After achieving commercial success with Def Rhymz, Postmen, and Extince, the label acquired a reputation such that Virgin EMI Records hired de Koning as A&R and label manager in 2000. TopNotch also collaborates in marketing with companies such as the brewery Bavaria and insurance company Centraal Beheer for the latter, it made a video featuring Anouk, watched over 2 million times by August 2013. Initially the label, which released music that didn't automatically receive radio play, used platforms such as YouTube and Hyves to get attention for its artists, and added Instagram and Vine. He is credited with "putting Dutch hip-hop on the map" with TopNotch, signing acts such as De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Extince, and The Opposites. Latest artist to leave Top Notch was Ronnie Flex on April 22 2021.Īfter a conflict were both parties couldn't agree on a new contract.įounder Kees de Koning is a former music journalist and manager of Anouk. Still praised in 2009 as "the brand for high-quality Dutch hip-hop", it sought to expand into other musical genres. It has expanded into Dutch-language music by singer-songwriters such as Lucky Fonz III, and in 2009 signed a distribution and marketing agreement with Universal Music Group. After some commercial success (with rap acts such as De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, The Opposites, Def Rhymz, Postmen, and Extince) it became allied with Virgin EMI Records, and since 2004 has a marketing and distribution deal with PIAS Entertainment Group. The label was founded in 1995, and is run by Vincent Patty. TopNotch is a Dutch record label specializing in hip-hop.
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