genre various predecessor maplenationwide founded 2006 headquarters toronto ontario canada services distribution production warehousing marketing sales brand partnerships merchandising finance back office parent maplecore ltd. fontana distribution website fontananorth.com fontana north is a canadian record distribution company and represents the canadian wing of fontana distribution . it is a joint venture between canadian based maplecore and us based fontana distribution . the company was established by maplecore in 2004 as maplenationwide and in 2006 it partnered with fontana distribution and was rebranded as fontana north . it has expanded throughout canada for pan canadian distribution of many music labels . on august 22 2013 it was announced that they would be teaming up with distort entertainment in a joint venture deal with fontana north acting as the main distributor of the hardcore label . 1 fontana north won the independent distributor of the year award six years in a row 2008 2013 at the canadian music industry awards held annually in toronto as part of canadian music week . 2 3 4 contents 1 distributed labels 2 awards and accolades 2.1 canadian music awards 2.2 juno awards 3 references 4 external links distributed labels edit fontana north is affiliated with more than 80 labels including the following 5 2 2 management aao music alligator records astral music ato records bad taste records black box recordings black hen music bumstead productions cobraside distribution cooperative music cordova bay records dangerbird records distort entertainment downtown records daptone records domo records drive records drip audio eleven seven music epitaph records endearing records fearless records filter records half life records heads connect entertainment hieroglyphics hopeless records high 4 records hi bias recordings indica records ipecac recordings j.k. livin records latent recordings lex records luaka bop mad decent mailboat records make it real records maplemusic recordings masalacism records mb3 records ministry of sound modular records mom pop music mr bongo records musical freedom metal blade records napalm records nevado records nuclear blast palm pictures paper bag records ph recordings pheromone recordings phi group pias recordings pipe & hat play records polar bear records rainbow quartz rasa music rbc records red floor records red telephone box records rekords rekords rhymesayers entertainment rise records rocket science records road angel records salt x records sandbag records sumerian records shangri la records sideonedummy records shoreline entertainment slaight music sonic unyon distribution song dog music sound of pop soul kiss entertainment strange music system recordings tbd records tee pee records tompkins square records tonic records turtlemusik upper class recordings underground operations urbnet records victory records vagrant records vh1 classics warp records warcon enterprises william morris endeavor wrasse records yyz records some labels listed here have only selected titles distributed through fontana north awards and accolades edit canadian music awards edit the canadian music and broadcast industry awards happen every march in toronto as part of canadian music week . 6 year nominee work award result 2008 fontana north independent distributor of the year won 2009 fontana north independent distributor of the year won 2010 fontana north independent distributor of the year won 2011 fontana north independent distributor of the year won 2012 fontana north independent distributor of the year won 2013 fontana north independent distributor of the year won juno awards edit the juno awards are presented by the canadian academy of recording arts and sciences . 7 8 year nominee work award result 2007 neverending white lights new artist of the year nominated arabesque the frenzy of renown rap recording of the year nominated classified hitch hikin music rap recording of the year nominated dl incognito organic music for a digital world rap recording of the year nominated lori cullen calling for rain vocal jazz album of the year nominated george believe r & b soul recording of the year nominated karl wolf face behind the face r & b soul recording of the year nominated lennie gallant when we get there roots & traditional album of the year solo nominated david gogo acoustic blues album of the year nominated 2008 shad the old prince rap recording of the year nominated bob lanois snake road instrumental album of the year nominated 2009 inhabitants the furniture moves underneath instrumental album of the year nominated steve dawson telescope instrumental album of the year nominated d sisive the book rap recording of the year nominated dl incognito a captured moment in time rap recording of the year nominated old man luedecke proof of love roots & traditional album of the year solo won daniel lanois jack richardson producer of the year won daniel lanois here is what is music dvd of the year nominated 2010 carly rae jepsen new artist of the year nominated carly rae jepsen & ryan stewart songwriter of the year nominated danny fernandes new artist of the year nominated ten second epic new group of the year nominated julie doiron i can wonder what you did with your day alternative album of the year nominated pavlo rik emmett oscar lopez trifecta instrumental album of the year nominated danny fernandes intro r & b soul album of the year nominated bahamas pink strat roots & traditional album of the year solo nominated john wort hannam queen s hotel roots & traditional album of the year solo nominated good lovelies good lovelies roots & traditional album of the year group won matt brouwer where s our revolution contemporary christian gospel album of the year won 2011 fond of tigers continent & western instrumental album of the year won d sisive vaudeville rap recording of the year nominated shad tsol rap recording of the year won raghav ft. kardinal offishall so much r & b soul recording of the year nominated dubmatix system shakedown reggae recording of the year nominated joey stylez the black star aboriginal album of the year nominated old man luedecke my hands are on fire and other love songs roots & traditional album of the year solo won jim byrnes everywhere west blues album of the year won greg sczebel love & the lack thereof contemporary christian gospel album of the year won manafest the chase contemporary christian gospel album of the year nominated 2012 jrdn new artist of the year nominated jrdn iamjrdn r & b soul recording of the year nominated the rural alberta advantage new group of the year nominated the rural alberta advantage stamp video of the year nominated jimmy rankin forget about the world country album of the year nominated cuff the duke morning comes adult alternative album of the year nominated bobs & lolo connecting the dots children s album of the year nominated d sisive jonestown 2 jimmy go bye bye rap recording of the year nominated dubmatix seeds of love & life ft. luciano reggae recording of the year nominated dave gunning a tribute to john allan cameron roots & traditional album of the year solo nominated david gogo soul bender blues album of the year nominated austra feel it break electronic album of the year nominated 2013 ex dio caligvla metal hard music album of the year group nominated manafest fighter contemporary christian gospel album of the year nominated the wooden sky every child a daughter every moon a sun roots & traditional album of the year group nominated the strumbellas my father and the hunter roots & traditional album of the year group nominated elliot brood days into years roots & traditional album of the year group won crystal shawanda just like you aboriginal album of the year won ratchet orchestra hemlock instrumental album of the year nominated kristina maria tell the world pop album of the year nominated references edit distort inc. joins forces with . fontana north . retrieved 2016 08 01 . 2010 cmbia winners & nominees 2017 canadian music week april 18 22 2017 . cmw.net . 2013 01 24 . retrieved 2016 08 01 . 2011 cmbia winners & nominees 2017 canadian music week april 18 22 2017 . cmw.net . 2013 01 24 . retrieved 2016 08 01 . 1 dead link about . fontana north . retrieved 2016 08 01 . 2011 cmbia winners & nominees 2017 canadian music week april 18 22 2017 . cmw.net . 2013 01 24 . retrieved 2016 08 01 . 2011 juno award nominees . pdf . caras . retrieved 2013 04 11 . 2013 juno award nominees . . caras . retrieved 2013 04 11 . external links edit fontana north official website fontana distribution official website maplecore official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fontana north & oldid 739986791 categories record label distributorscanadian independent record labelsrecord labels established in 20042006 in canadian musichidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from august 2016 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