Will.i.am Music Group

American record label

will.i.am Music Group
Parent company	Sony Music Group
Founded	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Founder	will.i.am
Distributor(s)	Epic Records
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	Los Angeles, California

will.i.am Music Group is a vanity label founded by rapper and record producer will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas in 1998. The label serves as the distributor of releases for him and the group, as well as Fergie as a solo act, Macy Gray, Cheryl, and Sérgio Mendes. Initially an imprint of Interscope Records, it was moved to A&M Records in 2003 before being moved back to Interscope in 2007. Since 2020, the label is an imprint of Epic Records.

Current artists

Black Eyed Peas
will.i.am

Former artists

Macy Gray^[1]
Fergie^[1]
Sérgio Mendes^[1]
LMFAO^[2]
Cheryl (US only)^[3]
Natalia Kills^[4]
2NE1 (US only)^[5]
Kelis^[6]

Discography

Unless noted, albums from 1998 to 2003 and 2007-2018 were distributed by Interscope Records, albums from 2003 to 2007 were distributed by A&M Records, and albums from 2020 onwards are distributed by Epic Records.

Black Eyed Peas

1998: Behind the Front
2000: Bridging the Gap
2003: Elephunk
2005: Monkey Business
2006: Renegotiations: The Remixes
2018: Masters of the Sun Vol. 1
2020: Translation
2022: Elevation

will.i.am

2001: Lost Change (distributed by BBE Records)
2003: Must B 21 (self-distributed instead of with A&M)
2007: Songs About Girls
2013: willpower

Fergie

2006: The Dutchess

Sérgio Mendes

2006: Timeless (distributed by Concord Records)
2008: Encanto (distributed by Concord Records)

Macy Gray

2007: Big (distributed by Geffen Records)

LMFAO

2009: Party Rock (in conjunction with Cherrytree Records)
2011: Sorry for Party Rocking (in conjunction with Cherrytree Records)

Kelis

2010: Flesh Tone

Natalia Kills

2011: Perfectionist (in conjunction with Cherrytree Records and KonLive Distribution)
2013: Trouble (in conjunction with Cherrytree Records)

Soundtracks

2008: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa with Hans Zimmer & will.i.am
2011: Rio with John Powell & Sérgio Mendes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Will.i.am Global". Will.i.am Global. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^ "LMFAO Biography". Sortmusic.com. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^ "Cheryl Cole Signs To Will.I.Am's US Label | Cheryl Cole | News | MTV UK". Mtv.co.uk. June 11, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^ Schoonmaker, Vaughn (November 16, 2010). "Natalia Kills Hooks Up With Will.i.am For 'Dark Pop' Debut – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^ "Will.i.am Plans to Make 2NE1 Global Superstars!". MTVK. August 15, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ "Exclusive: Kelis Signs To will.i.am Music Group/Interscope". Billboard.com. September 14, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2012.