Lava Records

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Lava Records
Rhino Entertainment (Reissues of pre-2005 catalog)
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
Official websitehttp://www.lavarecords.com/

Lava Records is an American record label owned by Jason Flom, in partnership with Universal Music Group.[1]

Company history

In 1995, Flom launched Lava Records in partnership with Atlantic Records.[2] For the next decade, he continued to discover and champion artists under the Lava label who went on to sell over 100 million records globally, including Matchbox Twenty, Kid Rock, The Corrs, Simple Plan, Blue Man Group, Edwin McCain, Sugar Ray, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Flom also signed his first black artist, David Josias, known for his hit single “Mindblowin”.

In 2004, Flom sold Lava Records to Atlantic Records Group, where he was named chairman and CEO of the Atlantic Records Group.[3] In this role, he oversaw a resurgence of the label and continued to sign and break major artists, most notably Paramore.[4]

Following 15 years of success at Atlantic and Lava, Flom was tapped in 2005 as Chairman and CEO of

One of the Boys.[6]

In 2008, Flom departed from Capitol Music Group to re-launch his own Lava Records label, this time in partnership with Universal Music Group’s industry-leading Republic Records.[1] There he signed Jessie J, whose 2011 singles under the Lava banner "Do It Like a Dude" and "Price Tag" featuring B.o.B, topped the singles charts in the UK and 17 other countries.[7] Her multi-platinum debut album Who You Are sold over three million copies worldwide.[8]

In 2013, Flom identified

Grammy Awards including Song of the Year for “Royals” at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards
.

Following successful Lava rock releases from

double-EP From the Fires.[13][14]

Flom founded Lava Publishing in 2014, which includes among its roster of writers break-out alternative rocker Evan Konrad,[15] writer/performer Maty Noyes,[16] and all four members of Greta Van Fleet.

Flom also founded the podcast company

Lava for Good, which has produced critically-acclaimed podcasts Bone Valley and Earwitness (about the case of Alabama death row prisoner Toforest Johnson), both of which were named to Entertainment Weekly's list of Top 30 True Crime Podcasts of All Time.[17][18]

Label roster

Current artists

[19]

Past artists

  • David Josias

References

  1. ^ a b "LAVA Records Renews Partnership with Republic Records". www.businesswire.com. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ^ "History of Elektra Entertainment Group – FundingUniverse". www.fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  3. ^ Gallo, Phil (2004-04-01). "Flom flows to Atlantic post". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  4. ^ "TAXI Transmitter November 2005 Industry News: music industry news, reviews and observations". www.taxi.com. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  6. ^ "Katy Perry on the Cover of PAPER in 2009". PAPER. 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  7. ^ "LAVA Records Renews Partnership with Republic Records". www.businesswire.com. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  8. ^ "Jessie J Aims for Stadium Status with 'Who You Are'". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  9. ^ "From Lorde to Jessie J, the Hits Keep Coming for A & R Superstar Jason Flom". Observer. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  10. ^ "Lorde Doesn't Have A Bentley, But The Charts Will Do". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  11. ^ Scott Alderman (2018-03-31), Robert Plant talks about Greta Van Fleet, retrieved 2019-05-07
  12. ^ Lewis, Randy (6 March 2018). "Elton John's 26th Oscars viewing party raises $5.9 million for his AIDS Foundation". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  13. ^ Leimkuehler, Matthew. "Grammys 2019: Greta Van Fleet Scores First Rock Win". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  14. ^ Loudwire Staff (11 February 2019). "Greta Van Fleet Win Best Rock Album at 2019 Grammys". Loudwire. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  15. ^ "Evan Konrad Signs to Lava Records, Debuts New Song 'Long Way Out': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  16. ^ "Kobalt, Jason Flom Deal for Lava Music Publishing". Music Connection Magazine. 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  17. ^ "Lava for Good".
  18. ^ "The 30 best true crime podcasts of all time, ranked". EW.com. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  19. ^ "Lava Records website".
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