 1967-72 he was the President of Columbia Records, was the founder and president of Arista Records in the late 1970s through 2000 until founding J Records. . Wyclef co-wrote and produced both Santana's Grammy-winning "Maria, Maria" which was No. 1 for 13 weeks and the title track to Whitney Houston's 7x platinum album My Love is Your Love which were released on Arista Records “Arista” redirects here. For other uses, see Arista (disambiguation). Arista Records is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony BMG, and operates under the RCA Label Group. last year. Additionally, Wyclef introduced the new recording artist Jimmy Cozier Jimmy Cozier is an American R&B singer. Biography Cozier was encouraged to sing as a child by his family, who would demand that he perform in group settings. He started out as a singer/songwriter for artists such as Mýa, Sinead O'Connor, and Janet Jackson (whose hit to Clive Davis and produced three tracks for Cozier's upcoming debut album on J Records. Wyclef comments, "I feel honored and privileged that Clive Davis chose me as a musical partner to enter the new millennium." "Wyclef is one of the premier creative talents of our time. He is also one of the few artists who can be a great entrepreneur as well, sensing the cutting edge and the outer frontiers of music and knowing which discovery can become a lasting star," comments Clive Davis, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of J Records. "I'm really thrilled to be his partner and I know we will continue to share great success together." From his groundbreaking work with the Fugees to his genre-defying solo debut Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival to his acclaimed and Grammy-winning production and songwriting credits for, among others, Destiny's Child  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Whitney Houston and Carlos, Wyclef Jean broadened and expanded the reach of hip-hop culture. He records as a solo artist on Columbia Records For the Columbia Records label which was a unit of EMI, see . For the Columbia Records label in Japan, see . Columbia Records is the oldest surviving brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as and his latest album, The Ecleftic--2 Sides II A Book, is being acclaimed by critics everywhere. J Records, a private joint venture between Clive Davis and BMG Entertainment, recently became the largest new label ever launched in music industry history. Clive Davis, Chairman and CEO of J Records is the legendary executive who founded Arista Records in 1975 and nurtured many of today's top musical artists including Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Santana, Patti Smith, Sarah McLachlan and the Eurythmics eurythmics or eurhythmics (both: y  rĭth`mĭks) . J Records opened its doors with a prestigious senior team of executives including Charles Goldstuck, President and COO; Richard Palmese, Senior Vice President Promotion; Tom Corson, Senior Vice President Worldwide Marketing and Sales; Julie Swidler, Senior Vice President Business & Legal Affairs; Ron Gillyard, Senior Vice President Black Music; Keith Naftaly, Senior Vice President A&R; Peter Edge, Vice President A&R; Hosh Gurelli, Vice President A&R; Alan Newham, Senior Vice President/CFO. J Records' first music releases are expected as early as October 2000.
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