Effective period / Period of releases: 2015 - 2017

Members: Naomi Campbell, Courtney Love, Jennifer Hudson, Taraji P. Henson, Veronika Bozeman, Terrence Howard, Rebbeca Marie Gomez, Jussie Smollett, Yazz The Greatest, Serayah McNeill, Bre-Z, Jamila Velazquez, Sierra McClain

Empire is an musical drama television series, which premiered on Fox in January 2015. It centers on a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.
Each episode featured original music produced by Timbaland with rapping and singing provided by the actors. After each episode aired, Columbia released digital download packages of the songs that premiered. Many of the tracks hit Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart, including "Drip Drop", "Keep Your Money" and "Money for Nothing." A compilation of the songs, Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1, was released in March 2015. The CD edition consisted of 11 tracks, while the digital download version included 18.