Young Money Entertainment: Difference between revisions

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| name = Young Money Entertainment

| image = [[File:Young Money Entertainment second logo.png|290px]]

| parent = [[Universal Music Group]]

| founded = {{Start date and age|2005}}

| founder = [[Lil Wayne]]

| distributor = [[Republic Records]]<br>[[Cash Money Records]] (2005–2018)

| genre = Various, mainly [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]

| country = United States

| location = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]

| url = {{urlURL|youngmoney.com}}

'''Young Money Entertainment''' is an American [[record label]] founded by rapper [[Lil Wayne]] in 2005. YoungIt was launched as an imprint of [[Cash Money Records]] — a joint venture colloquially branded as 's''Young presidentMoney isCash LilMoney WayneBillionaires'''s lifelong(abbreviated friendas andYMCMB) fellow— rapperand [[MackRepublic MaineRecords]]. Theuntil 2018, after which the label wasoperated severally as an imprint of latter. Wayne's longtime affiliate, rapper [[Cash MoneyMack RecordsMaine]] andwas isappointed distributedthe bycompany's [[Republicpresident Records]]in 2009.

The label has released fifteen [[Billboard 200|US]]sixteen albums thatwhich reached number one onpeaked the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart upon release: ''[[Tha Carter III]]'', ''[[I Am Not a Human Being]]'', ''[[Tha Carter IV]]'', ''[[Tha Carter V]]'', and ''[[Funeral (Lil Wayne album)|Funeral]]'' by Lil Wayne, ''[[Thank Me Later]]'', ''[[Take Care (album)|Take Care]]'', ''[[Nothing Was the Same]]'', ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]'', ''[[What a Time to Be Alive]]'' (along with [[Epic Records]] artist [[Future (rapper)|Future]]), ''[[Views (album)|Views]]'', ''[[More Life]]'', and ''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]'' by [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], and ''[[Pink Friday]]'' and, ''[[Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded]]'', and ''[[Pink Friday 2]]'' by [[Nicki Minaj]].

CurrentSince artistsits includeformation, Lilthe label has signed and released projects for artists including Wayne himself, [[Nicki Minaj]], [[MackDrake Maine(musician)|Drake]], [[LilTyga]], [[DJ TwistKhaled]], and[[Austin Mahone]], [[Cory Gunz]], [[Gudda Gudda]], and [[Jae Millz]], among others. The label hasis namesake of a [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] of the same name thatwhich has released three studio albums — ''[[We Are Young Money]]'' (2009), ''[[Rich Gang (album)|Rich Gang]]'' (2013; with Cash Money Records), and ''[[Young Money: Rise of an Empire]]'' (2014).

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*[[RIAA]]: Gold<ref name="riaa">{{cite web |title=Young Money searchable database |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.phpgold-platinum/?tabletab_active=default-award&ar=young+money&ti=&lab=SEARCH_RESULTS&artistgenre=Young_Money&format=&godate_option=Searchrelease&perPagefrom=50&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |access-date=December 7, 2023 |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref>

! rowspan="2" style="width:145px;" | Album

| rowspan="3" |''We Are Young Money''

| rowspan="2" |''Young Money: Rise of an Empire''

| colspan="67" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

*RIAA: 3x3× Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States |type=album|title=Thank Me Later |artist=Drake}}

* RIAA: 2x2× Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States |type=album |title=What a Time to Be Alive |artist=Drake }}

* RIAA: 2x2× Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Funeral|artist=Lil Wayne}}