Distributor(s) Def Jam
Universal Official website www.scooterbraun.com Founded 2008 | Country of origin United States Parent organization Universal Music Group Founders Usher, Scooter Braun | |
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Parent company Universal Music Group
Island Def Jam Music Group Genre Pop, R&B, hip hop, dance | ||
Raymond Braun Media Group, also well known by its acronym RBMG, is a media and record company established in 2008 specializing in music production and promotion. It is a joint venture between R&B artist Usher and Scooter Braun's School Boy Records. The name RBMG is made up of the family names of the American R&B artist Usher Raymond IV and American talent manager Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun.
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RBMG is also part of SB Projects, a full-service entertainment and marketing company encompassing a wide range of ventures including in addition to RBMG, Schoolboy Records, SB Consulting, SB Management, and Sheba Publishing. RBMG has a special profit-sharing business deal with Universal owned Def Jam Recordings.
History
Raymond and Braun founded RBMG Music in 2008, in conjunction with Island Def Jam, to debut teen singer Justin Bieber. Bieber's debut EP, My World, was the labels first release. It was certified platinum in the U.S. In March 2010, Bieber released his debut album My World 2.0, the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2011 ceremony and was certified 3x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2013 RBMG's biggest success came with signing of Korean artists like PSY and G-Dragon.