Knockout Entertainment

Knockout Entertainment
Parent company	Sony Music Entertainment
Founded	2001
Founder	Ray J
Distributor(s)	RED Distribution
Genre	R&B, hip hop, gospel
Country of origin	US
Location	Los Angeles, California, California

Knockout Entertainment is singer Ray J's vanity label, founded in 2001. The label specializes in R&B, hip hop, and gospel. Originally released under Sanctuary Records, a press release in December 2007 announced a new partnership with E1 Records.^[1] Before this, he mentioned his label on his 2001 album This Ain't A Game.

The label's debut, Ray J's Raydiation album—released September 2005—included the top twenty hit "One Wish"^[2] and went on to sell 1 million copies worldwide. Other releases include Willie Norwood's gospel album titled I Believe, which was not released in conjunction with any other label, and was only available as a digital download or through CD Baby and top-twenty albums Ray J's All I Feel and sister Brandy's Human.

Roster

Artists

• FiNaTTicZ
• Ray J
• Yung Berg
• Shorty Mack
• Willie Norwood
• TruthKO
• Tasha Scott
• Jason Miller

Discography

Albums

Year	Artist	Title	Chart positions
			US	US R&B
2005	Ray J	Raydiation	48	13
2006	Willie Norwood	I Believe	—	—
2008	Ray J	All I Feel	7	1
	Brandy	Human	15	5
2009	Ray J	For the Love of Ray J	—	53
2011	Brandy & Ray J	A Family Business [3]	—	—

Future albums

• Shorty Mack - Tha Purp Man (TBA)
• Ray J - Raydiation 2 (TBA) ^[4][5]

Singles

• From Raydiation (2005)

singles: "One Wish", "What I Need"

• From I Believe (2006)

single: "I Believe"

• From All I Feel (2008)

single: "Sexy Can I", "Gifts"

• From Human (2008)

single: "Right Here (Departed)", "Long Distance"

• From For the Love of Ray J (2009)

single: "Sexy Ladies", "For the Love of Ray J"

• From Sahyba (2012)

single: "Marco Polo"

• From I Hit It First (2013)

single: "I Hit It First"

References

1. Press release^{[permanent dead link‍]}, RayJ.com
2. Ray J. album chart history, Billboard online
3. Billboard.com - Artist Biography - Billboard Bits: Brandy/Ray J, Paisley/Underwood: Brandy announced today (Oct. 2) on New York radio station Hot 97 (WQHT) that she is planning on partnering with her brother Ray J for a collaborative album tentatively titled "R&B." The title is a nod to the siblings' respective first initials as well as their chosen style of music.
4. - Ray J's MySpace: Ray J's highly anticipated fifth album, tentatively called Raydiation 2, will be released in the summer of 2009.
5. - Billboard.com - Artist Biography - Ray J: In 2009 the singer announced he would be starring in his own dating series on VH1 titled For the Love of Ray J and releasing a new album, Raydiation 2.