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WWE Music Group

WWE Music Group
Parent companyWWE (TKO Group Holdings)
Founded2006
FounderVince McMahon
Distributor(s)TuneCore, Sony Music
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
Location780 Third Avenue, New York City, U.S.
Official websitewwe.com/inside/wwemusic

WWE Music Publishing, Inc.;[1][2][3] trade name WWE Music Group, LLC., is an American record label funded and operated by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), a division of TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It was manufactured and co-marketed by Columbia Records and was distributed by Sony Music.[4][5] The label specializes in the production of theme songs serving as the WWE wrestlers' entrance music, sometimes by contributing performing artists, but also releases titles that have been actually performed by the wrestlers themselves, including the various-artists album WWE Originals and John Cena's You Can't See Me, peaking at number 12 and 15 on the US Billboard 200, respectively.

Historically, most WWE entrance themes have been created by Jim Johnston since the 1980s,[6] while in recent times, themes have been written or performed by John Alicastro and Mike Lauri,[7] known collectively as CFO$ from 2012 to 2019.[8] Since 2019, DJDTP, a music production company based in New York, is responsible for all themes used by WWE using the pseudonym "def rebel".[9]

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  2. ^ "Wrestling Archives".
  3. ^ "Public document". sec.gov. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Columbia Records Enters Into New Agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc". Sony Columbia Records. December 4, 2007. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  5. ^ "WWE Music Group profile in discogs".
  6. ^ Ali, Reyan (April 3, 2013). "The Man Who Writes WWE Wrestlers' Theme Music Is a James Taylor Fan". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  7. ^ "Biography: John Alicastro & Mike Lauri". Wind-up Records. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  8. ^ Melok, Bobby (August 17, 2016). "Meet CFO$, the musical masterminds behind your favorite Superstar's entrance music". WWE.com. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Update On WWE's Recent Trademark Filing For "Def Rebel"". wrestling-news.net. May 23, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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