Robbins Entertainment is an American

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 dance music

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

. It is owned by Cory Robbins and is responsible for releasing and promoting several new artists, such as Cascada

Cascada

Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

, and their hit single "Everytime We Touch". It is also the company responsible for the Dance Party Like It's.... series and the Trance Party series, as well as the Mixshow series. Several one-volume CDs like Dance Rock have also been released. The label is distributed by Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment

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. Robbins Entertainment has a country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 division named Robbins Nashville, which was created in May 2007.

History

Robbins Entertainment was founded in 1996

1996 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...

 by Cory Robbins, co-founder of Profile Records

Profile Records

Profile Records was a record label that specialized in many types of urban-oriented music, such as hip hop, active until 1996..- History :In 1980, at 23 years old, after working briefly for MCA, Cory Robbins was looking to start a record label. He invited his songwriter friend Steve Plotnicki to be...

. This new record label was based out of New York City

New York City

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. Most of the artists signed to the label are successful overseas and European acts. American acts like Rockell and Reina, however, had Billboard Hot 100 hits. Spanish DJ Sammy gave Robbins its first top 10 Hot 100 hit in 2002 with "Heaven" which featued Dutch recording artist Do. The Belgian group D.H.T.'s 'Listen To Your Heart' also made #8 on the U.S. charts, and #1 on Pop Airplay. Two other Belgian acts - Ian Van Dahl ("Castles in the Sky") and Lasgo ("Something" & "Alone") also made the U.S. Billboard charts. Robbins was able to attract further foreign talent as Germany's Cascada

Cascada

Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

 following this, which helped the company gain more success when Everytime We Touch, What Hurts the Most

What Hurts the Most

"What Hurts the Most" is the title of a song written by American songwriter Jeffrey Steele and English songwriter Steve Robson. Initially recorded by country music artist Mark Wills in 2003 on his album And the Crowd Goes Wild, it was covered by Bellefire a year later...

, and most recently Evacuate The Dancefloor

Evacuate the Dancefloor

"Evacuate the Dancefloor" is a song by German group Cascada from their third studio album of the same name. The song features a guest rap from famous German rapper Carlprit and was released as the album's lead single on 29 June 2009; debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week of 5...

 became mainstream pop hits as well.

Notable Artists and Albums

The following is a list of notable artists signed currently (or previously) under Robbins Entertainment.

Artists

• Afrojack
• Ahmir
• AnnaGrace
  AnnaGrace
  AnnaGrace is an electronic dance music group from Belgium. They have seen success on dance and pop charts around the world...
  
  
• Ameerah
• Aurora
• Bastien Laval
• Jenny Bliss
• Daisy
• Dana Rayne
  Dana Rayne
  Dana Rayne is an American dance and Pop singer. Rayne was a success on the American club scene where she started off as a DJ in New York. This led to her releasing a song, "Object of My Desire" which was a cover of Starpoint's popular dance tune in the mid 1980s. It reached the Top 10 of the UK...
  
  
• Daniela
• Darude
  Darude
  Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a trance producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released the hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999 and subsequent album Before the Storm...
  
  
• De Lorean
• D.H.T.
  DHT (band)
  DHT is a Belgian duo, consisting of singer, Edmée Daenen and Flor Theeuwes . They had a hit in the US and in Australia in 2005, with their cover version of "Listen to Your Heart", originally recorded by Roxette. The track reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart in December of that year...
  
  
• Disconfect
  Hani
  - Toponym :* Hani, an island in Iceland, part of the Vestmannaeyjar islands* Hani, Turkey, a district of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey* Hani, Ghana, a town in Wenchi District, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana- Ethnonym :...
  
  
• DJ Sammy
  DJ Sammy
  Samuel Bouriah , professionally known as DJ Sammy Is a DJ and producer. He has released five albums and has had five Top 10 hits with "Heaven" reaching number one in the UK in 2002. His career started with former spouse Marie José in the making of his first singles, under the stage name of DJ Sammy...
  
  
• Jenna Drey
  Jenna Drey
  Jenna Drey is a female singer/songwriter who is a dance-pop, adult contemporary and dance music artist. She was born in Los Angeles, California and currently resides in Miami, Florida...
  
  
• Edun
  Alice Edun
  Alice Edun is a singer who is of Nigerian-Russian descent but makes her home in Milan, Italy. Her musical fortes are in the area of dance and gospel...
  
  
• Elena
  DJ Project
  DJ Project is a Romanian dance music group, initially made up of Gino Manzotti and DJ Maxx as producers and Elena Baltagan as the vocalist...
  
  
• Emilia De Poret
• Erotico
• Gaia & Luna
• Game Related
• Heather Leigh West
  Heather Leigh West
  Heather Leigh West is a New York City based American recording artist best known for her work in house music.-Early life and education:Born into a theater family in New York City, West was always surrounded by creative talent...
  
  
• Ian Van Dahl
• Jaylyn Ducati
• Joey Moe
• Lauren Dyson
• Lasgo
  Lasgo
  Lasgo is a Belgian trio of dance music musicians. The group formed in 2000 and is composed of Jelle Van Dael as the vocalist, and Peter Luts and Jeff Martens as record producers. Peter Luts confirmed in 2008 that Evi Goffin was not returning to the band, after choosing to become a full-time...
  
  
• Kate Ryan
  Kate Ryan
  Kate Ryan is a Belgian World Music Award winner. She began her singing career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits. These included covers, mostly of Mylène Farmer and France Gall, such as "Désenchantée", "Libertine" and "Ella, elle l'a" as well as new material...
  
  
• Kim Leoni
• Master Blaster
• Mia J
• Milky
  Milky
  Milky is a dance production group based in Italy. The act consists of producers Giordano Trivellato and Giuliano Sacchetto, with Italian singer Giuditta serving as their lead singer on their album, Star. Although Giuditta was the singer on the recordings, a model, the Egyptian born and German...
  
  
• Negin
• Niamh Egan
• Reina
  Reina
  Reina is a female Dance-pop singer-songwriter.-Early life and career:Reina began in the music industry as a teen and released her debut album in 1995 under the name Lori Gold "Lori Gold" in Japan only...
  
  
• Rockell
  Rockell
  Rachel Alexandra Mercaldo , better known as Rockell, is an American Freestyle music, Club/Dance, Hi-NRG and Pop singer-songwriter.-Music career:...
  
  
• Ronny V. featuring Nanda
• Santito vs. Block & Crown
• September
  September (singer)
  Petra Linnea Paula Marklund who is better known as September is a Swedish singer and songwriter.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Martijn Ten Velden
• Tess
• Judy Torres
  Judy Torres
  Judy Torres, also referred to as the "Queen of Freestyle", "The Legendary Miss Judy Torres", or "KTU's Own Judy Torres", is a Puerto Rican freestyle music artist...
  
  
• The Touch
• Undercover Divas
• Wendel Kos
• Velvet
  Velvet (singer)
  Jenny Marielle Pettersson , professionally known as Velvet is a Swedish dance-pop singer. She has released two albums since her 2005 debut in the music industry and her first eight singles have all achieved a top twenty peak on the Swedish Singles Chart.-Early life:Velvet moved from Helsingborg to...
  
  

Albums

• Ace
  Ace (Ian Van Dahl album)
  Ace is the debut studio album by the Belgian dance music act known as Ian Van Dahl, released in 2002. The album contains four songs that reached the top 20 of the UK singles chart: "Will I" ; "Reason" ; "Try" ; and their biggest hit single, "Castles In The Sky", which reached #3 in the UK and spent...
  
  by Ian Van Dahl
• Everytime We Touch
  Everytime We Touch (album)
  Sharon Mawer from Allmusic gave the album a mixed review and said the album's songs were for "dancing to" in a "club with lights flashing and people all around" but said that "after an hour of the same repetitive beat, one's senses can become a little jaded." Dom Passantino from Stylus Magazine...
  
  by Cascada
• Far Away
  Far Away (Lasgo album)
  Far Away is an album of dance songs by the Belgian trio Lasgo. It features the singles "Surrender", "All Night Long", "Who's That Girl" and "Lying'". The album is Evi Goffin's last contribution as the vocalist for Lasgo.-Track listing:#Surrender...
  
  by Lasgo
• Heaven by DJ Sammy
• Listen To Your Heart by D.H.T.
• Lost & Found by Ian Van Dahl
• Perfect Day
  Perfect Day (Cascada album)
  Perfect Day is the second studio album released by German eurodance group Cascada. The entire album was produced by the two disc jockeys from Cascada, Yanou and DJ Manian. Like it's predecessor, the album is comprised heavily of up-tempo eurodance tracks, many of which are cover songs...
  
  by Cascada
• September
  September (2008 album)
  September is the debut compilation album by Swedish singer September. The album is a compilation of tracks from her second and third European studio albums, titled In Orbit and Dancing Shoes, respectively...
  
  by September
• Some Things by Lasgo
• This Is Reina by Reina
• Evacuate the Dancefloor
  Evacuate the Dancefloor (album)
  Evacuate the Dancefloor is the third studio album from German eurodance group Cascada, consisting of DJ Manian, Natalie Horler, and Yanou, first released on July 3, 2009. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at Plazmatek Studio, Yanou Studio 1...
  
  by Cascada
• Love CPR by September

External links

• Robbins Entertainment (Official Site)
• http://www.myspace.com/robbinsentertainment (Official MySpace)