what label is jojo signed to?
Mercury Edel AG Interscope Records Blackground Records Universal Motown Republic Group Universal Records
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 To prevent Channel Orange from leaking onto the Internet , Ocean planned to release it digitally one week earlier than its publicly announced date . He was inspired by Jay @-@ Z and Kanye West , who prevented their 2011 album Watch the Throne from leaking by announcing several misleading release dates . On June 8 , Ocean announced a July 17 release date and released a trailer for the album directed by Nabil Elderkin . On July 9 , he made his television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and performed " Bad Religion " with backing from the show 's house band The Roots and a strings section . The show announced the album 's actual release date and vendor , Universal Music Group , who made it available on July 10 as a digital download on iTunes . Ocean said at the time , " I haven 't even held one in my hands ... The [ CDs ] are done , but when we sent them in , they were locked down at the manufacturer . They haven 't left . They never went on trucks [ to stores ] because that 's where things leak . " 

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 Levine founded his own record label , 222 Records , in February 2012 . He stated that he was inspired to start the label to sign on Rozzi Crane , an USC music student he discovered through a mutual friend . She became the first singer signed on to the label , followed by Glee actor Matthew Morrison , Mexican artist Diego Boneta and The Voice season 2 contestant and part of Team Adam , the singer Tony Lucca . It was reported that he was negotiating further with potential distributors , as well as organizing staff , to operate as a full @-@ fledged record company with departments such as marketing , radio and publicity . 

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 Jackson signed with Island Records after her contract with Virgin was fulfilled . She interrupted plans for touring and began recording with various producers , including Rodney " Darkchild " Jerkins , Tricky Stewart , and Stargate . Her tenth studio album , Discipline , was released in February 2008 , opening at number one . Despite radio blacklisting , the album 's first single " Feedback " peaked at number nineteen on the Hot 100 and nine on Pop Songs , her highest charting single since " Someone to Call My Lover " . Jackson was awarded the Vanguard Award at the 19th annual GLAAD Media Awards , honoring her contributions in promoting equal rights among the gay community . The organization 's president commented , " Ms. Jackson has a tremendous following inside the LGBT community and out , and having her stand with us against the defamation that LGBT people still face in our country is extremely significant . " 

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 Lester Troutman Sr. and Terry Troutman confirmed the presence of a new project / album in the works with an expected release date of August 2015 . 

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 On 12 June 2008 , while Johnston was travelling with the Britain 's Got Talent Live Tour , it was announced that Johnston had signed a record deal with Syco Music , a division of Sony BMG , and that his first album would be produced after the tour . The deal was reportedly for £ 1 million . After signing with Syco , Johnston made public appearances , including performing at Andrew Lloyd Webber 's birthday celebrations on 14 September , and at Carlisle United 's Brunton Park . 
