UpFront Megatainment

UpFront Records
Parent companyUniversal Music Group
Founded2000 (2000)
FounderDeVyne Stephens
DistributorUniversal Music Group
GenreHip hop, R&B
Country of originUnited States
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
Official websitewww.upfrontmegatainment.com

UpFront Records is a record label owned and founded by DeVyne Stephens.

Stephens discovered Senegalese R&B singer Akon and signed him to his UpFront Records. Akon went on to sell over a million copies of his 2004 debut, "Trouble," and score hit singles like "Locked Up" and "Lonely."

UpFront Records' roster includes Akon, R&B quartet Red Dirt, and the rap group FA.

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