19 Entertainment
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| Type | Subsidiary of CKX, Inc. |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | April 1985 (United Kingdom) |
| Headquarters | London |
| Key people | Iain Pirie, President Susanne Tide-Frater, Head of Fashion Sarah Doukas, CEO, Storm Model Management Simon Fuller, Founder |
| Products | entertainment content, intellectual property services, American Idol/Idol series |
| Revenue | 288.1 million USD (2008) |
| Operating income | 75.1 million (2008) |
| Employees | 200 |
| Website | 19entertainment.com |
19 Entertainment, based in London, United Kingdom, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than seventy countries around the world, including So You Think You Can Dance, Superstars of Dance, and in 2010 new internet based reality show If I Can Dream.
The company has recording contracts with and/or manages former American Idol and Pop Idol participants, such as Kellie Pickler, Jordin Sparks, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Carrie Underwood, Casey James, Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, David Cook, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Haley Reinhart and Chris Medina and other artists, including Orianthi.
In 2009 19 announced the purchase of London based Storm Model Management,[1] one of the world's top modeling agencies.
In March 2005, 19 Entertainment founder Simon Fuller sold the group to Robert Sillerman's CKX, Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth $210 million.[2] Fuller remained in his role as CEO and became a director of CKX, effectively co-ordinating all creative aspects of the CKX business until January 2010 when at coming to the end of his employment contract with CKX, Inc., he decided to start up a new business, XIX Entertainment, while still acting as an consultant to CKX / 19 and as an Executive Producer of 19's shows. Following this CKX, Inc. announced its intention to shift 19 to becoming a US business focusing solely on the American Idol and So You Think You can Dance brands.
In September 2010 much of 19's non American Idol business was sold to Simon Fuller's new business XIX Management. This included 19's non-Idol management clients such as David and Victoria Beckham, Andy Murray, Annie Lennox, The Spice Girls, Carrie Underwood and others and Roland Mouret and Victoria Beckham's fashion businesses.
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[edit] Current 19 Recordings artist roster
- Cathy Dennis (19/Polydor Records)
- Geri Halliwell
- Emma Bunton (19/Polydor)
- Annie Lennox (19/Island Records/Decca Records)
- Will Young (19/RCA Records)
- Kelly Clarkson (19/RCA)
- Guy Sebastian (19/Sony Music Australia)
- Lisa Marie Presley (19/Capitol Records)
- Alexander Klaws (19/Sony Music Germany)
- Daniel Lindström (19/LaLuff)
- Amy Winehouse (19/Island)
- Agnes Carlsson (19/Geffen Records)
- Ruben Studdard (19/Shanachie)
- Clay Aiken (19/Decca)
- Fantasia Barrino (19/RCA)
- Jennifer Hudson (19/RCA)
- Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville)
- Taylor Hicks (19/Modern Whomp Records/S)
- Katharine McPhee (19/Columbia Records)
- Kellie Pickler (19/BNA Records)
- Chris Daughtry (19/RCA)
- Jordin Sparks (19/RCA)
- Blake Lewis (19/Tommy Boy Entertainment)
- David Cook (19/RCA)
- Allison Iraheta
- Kris Allen (19/RCA)
- Adam Lambert (19/RCA)
- Danny Gokey (19/RCA Nashville)
- Orianthi (19/Geffen)
- Lee Dewyze
- Crystal Bowersox
- Casey James (19/BNA)
- Pia Toscano (19/Interscope Records)
- Scotty McCreery (19/Mercury Nashville/Interscope)
- Lauren Alaina (19/Mercury Nashville/Interscope)
- Haley Reinhart (19/Interscope)
- James Durbin (19/Wind-up Records)
