World Champion Records
World Champion Records is a record label associated with Icelandic electro-pop act FM Belfast.
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Overview
World Champion Records is a record label whose documented public association is with FM Belfast, an electro-pop band from Reykjavík, Iceland. The label is identified in reference material through an archived official website linked from the band's Wikipedia entry. The available material does not establish the label's founding date, legal structure, ownership, headquarters, distribution arrangements, catalogue size, or current operating status. It is therefore best described as a music-industry label rather than as a fully documented independent corporation. The label's clearest recorded connection is to FM Belfast's early and continuing recorded output. FM Belfast formed in Reykjavík in late 2005, initially as a studio project involving Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, before expanding into a live group around the 2006 Iceland Airwaves festival. The band's music combines electronic production, pop songwriting, dance-oriented rhythms, and a collaborative performance format whose lineup can vary. World Champion Records appears in the band's reference material as its official label or label website, but the supplied sources do not provide a complete release-by-release attribution or confirm whether every FM Belfast recording was issued through the imprint. FM Belfast's documented album catalogue includes How to Make Friends (2008), Don't Want to Sleep (2011), Brighter Days (2014), and Island Broadcast (2017). The band's listed singles include Lotus (Killing in the Name) (2008), Beint í æð (2014), You're So Pretty and All My Power (2017), and Útihátíð (2024). A related recording, Back & Spine by Kasper Bjørke featuring FM Belfast, is also noted in the reference material, although no label relationship is established for that release. Because the available evidence is limited, these titles should be treated as repertoire associated with the label's principal documented artist rather than as a verified complete World Champion Records catalogue. No reliable information was supplied about additional artists, label executives, marketing campaigns, acquisitions, disputes, financial performance, or present-day activity. The label's website is provided as an archival or historical reference, and the available material does not confirm whether it remains active. Further research in music-rights databases, national company records, archived label pages, and release metadata would be needed to establish its business history and current status.
History
The public record for World Champion Records is limited. The label is referenced through an archived official website linked from material about FM Belfast, a Reykjavík electro-pop band. No supplied source identifies a founding year, founder, registered owner, parent company, headquarters, distribution partner, or formal corporate history. The label should therefore be understood primarily through its documented relationship with the band's recorded work rather than through a separately established institutional history. FM Belfast began as a studio project in late 2005 involving Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir. The project developed into a larger live act after Árni Vilhjálmsson and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason joined and the group appeared at Iceland Airwaves in 2006. Its membership and live configuration could vary from a small core to a larger ensemble, reflecting the collaborative character of Reykjavík's electronic and experimental music community. The group's first album was recorded in New York and Iceland, with the members involved in recording, mixing, mastering, and creating the artwork. The band's documented albums are How to Make Friends (2008), Don't Want to Sleep (2011), Brighter Days (2014), and Island Broadcast (2017). Its listed singles and related releases extend across the same period, including Lotus (Killing in the Name), Beint í æð, You're So Pretty, All My Power, and the later Útihátíð. World Champion Records is included in the band's reference material as an official website or label connection, making FM Belfast the principal artist associated with the imprint in the available evidence. The available sources do not establish whether World Champion Records operated as a conventional independent label, a self-release imprint, or a limited label associated with specific FM Belfast projects. They also do not document a broader artist roster, staff, commercial partnerships, licensing arrangements, or subsequent corporate changes. No verified information is available on the label's current status. Its website is supplied as an archived reference, but the record does not demonstrate that the site or the label remains active today.
- 2024
Útihátíð is listed
[1]Útihátíð is listed among FM Belfast's singles. The supplied material does not confirm whether World Champion Records issued it.
- 2017
Island Broadcast is released
[1]FM Belfast releases Island Broadcast, with You're So Pretty and All My Power also listed among the band's releases.
- 2014
Brighter Days is released
[1]FM Belfast releases Brighter Days, alongside the listed single Beint í æð.
- 2011
Don't Want to Sleep is released
[1]FM Belfast follows its debut with the album Don't Want to Sleep.
- 2008
How to Make Friends is released
[1]FM Belfast's first listed album, How to Make Friends, is released. The available material does not specify the label's precise release or distribution role.
- 2006
FM Belfast expands into a live act
[1]Following the involvement of additional members, FM Belfast develops from a studio project into a full live act at the Iceland Airwaves festival.
- 2005
FM Belfast begins as a studio project
[1]FM Belfast forms in Reykjavík as an initial project involving Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir. The group is the principal artist associated with World Champion Records in the available reference material.
Products and positioning
An independent or artist-associated record-label imprint connected in the available references with Icelandic electro-pop and FM Belfast.
Recorded music
FM Belfast recorded catalogue
The principal documented body of music associated with World Champion Records is the recorded work of FM Belfast, an Icelandic electro-pop group. The band's listed catalogue spans albums, singles, and related appearances from the late 2000s onward. Available references identify the label connection but do not provide a complete release-level rights or distribution history.
Album · 2008
How to Make Friends
How to Make Friends is FM Belfast's first listed album, released in 2008. The album was recorded in New York and Iceland, with the group participating in recording, mixing, mastering, and artwork production. The available reference does not independently verify the exact World Champion Records release configuration.
Album · 2011
Don't Want to Sleep
Don't Want to Sleep is FM Belfast's second listed album and follows the group's 2008 debut. It is part of the band's documented album sequence associated with the World Champion Records reference, although the supplied evidence does not state the imprint's specific role in its manufacture, licensing, or distribution.
Album · 2014
Brighter Days
Brighter Days is an FM Belfast album listed for 2014. It belongs to the band's continuing electro-pop catalogue and is accompanied in the discography by the single Beint í æð. The supplied sources do not establish whether the album was exclusively released through World Champion Records.
Album · 2017
Island Broadcast
Island Broadcast is FM Belfast's listed 2017 album. It represents the latest album in the supplied discography and is associated with the label reference through the band's official information, without a separately documented label-credit history.
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