Website www.timesmusic.com Founded 1997 | Area served Worldwide | |
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Key people Mandar Thakur (Chief Operating Officer), Times Music Albums Nahor ‑ 2016, Kandisa, Black Friday, Andholan, Evening Mantras Artists Zubeen Garg, Shreya Ghoshal, Papon, Jagjit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan Profiles | ||
Times Music, a division of The Times Group is an Indian record label and music publisher. Headquartered in Mumbai, Times Music started operations in 1998 and has a catalogue of more than 21,000 tracks. Times Music is also the Indian sub-publisher for global music publishing firms Warner/Chappell Music and Peermusic. Times Music was one of the early pioneers of remixes in India and were the early leaders in the devotional and spiritual music genre. The label has also published regional, folk, Bollywood and traditional albums in languages such as Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, etc. and has a strong regional presence.
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History
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.
Junglee Music
In 2007, Times Music launched its independent Hindi and regional 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 and Dasvidaniya, as well as southern film titles. Later Junglee Music also published music for Raja Natwarlal and Haider. The label also made its mark in regional films especially in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati and Rajasthani.
Electronic Dance Music
Times Music started importing / licensing of Electronic Dance Music releases in India in 2006. The label signed license deals with several EDM labels such as Black Hole Recordings, Anjunabeats, Hommegga & Toco Asia. Times Music also released albums by artistes such as Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, ATB, Above & Beyond and Skazi.
Indie music
Times Music has been associated with Indie music since late '90s & early 2000s. The label was one of the first publishers of Indie music in India, even before the term Indie was coined by the music Industry. Times Music started working with iconic bands such as Indian Ocean, MIDIval Punditz, Mrigya, etc. Other prominent artists are Karsh Kale, Susheela Raman and Angaraag Mahanta.
Times Living
Times Living was earlier known as Times Wellness, is a division of Times Music, which was established in 2006. Times Living features fitness products which 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
Times Music was the first record label to launch music apps for mobiles that were specific for particular genres. The label has apps that supports Android and iOS devices. 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 DVD “Super Hot Sunny Mornings” exclusively for women of all age groups.