Entertainment One (eOne) is honored with artists named across multiple lists on Billboard’s Year-End Charts for 2016, with the label taking the #2 spots on the Billboard’s Top Independent Labels year-end chart and Billboard’s Top Gospel Labels year-end chart.
Furthermore, eOne’s diverse roster of contemporary and traditional Gospel artists dominate Billboard’s Top Gospel Artists year-end chart, with 4 artists from the Nashville Gospel division named Top 10 on that chart: Hezekiah Walker, Label Services artist Jekalyn Carr, Todd Dulaney, and William McDowell. J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise also gets honors in Top Gospel Artists – Duo/Group. Lalah Hathaway rounds out the Nashville division’s R&B honors, on two R&B year-end charts.
Chris Taylor, President of eOne, comments, “It’s so exciting to see our recorded music team doing so well in so many genres. It is a testament to the hard work and passion of the recorded division’s focus and determination throughout 2016. We are well on our way to being the #1 independent music company in the world with all the great things we have in store for next year!”
The following list is a full list eOne Music’s label and artist honors listed by Billboard’s Year-End charts.
TOP INDEPENDENT LABELS
eOne (#2)
DUALTONE (#7)
TOP GOSPEL LABELS
eOne (#2)
LIGHT (#8)
HOT GOSPEL SONGS LABELS
eOne (#2)
GOSPEL ALBUMS LABELS
eOne (#2)
TOP GOSPEL NEW ARTISTS
TODD DULANEY (#1)
TOP GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS
HEZEKIAH WALKER – “BETTER” (#1)
Label Services artist JEKALYN CARR – “YOU’RE BIGGER” (#2)
TODD DULANEY – “THE ANTHEM” (#5)
WILLIAM McDOWELL – “SPIRIT BREAK OUT” (#6)
TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS – DUO/GROUP
J.J. HAIRSTON & YOUTHFUL PRAISE (#3)
TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS – MALE
HEZEKIAH WALKER (#3)
TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS
HEZEKIAH WALKER (#5)
WILLIAM McDOWELL (#6)
Label Services artist JEKALYN CARR (#8)
TODD DULANEY (#9)
About Entertainment One
Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is a global independent studio that specializes in the development, acquisition, production, financing, distribution and sales of entertainment content. The Company’s diversified expertise spans across film, television and music production and sales, family programming, merchandising and licensing, and digital content. Through its global reach and expansive scale, powered by deep local market knowledge, the Company delivers the best content to the world.
Entertainment One’s robust network includes film and television studio The Mark Gordon Company; content creation venture Amblin Partners with Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, and Reliance Entertainment; leading feature film production and global sales company Sierra Pictures; unscripted television production companies Renegade 83, Paperny Entertainment and Force Four Entertainment; world-class music labels Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang; and award-winning digital agency Secret Location.
The Company’s rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 100,000 hours of film and television content and approximately 40,000 music tracks.
