About KOCH Records
KOCH Records has been the Top Independent Label based on the number of Charted Titles according to Billboard for the past six years running. KOCH Records had the most charted titles (23) by an independent label for the year 2006, 28% more than any other independent label. The titles span various genres, including releases from UNK, Jim Jones, DJ Khaled, The Wiggles, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Michael Franks, Sinead O’Connor, The Kinks, Charlie Daniels, Ringo Starr, Prodigy & The Alchemist, Dipset, KRS-One, Joell Ortiz, RZA, Snoop Dogg/Tha Dogg Pound and others.
Amazingly for the seven year-old label, this marks the 6th year in a row the fastest-growing independent label has dominated the Independent Chart. In 2005, KOCH Records charted 25 titles, and in 2004, KOCH Records charted 27 titles, almost doubling the number of charted releases of any other independent label. In 2003, KOCH Records charted 28 titles, in 2002 it charted 25 titles, and in 2001, KOCH tied for first with TVT, with each label charting 19 titles.
Between 2001 and 2006, KOCH Records had an impressive total of 147 charted titles on the Billboard Independent Chart.
KOCH’s success in the digital and mobile worlds has been just as impressive, with multiple KOCH artists regularly appearing on Billboard’s Top 100 Digital songs chart, and Top 200 Ringtones charts. Since the beginning of 2007, UNK’s “Walk it Out” and Jim Jones’ “We Fly High” have both achieved Platinum status as both Realtones and Digital Downloads, for sales of over 1 million each, with UNK’s “2 Step” recently crossing the Gold mark.
KOCH Records is also home to recent and current projects by DJ Khaled, The Kinks, The Smithereens, Michael Franks, The Diplomats’ Hell Rell, the D-Block’s Sheek Louch, Styles P and J-Hood, as well as Dead Prez, Keith Murray, The Alchemist, KRS-One, .The Wiggles, Strawberry Shortcake, Circus Diablo, Bob James and others.
Top KOCH Records Albums
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