Fascination Records
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| Fascination Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Distributing label | Polydor Records (UK) Interscope Records (US) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Official website | http://www.fascinationrecords.co.uk |
Fascination Records is a Polydor sub-label that launched in spring 2006. The record label is managed by former TOTP Magazine editor Peter Loraine.
As part of Polydor Records UK, the label will concentrate on a small number of pop acts and will complement the re-activated Fiction rock imprint.
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[edit] Main artists
Having become the first all-girl group ever to score 18 consecutive Top 10 hits with their first set of releases (as part of Polydor), taking the record from Destiny's Child who had 11 to their name, Girls Aloud moved to Fascination for the release of their greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud and its preceding singles "Something Kinda Ooooh" (#3), "I Think We're Alone Now" (#4) and "Walk This Way" with Sugababes (#1). Their 4th studio album Tangled Up was released on this label on 19 November 2007, and will include their 16th single, "Sexy! No, No, No..." (which reached #5),their 17th single, "Call the Shots",(which reached #3) and their 18th single, "Can't Speak French",(which reached #9) making it their 18th consecutive top ten hit
Shooting to fame as the singer of Spiller's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)", Sophie went on to score a string of Top 10 singles. Her multi-platinum album Read My Lips peaked straightly to the UK Top and was a success throughout many European Countries and Australia. After the release of her second album, Shoot from the Hip, Sophie took a break from music to have a baby and to marry Richard Jones from The Feeling. She finished her third solo album in 2007 with the Fascination team, which was released on 21 May 2007. It's entitled Trip the Light Fantastic with the first single from it being "Catch You", released on 19 February 2007, becoming her 7th Top 10 Hit. Also, she released "Me and My Imagination", the second single from her 3rd album, reaching the UK Top 40 again. Her third single released by Fascination was considered a flop, however. The album debuted inside the Top 10 in the first week of its release in the United Kingdom.
Fascination will be releasing the UK singles and albums for the three piece American boyband whose debut UK single will be "SOS" which comes out in May. They are to support Avril Lavigne on her UK arena tour dates this Spring too.
A new five piece girl group, The Saturdays count Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman, formerly of S Club 8, among their members. They go on tour with Girls Aloud in May 2008 and their debut single "If This Is Love" will be available to download from 1st June 2008.
The winner of the BBC1 show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? released her debut album Favourite Things on Fascination on October 9, 2006. Her debut album peaked #14 on the UK Albums Chart.
As with Connie, Lee, the winner of BBC1's Any Dream Will Do has been signed to this label. His debut single of the same name entered on downloads at #18 before peaking at #2 the following week behind "Umbrella" by Rihanna feat. Jay Z. Fascination also released his self titled debut album in November 2007, which peaked inside the Top 20 of the UK Albums Chart, and his two download only singles Gonna Make You A Star and You and Me.
- Popjustice:
The Popjustice compilation album, Popjustice: 100% Solid Pop Music, has also been released on this label.
- Skins:
The soundtrack to the Channel 4 drama series was released on this label in September 2007.
- St. Trinians:
The soundtrack to this film (which featured the label's own Girls Aloud singing the theme from the film) was released through Fascination in December 2007.
[edit] Former artists
The German punk pop band have achieved success in every part of Europe except the UK - as yet. They released their debut UK single Ready, Set, Go! under the label on 27 August 2007 but could only reach #93, and were dropped from their label in April 2008.
Singer songwriter Paul Steel was touted by the Sunday Times as one to watch. He released a debut, 10 track EP entitled April And I in March 2007 and released debut single Your Loss on 3 September, which failed to chart. Due to record label incompetence and paranoia his subsequent debut album "Moon Rock" and the follow up single "I Will Make You Disappear" were cancelled for release and Paul was dropped in April 2008.
[edit] Rumoured artists
Fascination in collaboration with Prestige Management are in the process of auditioning for an all male pop group of a similar ilk to Busted and McFly. It's also rumored Rachel Stevens is set to relaunch on the Fascination label.
