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Times Music is an Indian music record label copyright music publishing company, owned by The Times Group, Headquartered in Mumbai, India. Times Music started operations in 1998[3] and has a catalogue of more than 48,000 tracks[4] in all languages and genres. Times Music is also the Indian sub-publisher for global music publishing firms Warner/Chappell Music, Peermusic, Wixen Music, CTM Publishing and Cloud 9 Music Publishing.[4]
Times Music was one of the early pioneers of remixes[5] in India and was an early leader in the devotional and spiritual music genre. The label has also published regional, folk, Hindi and traditional albums in languages such as Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese and Kannada and has a strong regional presence.
Times Music was established in 1998 under the leadership of Arun Arora, who was then the President and Executive Director of The Times of India and Times Global Broadcasting Co. Ltd. In 2000, the Indian music industry was ruled by Bollywood and International Music. The intent of the label was to create albums tailored to appeal to the discerning audience, which resulted in Times Music the concepts of spiritual, world and remix music in India.
In 2009 Times Music become the first music company in India to introduce Brainwave Sound Technology album called Bhakti Band. This was a fusion devotional/spiritual album. The album was composed by Vaibhav Saxena.[6][7]
This is the incomplete list
Year Album(s) Artist(s) 1990s 1998 Dehajaan Kumar Bhabesh Jalwa - Dance Hungama Various Artists Tu Hi Tu Sanjay Maroo 1999 Dil Le Gayee Jasbir Jassi Jadoo Zubeen Garg, DJ Akbar Sami, Swastika, Jojo Gayatri Various Artists Sur Preeti Uttam 2000s 2000 Kandisa Indian Ocean Hunpahi Kumar Bhabesh Jalwa 2 Various Artists 2001 Udaan Bhoomi 2002 Viva! Viva Maroo Sanjay Maroo 2003 Aasma Aasma Viva Reloaded Viva 2004 Because I Can Katy Rose Jonaki Raati Angaraag Mahanta 2005 Aasma: The Infinite Aasma 2008 Sinaaki Osinaaki Papon 2010s 2012 Suma Nayan Nilim Rock Zubeen Garg 2013 Mor Loralir DikshuIn 2007, Times Music launched its independent film music label, Junglee Music, to capitalise on the popularity of commercial film music. Junglee Music started with Welcome and followed it up with titles like Singh Is Kinng, Horn 'Ok' Pleassss, Dasvidaniya, Pink, Dhanak, Begum Jaan and Romeo Akbar Walter as well as other language film titles. Later Junglee Music also published music for Raja Natwarlal and Haider.
Year Artist Song name 2010s 2010 G Deep "O Billo" 2015 Navv Inder "Wakhra Swag" 2016 Teesha Nigam "Katna Nai" 2016 Big Dhillon "Hauli Hauli" 2016 A Baaz "Sharabi" 2016 Roshan Prince "Jatti De Nain" 2017 T-Jay and Mellow D "Xplain" 2017 Navv Inder "Tu mere ki Lagdi" Electronic dance music[edit]Times Music started importing and licensing electronic dance music releases in India in 2006. The label signed license deals with EDM labels such as Black Hole Recordings, Anjunabeats, Hommegga & Toco Asia. Times Music also released albums by artists such as Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, ATB, Above & Beyond and Skazi.
Times Music has been associated with independent (indie) music since the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was one of the first publishers of indie music in India, even before the term was coined by the music industry.[5] Times Music has worked with iconic bands such as Indian Ocean, MIDIval Punditz, Mrigya,[9] Viva and Band of Boys. Other prominent artists are Zubeen Garg, Karsh Kale,[10] Susheela Raman, Angaraag Mahanta and Kumar Bhabesh.
Times Living was earlier known as Times Wellness, a division of Times Music, which was established in 2006. Times Living features products that include yoga, spirituality, diet and nutrition and modern forms of physical fitness. The record label has also released DVDs and albums by spiritual groups like Art of Living foundation, Brahma Kumaris and Isha Foundation.
Genre-based mobile apps[edit]Times Music was the first record label to launch music apps for mobiles[11] that were specific for particular genres. The label has apps that support Android and iOS devices.[12][13] Times Music has a collection of music apps varying from devotional, classical to Bollywood. Recently, Sunny Leone and Mickey Mehta came out with a fitness app and the DVD Super Hot Sunny Mornings for women of all age groups.[14]
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