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Diplo‘s game-changing brainchild Mad Decent, home to the likes of Bauuer, DJ Snake and RiFF RaFF, has been named one of the most innovative companies in the music biz, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Spotify, Vevo and Shazam at number five in a Top 10 list compiled by Fast Company. Here’s what they had to say about the record label that refuses to turn down (for what):

“5. MAD DECENT. For shaking up how music goes mainstream. The Harlem Shake meme defined the early part of 2013. And it was all because of how Mad Decent, the record label behind the artist Baauer, deftly reached the masses. The viral sensation sold more than one million copies and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but Mad Decent reportedly spent less than $5,000 marketing the track–initially giving it away for free. The label also continued expanding its popular Block Party events, debuting in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.”

Congrats, team. 4-1 [Via.] More Mad Decent Watch: ‘Fly Your Own Flag’ with New Era Cap, Mad Decent and CARBON Festival North West headlines Mad Decent’s 2014 Block Party Watch: Diplo – ‘Revolution’