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{{short description|American record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| 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).
 
==History==
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| [[Gudda Gudda]]
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| [[Shanell (singer)|Shanell]]
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| [[Nicki Minaj]]
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| [[Lil Twist]]
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| [[ShanellCory (singer)|ShanellGunz]]
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| Reginae Carter
| [[Cory Gunz]]
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| [[Nicki Minaj]]
| 2009
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| Baby E
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===Former===
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* [[PJ Morton]]
* [[Tyga]]
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* [[The Olympicks]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/the-olympicks-sign-to-cash-money-young-money-news.2734.html |title=The Olympicks Sign to Cash Money/Young Money |publisher=Hotnewhiphop.com |access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Nolan Strong |url=http://allhiphop.com/2012/08/27/young-moneycash-money-signs-production-crew-the-olympicks/ |title=Young Money/Cash Money Signs Production Crew The Olympicks |website=AllHipHop.com |date=August 27, 2012 |access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref>
 
===Discography===
 
===Compilation albums===
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*RIAA: 3x Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States |type=album|title=Thank Me Later |artist=Drake}}
*BPI: Gold{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United Kingdom |type=album|title=Thank Me Later |artist=Drake}}
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* IFPI Denmark: Gold{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Denmark |type=album |title=What a Time to Be Alive |artist=Drake }}
* MC: Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Canada |type=album |title=What a Time to Be Alive |artist=Drake }}
* RIAA: 2x Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States |type=album |title=What a Time to Be Alive |artist=Drake }}
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* US: 1,000,000
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* RIAA: 2x Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Funeral|artist=Lil Wayne}}
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* US: 1,000,000
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