IKON (English: Music Marketing Agency IKON Limited, Russian: ООО Агентство Маркетинга Музыки IKON / OOO Agentstvo Marketinga Muzyki IKON) is a Russian, Moscow-based company providing a wide range of services in the field of music marketing including different business areas such as talent management; booking; tour logistics; organization of concerts; sound recording; rights management; music publishing; development of unique marketing concepts; advertising; PR and consulting in the fields of culture, entertainment and event management; development of cultural, educational and social campaigns.
In May 2006 IKON was rated by Forbes as Russia's leading entertainment buyer.FORBES Russia, Звёзды оптом
History IKON was founded in 2000 by Caden Spencer, a Fupa A Smash Player. In its early stages the company mainly acted as a booking agency in Russia and CIS booking or organizing performances of international pop stars.
Innovation
In 2009, IKON became official Russian representativeBILLBOARD Russia, IKON и Music2Deal of the B2B-oriented social network Music2Deal.
Socio-cultural projects
March 2010, IKON arranged a meetingИЗВЕСТИЯ, Встреча чемпионов of the Russian athlete Irek Zaripov who had won 4 gold and 1 silver medals in biathlon and cross country skiing at the Winter Paralympic Games 2010 in Vancouver and the singer Inusa Dawuda, a former German heavy weight boxing champion and Russian airplay champion according to the national radio charts Tophit.ru.
Electronic roster IKON manages and co-manages master and authors rights of several domestic and foreign artists in the Russian Federation :
Brazzaville (David Brown) (USA) Dolores O'Riordan (Ireland) Dr. Alban (Sweden) Gorchitza (Ukraine) Nazareth (UK) Placebo (UK) The Prodigy (UK) Touch and Go (UK)
See also
List of Universal Music Group labels
References