Wikipedia:Corey Johnson (music producer)

[[File:Corey_Johnson.jpg|thumb|288x288px|Corey Johnson Born:April 22, 1978

]] Corey Bruce Johnson (born 22 April 1978) is a British born music producer, Film producer, record label owner, rapper, songwriter, actor, businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

Corey Johnson's most notable achievement to date is as a record label owner, music producer, publisher, and songwriter of One Dance. “One Dance" reached number one in 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, becoming Drake's first number-one single in all 15 countries as the lead artist.

Biography
Corey Johnson was born and raised in Brixton, South London. Johnson's first experience in the music world began at age 10 when he was signed to Universal Records (with 6 other youths) as a group called “New Frontier”. New Frontier toured the UK in 1988–89, promoting the government's anti-pollution and protection of the ozone layer project. They received national acclaim and were featured in several newspapers and shows such as BBC 1 - Timmy Mallet's “Wackaday“ show Timmy Mallett and BBC 2, TV show -  Normski's “Dance Energy”, receiving sponsorship from 90's sports brand “Pony”.

Later Corey Johnson's street background and experience led him to set up record label Defenders Ent ., and as an artist, record with well-known artists from both underground and commercial music genres, through production, promotion, and marketing - on a worldwide platform. Artists such as Drake, Akon, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, Swedish House Mafia, The Vamp, Stomzy, Red Cafe, Big Brovaz, Dizzie Rascal, D-double E, Ghetts, PDC, SMS, Blade Brown and Asher D, and many more have released music via Defenders Ent or used the creative hub, The Digital Holdings to film or record projects.

Corey Johnson has been covered by many mainstream media outlets over past couple of years, M Magazine ,Crack Magazine 'inside London's studio' - as part of profile feature ,Metro Opinions - personal article and DJ Mag - studio profile. There are many more but these are the most relevant at this current time.