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| COMEDY CENTRAL Records® was launched by COMEDY CENTRAL in 2002 with the goal of reviving the comedy album, a genre that had seen a severe decline in sales and production over the prior two decades. The label was also one of the first to include a DVD component as part of the record. Within five years, COMEDY CENTRAL Records has become the nation's premiere comedy label and the most successful record label start-up during this time. To date, no other comedy label has had the wealth of talent, number of releases, or consistently strong sales that COMEDY CENTRAL Records has enjoyed. In 2007, Dane Cook's "Retaliation" reached Double Platinum sales levels and "Harmful If Swallowed" hit Platinum. In addition to being financially successful, COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases have received an enormous amount of critical acclaim including Lewis Black's "Lewis Black: Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blue" CD being nominated for a Grammy® Award in 2006 and Black's 2007 release "Lewis Black: The Carnegie Hall Performance" receiving the label's first Grammy® Award for Best Comedy Album. The label also received additional "Best Comedy Album" nominations for 2007 releases Steven Wright's "I Still Have a Pony" and George Lopez' "America's Mexican" and 2008 release Lewis Black's "Anticipation." COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases from "Crank Yankers," Dane Cook, Jim Gaffigan, Lewis Black, Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin and Bo Burnham have all held positions on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart for multiple weeks. COMEDY CENTRAL Records has had spectacular growth during its first five years, which coincided with the depths of the worst-ever record industry downturn, and saw its 2006 revenue more than double -- a remarkable achievement that flies in the face of the overall music industry's trend of double-digit annual decreases. COMEDY CENTRAL Records has single-handedly brought back the comedy album and embraced the digital platforms as a means of reaching its demo. As a testament to the label's success, record stores have started comedy sections and given existing comedy sections more exposure and better placement within their establishments (Virgin Times Square moved the comedy section from the basement to the high-profile DVD section). Digital download-to-own distributors like iTunes and eMusic have made their comedy sections higher-profile thanks to COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases and continue to be some of the most profitable categories. COMEDY CENTRAL launched and dominates almost all of the digital download-to-own comedy categories and at one point the label had all of iTunes top four audio books. COMEDY CENTRAL Records is distributed by ADA (Warner) in the US, UK and Europe; by Warner in Canada, and by Shock in Australia. Recent Releases Greg Giraldo: "Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices" (October 20) Nick Swardson: "Seriously, Who Farted?" (October 13) Doug Benson: "Unbalanced Load" (August 4) JP Inc: "An Album of Distinction" (August 4) Jay Oakerson: "An American Storyteller" (July 21) Matt Braunger: "Soak Up The Night" (July 14) Todd Glass: "Thin Pig" (July 7) Greg Warren: "One Star Wonder (June 23) Dane Cook: "ISolated INcident" (May 19) Maria Bamford: "Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome" (April 21) Jim Gaffigan: "King Baby" (March 31) John Mulaney: "The Top Part" (March 24) Bo Burnham: "Bo Burnham" (March 10) Christopher Titus: "love is evol" (February 17) |
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