The artist label also continue to release dance singles, achieving three number 1 records in the UK in 2013 with Bingo Players feat. Far East Movement's " Get Up (Rattle)", [21] Duke Dumont feat. A*M*E's " Need U (100%)", [22] and Storm Queen's " Look Right Through". [23] Compilations [ edit ]

The Ibiza Annual series began in a large selling #1 album in August 1998, as mixed by Pete Tong and Boy George. As the title suggests it contains songs big in Ibizan DJ sets. The 1999 edition, despite criticism that it didn't make full usage of the songs available, was well received as was the 2000 edition. Editions starting from 2001 were mixed digitally. The music publishing business was established in 2015. It is independent of the record label that was acquired by Sony Music, and is headed up by Ben Bodie. [16] The current roster of artists includes Mura Masa, iLL BLU, Will Arcane, KDA and John Calvert. Ministry of Sound is getting a 22-channel soundsystem". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. 3 December 2015 . Retrieved 30 March 2017. The Annual II remains one of the biggest selling compilation albums of all time in the UK, including quite possibly the biggest selling DJ mix album in the UK. It is listed in the Guinness World Records 2001 as the "Best Selling Club Dance Compilation", with 610,000 copies sold by the publication of that book in 2000. Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio.Ministry of Sound to open private members club in Southwark". Evening Standard . Retrieved 20 March 2018. Ministry of Sound Radio was an online only service broadcasting 24-hours a day from Ministry of Sound's offices adjacent to the nightclub. [25] See also [ edit ] Seasonal editions began in 2001, starting with Spring 2001 (the first digitally mixed Annual). A chillout annual was also released at the end of 2001, The Chillout Annual 2002. The 1997 album Dance Nation 3 was also promoted as the follow-up to The Annual II. Under its Ministry of Sound and Hed Kandi brands, the business hosts approximately 500 international tour events annually across the world. In 2017, the brand featured as part of the stage line-up at festivals including The Ark (cruise ship), [13] Adria Summer Festival and Ultra Europe.

Brewster, B. and Broughton F. (1998). The Manual: The who, the where, the why of clubland. Headline Book Publishing. pp.95 a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (Firsted.). Virgin Books. p.224. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6. Duke Dumont, A*M*E win first number one single with 'Need U (100%)". Digital Spy. 7 April 2013 . Retrieved 26 February 2014. The Ministry is a new members club and shared workspace for creative businesses, which opened in 2018 in London. The first building on Borough Road includes four floors of tailored private offices, shared working areas, meeting spaces, soundproof studios, an immersive tech suite, a full-service restaurant, a bar 70 feet in length, an outdoor terrace, a 40-seater cinema and an events space with a diverse events programme. [12] Tours [ edit ] Boris intervenes in Elephant & Castle Ministry of Sound skyscraper battle". London SE1. 2 December 2011 . Retrieved 20 February 2014.Ministry of Sound's round-up of the year's biggest dance records. The album features chart-topping hits from the year's biggest artists and of course, no Annual would be complete without tipping a nod to the emerging talent of tomorrow. Nothing sounds quite like it. We debated the name. One idea that got dropped was The Mad Axeman on". 4 May 1996. [ verification needed] Note: These albums from The Summer Annual - Summer 2000 to The 2008 Annual were distributed by EMI Music Group Australasia Pty Ltd. The 2009 Annual to The Annual 2017 were distributed by Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd under exclusive license from Ministry of Sound Australia& Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd. As of mid-2017 all Australian Annuals are produced and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia.