Koch Entertainment Canada
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Koch Entertainment Canada, a division of Koch Entertainment, is one of the largest music and video distribution companies in Canada.
The company, based in Toronto, Canada, has been named "Independent Distributor of the Year" (for the years 1996 - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006) at the Canadian Music Week awards, as voted by the music industry. According to Billboard, "Toronto-based Koch Entertainment Canada has been the independent market leader in Canadian distribution since opening in 1995." (Billboard, 2002). Its distribution roster includes: Arena Rock Recording Co., Artemis Records, Hopeless Records, Shanachie Records, Putumayo World Music, Relapse Records, Bloodshot Records, Badman Records, System Recordings, OM Records, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, DRG, Go-Kart Records, Tzadik, Savoy Jazz, Kung Fu, Death Row Records, Tommy Boy Films LLC, and World Wrestling Entertainment, among others.
Since 1997, Koch Entertainment Canada has garnered a number of CRIA certified Platinum and Gold awards including 3 Platinum and 2 Gold Albums for WWE entrance theme CDs, 1 Platinum Award for Pokemon - 2.B.A. Master, and 1 Gold Album for each of Hackers - Soundtrack and Holiday Heroes. In 1998, Koch Entertainment Canada achieved triple platinum sales with Prodigy's album The Fat of the Land and entered the Canadian charts at #1, a first for an independent label and distributor in Canadian music industry history. In 2004, the Koch distributed Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company achieved Platinum sales by the end of the year, the album was approaching Double Platinum status. The album reached #1 on the Top 200 Album, Independent and R&B charts.
