Editing Asylum Records (section)

===Relaunch===
After being dormant for several years, Asylum Records was revived as an urban music-based label in 2004, with some of its releases distributed in conjunction with [[Warner Bros. Records]] and others through [[Atlantic Records]]. Asylum found success with [[Americans|American]] rapper [[Paul Wall]]. Asylum released Paul Wall's commercial debut studio album, ''[[The Peoples Champ]]''‚ in September 2005. The album debuted and peaked at number one on the ''[[Billboard 200]]'', and was ultimately certified Platinum in America. In 2006, WMG shifted Asylum to operate under their newly created [[Independent Label Group]], which also comprises [[Cordless Recordings]] and [[East West Records]]. In December 2006, Asylum Records announced the signing of Atlanta, Georgia-based [[Heavy metal music|metal]] band [[Sevendust]], the first non-hip-hop artist to be signed to the newly reconfigured label. On March 30, 2009, Asylum president and CEO [[Todd Moscowitz]] was promoted to co-president of Warner Bros. Records Inc.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anonymous|title=Todd Moscowitz Joins Warner Bros. Records|work=Business Wire|agency=Business Wire|publisher=Business Wire|date=30 March 2009|id={{ProQuest|444182020}}}}</ref> Subsequently, Asylum was detached from the Independent Label Group and operated under Warner Bros. from 2009 to 2013 before being moved to Atlantic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wmg.com/newsdetails/id/8a0af8122040e2dc01207bf1f9d844e3 |title=Todd Moscowitz Joins Warner Bros. Records |access-date=2009-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022006/http://www.wmg.com/newsdetails/id/8a0af8122040e2dc01207bf1f9d844e3 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Cee Lo Green]] was signed to the label as well as [[New Boyz]] and [[Ed Sheeran]]. The label achieved its first number 1 hit on the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "[[Feel the Love (Rudimental song)|Feel the Love]]" by [[Rudimental]] in May 2012. The label was relaunched in the US in 2017, operating separately from the UK label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/warner-music-group-to-relaunch-asylum-label-founded-by-david-geffen-1202603122/|title=Warner Music Group to Relaunch Asylum, Label Founded by David Geffen|first=Jem|last=Aswad|date=31 October 2017|website=variety.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wmg.com/news/asylum-records-relaunched-us-32396|title=Asylum Records Relaunched In U.S. - Warner Music Group Official Blog|website=Warner Music Group Official Website|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>