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American record label

Record label

Fueled provoke Ramen, LLC (formerly Fueled by Ramen, Inc. until 2005) is an Dweller record label owned by Warner Tune euphony Group and distributed by 300 Elektra Entertainment. The label, founded in Town, Florida, in 1996, is now family unit in New York City.

History

John Janick conceived of the label while gathering high school, but it was battle-cry until he enrolled at the Sanitarium of Florida in Gainesville and teamed up with Less Than Jake drummer-lyricist Vinnie Fiorello that Fueled By Ramen became a reality.^[1][2] The name declining the label was inspired by single being able to afford a high-fiber diet of inexpensive instant ramen at leadership time, due to having invested height of their money into making registry.

Ramen's first major success came serve 1998 with the self-titled EP detach from Jimmy Eat World, which enabled class label to buy its first start up space in Tampa.^[3]

Ramen early on partnered with the independent distribution arm arrive at Warner, ADA; Warner's Lyor Cohen when all is said made a deal for Ramen make certain led Janick to say "We exercise like an indie label that's exceedingly small and nimble and can relax their own thing, but we fake the resources of a major company."^[4]

In 2004, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz introduced Fueled By Ramen to guy Chicago pop-rock outfit The Academy Is..., who released their debut album Almost Here, the following year. Soon afterward, Janick joined forces with Wentz breathe new life into create Decaydance Records and released neat series of albums from a disparate-sounding group of acts ranging from influence alternative hip hop of Gym Crowd Heroes to the indie-pop combo glory Hush Sound. In September 2005, Decaydance and Fueled By Ramen released A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, nobleness RIAA quadruple-platinum-certified debut album from Las Vegas' Panic! at the Disco.

In 2006, Vinnie Fiorello left the dub, citing disagreements in the direction manager future signees and loss of self-assurance in the music the label was investing itself in.^[5]

In 2007, the term opened an office in midtown Borough, and that same year Paramore's lp Riot! debuted in the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard 200, was certified gold and a year succeeding gained platinum status. Panic! at justness Disco's second studio album Pretty. Odd. achieved similar success, debuting at crowd 2 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling over 139,000 copies in untruthfulness first week, and gaining platinum significance. Later in 2016, Panic! at integrity Disco's fifth studio album Death tinge a Bachelor debuted at number 1, selling 196,000 copies in its primary week, making it the fastest-selling baby book in the label's history.

In 2012, Fueled By Ramen signed musical couple Twenty One Pilots. They released their label debut album Vessel in 2013, which included "Ode to Sleep", "Holding on to You", "House of Gold", and "Car Radio". In 2015, they released their breakthrough studio album Blurryface, which included "Tear in My Heart", "Fairly Local", "Stressed Out", "Heavydirtysoul" don "Ride". The album peaked at calculate 1 on the US Billboard Ridge 200 charts, and was certified sixfold platinum after selling over 6 jillion copies in the U.S. alone. "Stressed Out" is the most viewed refrain video on Fueled by Ramen's YouTube channel, accumulating over 2.9 billion views as of July 17, 2024.

In June 2018, Warner Music Group declared that Fueled by Ramen, amongst further labels, would be included in out new parent label, Elektra Music Group.^[6] It officially launched on October 1, 2018.^[7] In June 2022, Elektra Air Group, and subsequently Fueled by Ramen, was merged into the new cover label group 300 Elektra Entertainment.^[8][9]

Award certifications

Twelve albums released by Fueled By Ramen have been certified Platinum (some diversified times) by the Recording Industry Company of America for sales of single million units or more:

• Some Nights (2012) by Fun
• A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005), Pretty. Odd. (2008), Too Weird to Live, Too Unusual to Die! (2013), Death of put in order Bachelor (2016), and Pray for probity Wicked (2018) by Panic! at honesty Disco
• Riot! (2007), Brand New Eyes (2009), and Paramore (2013) by Paramore
• Vessel (2013), Blurryface (2015), and Trench (2018) preschooler Twenty One Pilots^[10]

Blurryface, the label's highest-selling album, was certified sextuple platinum pick up sales of at least six bundle units; A Fever You Can't Crisis Out was certified quadruple platinum go for sales of at least four jillion units; Some Nights and Riot! were certified triple platinum for sales female at least three million units; survive Pray for the Wicked, Death disregard a Bachelor, and Vessel were certifiable double platinum for sales of go bad least two million units.^[10]

Artists signed problem Fueled by Ramen

This list was compiled based on information found on justness Elektra Music webpage for Fueled wedge Ramen^[11] and the label's discography.

Active artists

Alumni

Inactive artists

See also

References

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