Talk:The Island Def Jam Music Group

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company restructured
Motown Records has been moved from Universal Motown Republic Group to Island Def Jam. The company is now called Island Def Jam Motown Music Group, which is what the pages title should be changed to.

This article mentions the change, executive appointment etc: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/ethiopia-habtemariam-named-senior-vice-president-1005312132.story — Preceding unsigned comment added by MusicGeek101 (talk • contribs) 04:19, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Here is another article related to the company's restructuring where it states "Island Def Jam Motown":

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/brandon-creed-appointed-to-a-r-post-at-universal-1005316982.story — Preceding unsigned comment added by MusicGeek101 (talk • contribs) 23:57, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Island Def Jam Motown
Several articles have recently said "Island Def Jam Motown" rather than "Island Def Jam". How do we all feel about potentially changing this articles title? I think that the best sign of the change would be for Island def Jam's website to change its info b/c that would a clear indicator of the change. However UMG company press releases refer to the company as "Island Def Jam Motown". --MusicGeek101 (talk) 03:56, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

I think maybe we should change this back to Island Def Jam. There have been no mention recently of this being island def jam motown. Thoughts? --MusicGeek101 (talk) 17:29, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * As of January 2012, there appears to have been no such rebranding of the group. While earlier articles- including a press release by UMG- made references to an Island Def Jam Motown Group, such usage was subsequently dropped. However concrete plans to relaunch Motown under IDJ have been announced with the hiring of a new VP (Ethiopia Habtemariam). My guess is that the Motown label will receive similar treatment as the revived Mercury label, which is not included in the group's moniker in any way. Another possibility is the relaunching of Motown as a 'standalone' label, while effectively being a 100% IDJ operation.


 * The odds of rebranding to Island Def Jam Motown appear very slim, and with the lack of updated information a half year later, the page should be moved back to its original title. Imperatore (talk) 21:12, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. I support changing it back. --MusicGeek101 (talk) 21:33, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Strong consensus to move. I would also make the point that in terms of article naming policy, the undiscussed move that this move reverses was completely unjustified in the first place, and that the discussion below similarly ignores this policy. See WP:official names for an informal introduction. Andrewa (talk) 23:47, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group → The Island Def Jam Music Group – As of January 2012, there appears to have been no such rebranding of the group. While earlier articles- including a press release by Universal Music Group- made references to an Island Def Jam Motown Group, such usage has been dropped. However concrete plans to relaunch Motown under Island Def Jam have been announced with the hiring of a new VP (Ethiopia Habtemariam). My guess is that the Motown label will receive similar treatment as the revived Mercury Records label, which is not included in the group's moniker in any way. Regardless of my speculation, the odds of rebranding to Island Def Jam Motown appear very slim as there's a lack of updated information a half year later. Imperatore (talk) 21:57, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I fully agree with having this page moved back to Island Def Jam Music Group. The label's website has not changed, so that proves what its name really is. --MusicGeek101 (talk) 16:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Fair use images
The previous move also invalidated the fair use rationale at File:Idjmg.png. I went to fix it in the light of the move above, and there was nothing to fix, it still pointed to the old name which I had restored.

Be bold by all means, but please take note of these points. Article names should comply to WP:AT, and it doesn't say what some think it should. Changes of article title (moves) require some cleaning up. Andrewa (talk) 23:55, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Real name
Shouldn't the official name of the group be Island Def Jam, as the official site always stated? --Zack Tartufo (talk) 17:41, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Forget it. --Zack Tartufo (talk) 17:45, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 June 2017
Freedom recording 37.169.27.24 (talk) 14:33, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * ❌ No info given. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:59, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Question
Why Lady Gaga and Katy Perrry aren't mentioned in this page. They signed with this label. :v infsai (dyskusja) 19:51, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Music that I have seen to lost on defjam!I!
I up loaded LUCKY LADY in 2012 and I no longer have access to my own music. 2600:100C:B2A9:8FDC:0:2D:EE8C:6E01 (talk) 04:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)