Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...
's labels include the following.
Flagship labels
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Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...
Parlophone Records
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 192 ...
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Warner Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...
All Money In
Airmiess Joseph Asghedom (August 15, 1985 – March 31, 2019), known professionally as Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le), was an American rapper, entrepreneur, and activist. Emerging from the West Coast hip hop scene in the mid- ...
Asylum Records
Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications (now the Warner Music Group) in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/As ...
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Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...
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Atco Records
ATCO Records is an American record label founded in 1955. It is owned by Warner Music Group and operates as an imprint of Atlantic Records. After several decades of dormancy and infrequent activity under alternating Warner Music labels, the comp ...
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Avang Music
Avang Music ( fa, آونگ lit. ''Pendulum'') is a record label and TV channel based in Los Angeles, California. Avang Records Inc, Avang TV and Mystery4 productions are affiliate companies under Avang Music. It is best known for its extensive ...
Big Tree Records
Big Tree Records was a record label founded by Doug Morris in 1970. It was best known for releases by Lobo, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Brownsville Station, Johnny Rivers, Dave and Ansel Collins, Canadian band April Wine, and British R&B ...
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Boulevard Boyz
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Boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former defensive wall, city walls.
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Cat Records
Cat Records was a short-lived subsidiary of Atlantic Records, specializing in rhythm and blues music. The label was founded in April 1954 to cash in on the popularity of R&B records among white teenager which were called "cat" records in the Sou ...
Boominati Worldwide
Leland Tyler Wayne (born September 16, 1993), professionally known as Metro Boomin, is an American record producer, record executive, beatmaker, and DJ. He is known for his dark production style and its influence on modern hip hop and trap.
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CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
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Chop Shop Records Chop Shop Records is a record label under partnership with Republic Records, headquartered in South Pasadena, California. The label was founded by Alexandra Patsavas, who also founded Chop Shop Music Supervision, which works with soundtracks on TV ...
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Taylor Gang Entertainment
Taylor Gang Entertainment is an American entertainment company. Co-founded by rapper Wiz Khalifa in 2008, it operates as an independent record label, music management, music production and film company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The recor ...
(joint with
EMPIRE
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Cotillion Records
Cotillion Records was a subsidiary of Atlantic Records (from 1971 part of WEA) and was active from 1968 through 1985. The label was formed as an outlet for pop, R&B, and jazz. Its first single, Otis Clay's version of "She's About a Mover", re ...
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CTE World
CTE World (or Corporate Thugz Entertainment also relaunched on October 14, 2022 as CTE New World) is an American record label founded by American rapper Jeezy & his former manager Demetrius “Kinky B” Ellerbee. In December 2012, Young Jeezy s ...
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Custard Records
Custard Records is an American record label, best known for its success with English singer-songwriter James Blunt. The label is run by former 4 Non Blondes member Linda Perry and has a partnership with Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records ...
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Eardrum Records
Eardrum Records was a record label owned by American comedian George Carlin, who formed the label in 1986. He then bought out Little David Records, the label that previously released his material.
Eardrum was distributed by Atlantic Records, wh ...
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Esperanza Records
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* Esperanza, Mississippi, an ...
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First Priority Music
First Priority Music (FPM) was an American hip hop record label of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which later released contemporary R&B and country music, among others. A small independent, it formed distribution relationships first with Atla ...
Full Surface Records
Full Surface is a record label founded in 2001, by American hip hop recording artist and record producer Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean. With the help of his protégé, Cassidy, who was the 1st artist signed, the label was established. The label us ...
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F-Stop Music
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Grind Or Die Label
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LaSalle Records
LaSalle Records was an American record label and a former division of Atlantic Records.
History
The record label was founded in 2004 and was owned by musician Travis Barker. The label is located in Corona, California. Most of the bands curren ...
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Little David Records
Little David Records was a record label started in 1969 by up-and-coming comedian Flip Wilson and his manager, veteran jazz producer Monte Kay. The label focused mainly on comedy albums, with some jazz and soft rock releases. Little David was indep ...
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Luke Records
Luke Records is an American record label formed in 1985 by Luther Campbell, the former producer and hypeman of 2 Live Crew,Maybach Music Group
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Owsla
Owsla (stylized in all caps) is an American record label and creative collective. It was founded by Skrillex, Tim Smith, Kathryn Frazier, and Clayton Blaha in 2011. Skrillex announced the label on August 17, 2011. The label's first release was ...
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Photo Finish Records
Photo Finish Records is an American independent record label founded in 2006 in New York City by Matt Galle, listed as one of Billboard’s “40 Under 40” in 2013 and 2015 as well as named a 2020 Billboard Indie Power Player and cited twice o ...
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Poe Boy Music Group
Poe Boy Music Group (formerly Poe Boy Entertainment) is an American record label, founded in 1999 by Elric "E-Class" Prince, the label's founder and CEO. President of Poe Boy Music Group Elvin "Big Chuck" Prince, CEO of Hiram Music Group & CEO of ...
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Rebel Rock Entertainment
James Gregory Scheffer (born June 8, 1970), professionally known as Jim Jonsin, is an American record producer, songwriter, businessman and DJ from South Florida. Jonsin has collaborated with numerous artists, including Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland ...
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Spinnin' Records
Spinnin' Records is a Dutch electronic music record label founded in 1999 by Eelko van Kooten and Roger de Graaf. In September 2017, Warner Music Group acquired Spinnin' Records for over $100 million.
Background
Van Kooten is the son of former ...
** Congo Records
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CONTROVERSIA
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Dharma Worldwide
Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988), known professionally as Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir" and stylized in all caps), is an American songwriter, DJ, music producer, and musician. He was ranked 23rd on ''DJ Mag''s 2015 Top 100 DJs poll and ...
Spinnin' Deep
Spinnin' Deep is a Dutch record label founded in 2009 and specializing in house, deep house, tech house, future house and other EDM genres. It is one of the 40 sub-labels of Spinnin' Records. The label gained success rapidly in 2014, catching u ...
** Spinnin' NEXT
** Spinnin' Premium
** Spinnin' Records Asia
** Spinnin' Talent Pool
** SPRS
** Tonco Tone
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Wall Recordings
Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the Worl ...
TAG Recordings
TAG Recordings was an imprint of Atlantic Records, created in 1994 to host Atlantic's stable of alternative rock artists and capitalize on the genre's popularity at that time. The roster consisted of artists already signed to Atlantic, such as T ...
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Top Stop Music
Top Stop Music is an independent record label founded by Puerto Rican producer, Sergio George in 2009 based in Delray Beach, Florida.
History
Sergio George was known for producing albums for salsa musicians during his work with RMM Records & V ...
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UpFront Records
UpFront Records is a record label owned and founded by DeVyne Stephens. Stephens began his career in the early 1990s with Devyne featuring 90 Miles an Hour. "I was one of the first artists L.A. eidand Babyface signed to LaFace Records," he sa ...
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300 Entertainment
Theory Entertainment LLC, doing business as 300 Entertainment, is an American record label founded by Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, Todd Moscowitz, and Roger Gold. The label's roster includes acts across multiple genres such as hip hop, rock, pop, ele ...
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Vortex Records Vortex Records was a jazz subsidiary of Atlantic Records that released 14 albums between 1968 and 1970, including the debut albums by Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, and Sonny Sharrock
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X5 Music Group
X5 Music Group is a record label based in Stockholm, Sweden with a branch in Manhattan, New York. Founded in 2003, it is a digital-only label that primarily licenses pre-existing music for compilation albums. X5 originally focused on classical mus ...
300 Entertainment
Theory Entertainment LLC, doing business as 300 Entertainment, is an American record label founded by Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, Todd Moscowitz, and Roger Gold. The label's roster includes acts across multiple genres such as hip hop, rock, pop, ele ...
Asylum Records
Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications (now the Warner Music Group) in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/As ...
DTA Records
DTA Records (an initialism for "Don't Trust Anyone") is an American record label founded in December 2019 by Travis Barker, best known as the drummer of Blink-182. It is a joint partnership between Barker and Elektra Entertainment (a label group ...
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Fueled by Ramen
Fueled by Ramen LLC is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by 300 Elektra Entertainment. The label, founded in Gainesville, Florida in 1996, is now based in New York City.
History
John Janick conceived of the l ...
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Low Country Sound
Low Country Sound is a record label imprint of Elektra Records based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 2015 by music producer Dave Cobb who also runs it. Among the artists currently signed to Low Country Sound, some notable acts are An ...
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Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City.
History
The label was launched in 1980 in t ...
143 Records
143 Records was the record label of producer David Foster. 143 was a sub-label of Warner Records and Atlantic Records. The numbers 1-4-3 are derived from the words "I (1 letter) love (4 letters) you (3 letters)."
History
When record producer Da ...
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A&E Records
A&E Records is a United Kingdom-based record label imprint, owned by Warner Music Group (WMG). It operates under the WEA International group of labels at WMG.
A&E Records was formalised in May 2003, when the NewsCorp Music Group of independ ...
* Action Theory Records
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Artery Recordings
Artery Recordings is an American record label based in Sacramento, California founded in 2010 as an imprint of Razor & Tie by Eric Rushing, owner of The Artery Foundation.
On August 31, 2017, it was announced that Artery was acquired by Warn ...
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Beluga Heights
Beluga Heights Records is an American record label established by record producer J. R. Rotem. The label is known for discovering and developing Sean Kingston, Iyaz, Mann, and Jason Derulo.
In September 2020, Beluga Heights was acquired by Cinq ...
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BME Recordings
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Doghouse Records
Doghouse Records is an American record label currently based in New York City.Alan O'Connor, ''Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy''. Lexington Books, 2008, p. 41Google Books/ref> The company was founded by Dirk Hemsath in late 1987 ...
* Facultad de Némea (
San José del Rincón
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Geography
San José del Rincón is located in the western part of the State of Mexico on its border with Michoacán. From north to s ...
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México
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Festival Mushroom Records
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(includes Mushroom/Festival back catalogs)
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Helium 3
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Ice Age Entertainment
Ice Age Entertainment is a record label created and owned by southern rapper Mike Jones and business partner Ray "Mello" Moore. The record label was created in 2001. Jones was signed with Swishahouse, in 2004 Swishahouse signed a deal with Asy ...
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Jet Life Recordings
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Music career
2002–2008: No Limit and Young Mone ...
* Loveway Records
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Machine Shop Recordings
Machine Shop Records is a record label founded by American rock band Linkin Park members, Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda, in 2001. The label is notable for releasing music in rock, hip hop, underground hip hop, alternative rock and nu metal music ...
* Malpaso Records
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Maverick Records
Maverick was an American entertainment company founded in 1992 by Madonna, Frederick DeMann, and Veronica "Ronnie" Dashev, and formerly owned and operated by Warner Music Group. It included a record label (Maverick Records), a film production ...
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Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Records (formerly called Warner Bros. Records), and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, No ...
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Slash Records
Slash Records was an American record label originally specializing in local punk rock bands, active from 1978 to 2000. It was notable as one of the first and most successful independent record labels in alternative music, before its eventual ac ...
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OVO Sound
OVO Sound (also known simply as OVO) is a Toronto-based Canadian record label, founded in 2012 by hip hop artist Drake, producer 40, and Oliver El-Khatib. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Warner Music Group's Warner ...
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Parlophone
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 192 ...
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Coldplay
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* Perezcious Music
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Perfecto Records
Perfecto Records is a British trance record label, founded by Paul Oakenfold in 1989. Perfecto was also a remix team consisting of Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne and in its later years, Osborne was replaced by Andy Gray. Perfecto Records h ...
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Playmaker Music
Playmaker Music is an American record label, founded by producer Chadron (“Nitti”) Moore in 2007. It operates through, and is distributed by, Warner Music Groups’ Warner Bros. Records.
History
On April 4, 2007, Warner Bros. Records annou ...
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels.
Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael ...
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RuffNation Records
RuffNation Records was a joint venture record label between Chris Schwartz and Warner Bros. Records. It was started in 1999 after Ruffhouse Records was dissolved and remained active until 2001 when AOL bought Time Warner. The label was reactivated ...
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Sire Records
Sire Records (formerly Sire Records Company) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records.
History Beginnings
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer ...
* Red Weather Records (
Orlando, Florida
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Stateside Records
Stateside Records, styled as $tateside Records, is a British record label, owned by Warner Music Group and operates through its Parlophone and Warner Records imprints. Upon creation, it initially released licensed American recordings and is no ...
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Top Rank Records
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(reissues)
Parlophone Label Group
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Parlophone Records
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 192 ...
, including reissues from the back catalogs of:
** Chrysalis Records (UK, part)
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EMI Columbia Records
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Founded in 1917 as an offshoot of the American Columbia Phonograph Company, it became an independent British-owned company in 1922 in a manageme ...
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EMI Records
EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company of the same name in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the succ ...
(UK)
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Harvest Records
Harvest Records is a British-American record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI in 1969.
History
Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music, and to compete with Philips' Vertigo ...
(UK)
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Regal Recordings
Regal Recordings is a British record label functioning as an imprint of Parlophone, Parlophone Records.
Background
Regal Records was a British record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings ...
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FFRR Records
FFRR Records (sometimes credited as Full Frequency Range Recordings) is a dance music label previously run and founded by English DJ Pete Tong. Originally the dance music label of London Records, FFRR is currently a sublabel of Parlophone, ...
* Kling Klang Produkt
*Marv Music (joint-venture with film production company
Marv Studios
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Stateside Records
Stateside Records, styled as $tateside Records, is a British record label, owned by Warner Music Group and operates through its Parlophone and Warner Records imprints. Upon creation, it initially released licensed American recordings and is no ...
(British distribution only)
**Top Rank Records
Rhino Entertainment
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Atco Records
ATCO Records is an American record label founded in 1955. It is owned by Warner Music Group and operates as an imprint of Atlantic Records. After several decades of dormancy and infrequent activity under alternating Warner Music labels, the comp ...
Del-Fi Records
Del-Fi Records was an American record label based in Hollywood, California and owned by Bob Keane. The label's first single released was "Caravan" by Henri Rose released in 1958, but the label was most famous for signing Ritchie Valens. Valens' fi ...
Jubilee Records
Jubilee Records was an American independent record label, specializing in rhythm and blues and novelty records. It was founded in New York City in 1946 by Herb Abramson. His partner was Jerry Blaine. Blaine bought Abramson's half of the compan ...
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Rhino Records
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Roulette Records
Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed ...
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TK Records
TK Records was an American independent record label founded by record distributor Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo in 1972. and based in Hialeah, Florida. The record label went bankrupt in 1981.
"TK" was inspired by the initials of sound engineer ...
Rhino handles the American distribution of reissues from the UK back catalogs of Chrysalis (part), EMI Columbia, EMI, Harvest, and Parlophone.
679 Recordings
679 Artists (formally known as Sixsevenine and 679 Recordings) was a Warner Music Group-owned record label based in London, England.
It was started by Nick Worthington who after leaving XL Recordings in 2001, started the company with Warner M ...
Alligator Records
Alligator Records is an American, Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer was also one of the founders of the '' Living Blues'' magazine in Chicago in 1970.
History
Iglauer started the label using ...
*Alma Records
*Alta Note Records
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Anzic Records
Anzic Records is an independent record label, based in New York City. It was founded in 2005 and has released many albums by Israeli musicians, but does not restrict itself to performers from that country.
History and scope
The label was founded ...
*Artist First
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Arhoolie Records
Arhoolie Records is an American small independent record label run by Chris Strachwitz and is based in El Cerrito, California, United States (it is actually located in Richmond Annex but has an El Cerrito postal address.) The label was founded b ...
*Avitone Records
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Bar/None Records
Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Early history
Tom Prendergast started Bar/None in early 1986 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Having previously worked in pirate radio and booked and promoted bands in his na ...
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Barsuk Records
Barsuk Records ( ) is an independent record label based in Seattle, Washington, that was founded by the members of the band This Busy Monster, Christopher Possanza and Josh Rosenfeld, in 1998 to release their band's material. Its logo is a draw ...
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Beggars Group
Beggars Group is a British record company that owns or distributes several other labels, including 4AD, Rough Trade Records, Matador Records, XL Recordings and Young.
History
The companies’ roots stem from the Beggars Banquet record shops, whi ...
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Bieler Bros Records
Bieler Bros. Records is an independent record label in Florida.
History
Bieler Bros. Records was formed in January 2002 by brothers Aaron and Jason Bieler. The label was aligned with MCA Records before becoming independent.
Distribution
Distr ...
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Blind Pig Records
Blind Pig Records is an American blues independent record label.
Blind Pig was formed in 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Jerry Del Giudice, owner of the Blind Pig Cafe, and his friend Edward Chmelewski. The label is now based in San Francisco. I ...
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Bloodshot Records
Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, which specializes in alternative country.
History
Bloodshot Records was founded in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller, and Eric Babcock, who knew each other from jobs i ...
Blue Corn Music
Blue Corn Music is an American blues, Americana, bluegrass, and roots music, independent record label. It was founded in 2001 by label president Denby Auble.
Blue Corn Music celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 21, 2011 at Antone's in Aust ...
Bolero Records
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Born & Bred Records
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*Brash Records
*Breakbeat Science Records
* Bright Antenna
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Canyon Records
Canyon Records of Phoenix, Arizona is a record label that has produced and distributed Native American music for 56 years.
History
Canyon was founded in 1951 by Ray and Mary Boley, who had opened the first recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona ...
Cavity Search Records
Cavity Search Records is a record label in Portland, Oregon that was formed in 1992 by Christopher Cooper and Denny Swofford. It is known for producing debut records by Hazel, Heatmiser, The Helio Sequence, King Black Acid, Richmond Fontaine, ...
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CDBaby
CD Baby, Inc. is an online distributor of independent music. The company was described as an "anti-label" by its parent company's Chief Operating Officer Tracy Maddux. The CD Baby music store was shut down in March 2020 with a statement that " ...
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Chesky Records
Chesky Records is a record company and label founded in 1978 by brothers David and Norman Chesky. The company produces high-definition recordings of music in a variety of genres, including jazz, classical, pop, R&B, folk and world/ethnic. Che ...
Comedy Central Records
Comedy Central Records is a record label based in New York and owned by Paramount Global. The label specializes in stand-up comedy albums and is distributed by Alternative Distribution Alliance, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The label has r ...
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Compass Records
Compass Records is an independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk music, folk, bluegrass music, bluegrass, Celtic music, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music.
In 2006, Compass purchased t ...
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Cordless Recordings Cordless Recordings is a netlabel owned by Warner Music Group. The label was founded in 2005 by Jac Holzman, who also founded Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records.
Affiliation with Rykodisc - present
In 2007, Warner Music Group's Rykodisc label ...
*Courgette Records
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Crunchy Frog Records
Crunchy Frog is an independent record label, established in 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The label is owned by the four members of Thau (band), Thau. The daily operations are handled by Jesper "Yebo" Reginal Petersen, drummer of Thau (later: Tothe ...
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Curb Records
Curb Records (also known as Asylum-Curb and formerly known as MCG Curb) is an American record label started by Mike Curb, originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963. From 1969 to 1973, Curb merged with MGM Records where Curb served as President of ...
Decaydance Records
DCD2 Records, formerly known as Decaydance Records, is an independent record label owned by Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy and partners, based in New York City. It was founded as an imprint of Fueled by Ramen. The first band Wentz s ...
*Dentro Recordings
*DimeRock Records
*Divendy Records
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Domino Recording Company
Domino Recording Company or simply Domino is a British independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Dom ...
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Downtown Records
Downtown Records is an American record label based in New York City with offices in Los Angeles. Owned and operated by Josh Deutsch and Terence Lam, the label is distributed by Geffen Records (formerly Interscope Records and The Orchard) in the ...
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Dualtone Records
Dualtone Records is an American record label specializing in folk, Americana, and indie rock. It was founded in 2001 by Scott Robinson and Dan Herrington. The company is run by Robinson and the label's president, Paul Roper. Albums are distribute ...
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East West Records
East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in London, England.
History
Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with t ...
*Eco Records
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el Music Group
El Music Group is an American independent record label created by the rock band Collective Soul. After departing from Atlantic Records in 2001, the band set this label up to release all its future albums.
The first album released by Collective ...
Eyeball Records
Eyeball Records is an independent record label originally established in NYC out of Apartment 4C on 14th St at Avenue A by Alex Saavedra and Vincent Li. The label later moved to Kearny, New Jersey. Eyeball has released albums by artists such as ...
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Ferret Music
Ferret Music was an American independent record label turned Warner Music Group subsidiary, founded in 1996. The label is owned by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and based in West Windsor, New Jersey. Ferret recently started an imprint called ...
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Kontor Records
Kontor Records or Kontor New Media is a record label based in Hamburg, Germany. The label's artist roster includes ATB, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Scooter. Jens Thele is the head manager of Kontor and is also the manager of Scooter.
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*Funzalo Records
*Guelmi Music
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Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, w ...
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I Scream Records
I Scream Records is an independent record label founded by Laurens Kusters in 1994 in Brussels, Belgium. The label has an extensive catalogue and is one of the leading punk and hardcore labels in Western Europe.
History
The label's first r ...
*Igualdade Vision Records
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InVogue Records
InVogue Records is an American record company based in Findlay, Ohio. It was founded by Nick Moore, lead singer of Before Their Eyes, in 2009. In the fall of 2011 InVogue Records signed a distribution deal with Independent Label Group (owned by ...
*Jemp Records
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Lightyear Entertainment
Lightyear Entertainment, headquartered in Studio City, California, is a distributor of independent motion pictures in theaters, on DVD, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, as well as a distributor of music and music videos on CD, DVD, and digital distribut ...
Matador Records
Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts.
History
Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City apar ...
*Mayhem Records
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Manifesto Records
Manifesto Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California that has released records by Dead Kennedys, Tim Buckley, Cinerama, Concrete Blonde, Cranes, The Czars, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Lilys, The Rugburns, Sing-Sing,
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Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande ...
*Metade Note Records
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Milan Records
Milan Records is a record label located in Los Angeles, California specializing in film scores and soundtrack albums. In addition, Milan boasts an extensive electronic catalog which features down-tempo, chillout, and eclectic electronic releases ...
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Misfits Records
Misfits Records is an independent record label conceived of in 2002 by founders Jerry Only of the Misfits and John Cafiero of Osaka Popstar. Intended to release Misfits material after the band's contractual obligations to Roadrunner Records w ...
Music Branding
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Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label l ...
*Born & Bred Records
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Nervous Records
Nervous Records is a UK rockabilly music independent record label. It was formed in 1979 by Roy Williams, a DJ on the UK rock'n'roll scene. Nervous Records is credited by many as the leading record label behind the emergence of the British neo ...
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Nettwerk
Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk Management, and Nettwerk One Publishing.
Established in 1984, the Vancouver-based company was created by Nettwerk principals Terry McBride and Mark Jowett as a record ...
*Nexchapter
*No Filter Records
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Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...
*Nudgie Records
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Om Records
Om Records is an American record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and compilations, incl ...
*Phony Records
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Polyvinyl Record Company
Polyvinyl Record Co. is an American independent record label headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. The label also has satellite offices in New York, Austin, and the Bay Area. Polyvinyl has put out over 400 releases to date.
The Polyvinyl roster ...
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Projekt Records
Projekt is a Portland, Oregon-based independent record label started by Sam Rosenthal in 1983. Projekt releases music in the styles of darkwave, ambient, shoegaze, gothic rock, ethereal, dream-pop, and dark cabaret. Projekt artists include S ...
*PRT Records
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Pye Records
Pye Records was a British record label. Its best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956–1969), Petula Clark (1957–1971), the Searchers (1963–1967), the Kinks (1964–1971), Sandie Shaw (1964–1971), Status Quo (1968–1971) and Brotherhoo ...
Restless Records
Restless Records is a record label that was started in El Segundo, California in 1986 by Enigma Records and primarily released alternative, metal, and punk records. Restless also licensed and released records from Bar/None Records, Metal Blade R ...
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Rhymesayers Entertainment
Rhymesayers Entertainment (sometimes abbreviated RSE) is an American independent hip-hop record label based in Minneapolis.
History
Rhymesayers Entertainment was co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley (Slug), Anthony Davis (Ant), Musab Saad (Sab th ...
Rock Ridge Music
Rock Ridge Music is an independent record label and artist management company based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2004, it has signed, managed, and/or promoted artists including Reel Big Fish, Sister Hazel, Rachel Platten, Matthew Perryman ...
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Rykodisc Records
Rykodisc is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, operating as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.
History
Claiming to be the first CD-only independent record ...
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Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). Mogis soon turned over hi ...
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Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and is as of 2013 a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management solely for reissues. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest m ...
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Bronze Records
Bronze Records was an independent English record label founded in 1971 by record producer Gerry Bron on Oxford Street in London, eventually relocating to Chalk Farm.
History
Bron had been producing Uriah Heep for Vertigo Records, and he set up ...
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Castle Records
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CMC International
CMC International was an American independent record label founded by Bill Cain and Tom Lipsky in 1991, focused mainly on classic rock, and classic heavy metal. The label was the haven of many hard rock, arena rock, thrash metal, glam metal, and ...
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GWR Records
GWR Records were an independent record label active in the UK from 1986 through to 1991.
By 1984, Gerry Bron's Bronze Records were in financial difficulty leading to a hiatus in recording activity for Motörhead. Eventually, Motörhead manag ...
Sub Pop Records
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Surfdog Records
Surfdog Records is an record label, music publishing company, merchandising company, and marketing company based in Encinitas, California. Its roster includes artists of the rock, punk, swing, rockabilly, reggae, lounge, and alternative genre ...
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Tee Pee Records
Tee Pee Records is an American independent rock music record label in New York City, prominent for releasing music by Sleep, Witch, Graveyard, Earthless, High on Fire and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. It has housed many stoner rock bands.
R ...
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Teleprompt Records
Teleprompt Records was an independent record label that was formed in 2003 by record producer Tedd T, keyboardist and Mutemath vocalist Paul Meany, and manager Kevin Kookogey. The label was formed to promote and distribute music for Meany's band ...
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The Control Group
The Control Group is an independent record label, founded by Nabil Ayers in Seattle, Washington in 2002. Notable artists who have released albums on The Control Group include El Perro del Mar, Lykke Li, Cate Le Bon, Alice Boman and Wildbird ...
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Thirsty Ear Recordings
Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 1970s as a marketing company for the then-unnamed alternative music field, and expanded to issue its own records in 1990.
Thirsty Ear came to prominenc ...
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Thrill Jockey Records
Thrill Jockey is an American independent record label established by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards and based in Chicago.
History
Richards started the label in 1992 with $35,000 of family and personal capital, whil ...
*TML Entertainment
*Tommy Boy Records, Tommy Boy Entertainment
*Touch & Go Records
*Troubleman Unlimited
*Ubiquity Records
*Upstream Records
*Vice Records
*VMG Recordings
*Warcon Enterprises
*WaterTower Music
*Wichita Records
*Williams Street Records
*Word Entertainment
*DaySpring Records
*Myrrh Records
*Word Records
*You Entertainment
*Zappa Records
Arts Music
*Sesame Street Records
*First Night Records
*Mattel Music
*Sh-K-Boom Records
Warner Classics
*Warner Classics, Warner Classics Records
*Erato Records
*Teldec Records
*NVC Arts Records
*Lontano Records
*Finlandia Records
International labels
Warner Music International
Warner Music International (formerly WEA International) is the international copyright holder and distributor for North American artists on the Warner Music record labels. An example of this is on the credits for the American artists albums which states i.e. "Warner Bros. Records, Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International, Inc. for the world outside the U.S."
WEA is also referred to as Warner Music International or Warner Music Entertainment and has divisions worldwide such as Australia, Japan and all over Europe. These branches are usually called Warner Music followed by the name of the country. Some labels have more than one record company for example the UK has Warner Bros. Records UK and Atlantic Records UK but both trade through Warner Music UK, Limited. These labels market and distribute artists in those specific regions are all part of WEA International/Warner Music International
Europe
Spinnin' Records
Spinnin' Records is a Dutch electronic music record label founded in 1999 by Eelko van Kooten and Roger de Graaf. In September 2017, Warner Music Group acquired Spinnin' Records for over $100 million.
Background
Van Kooten is the son of former ...
(acquired in 2017)
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*Teldec
*Mariann Grammofon AB
* Warner Music UK
** Warner Records UK (formally WEA Records UK Ltd.)
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East West Records
East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in London, England.
History
Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with t ...
**Atlantic Records UK
**Asylum Records, Asylum Records UK
**Rhino Entertainment, Rhino UK - new division of Warner Music UK, formed in 2010 for reissues and compilation.
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A&E Records
A&E Records is a United Kingdom-based record label imprint, owned by Warner Music Group (WMG). It operates under the WEA International group of labels at WMG.
A&E Records was formalised in May 2003, when the NewsCorp Music Group of independ ...
(formerly the independent label Mushroom Records UK)
**London Records (originally the U.S. label for Decca Records, Decca)
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679 Recordings
679 Artists (formally known as Sixsevenine and 679 Recordings) was a Warner Music Group-owned record label based in London, England.
It was started by Nick Worthington who after leaving XL Recordings in 2001, started the company with Warner M ...
**14th Floor Records
*Warner Music Sweden
* Warner Music Spain
* Warner Music Portugal
**Parlophone Portugal (acquisition; formerly EMI-Valentim de Carvalho)
* Warner Music Poland
**EMI Music Poland (defunct; formerly Pomaton-EMI)
* Warner Music Russia
** Atlantic Records, Atlantic Records Russia
** S.B.A./Gala Records (acquisition)
** Sony Music Russia (distribution)
* Warner Music Norway
** K. Dahl Eftf.
* Warner Music Benelux
** Atlantic Records Benelux
** Warner Music Belgium
** Warner Music Netherlands
* Warner Music Central Europe
** Atlantic Records Germany
** Warner Music Austria
** Warner Music Germany
** Warner Music Switzerland
** UDR Records
* Warner Music Italy
* Warner Music Ireland
* Warner Music Greece
* Warner Music France (formerly WEA Filipacchi Music)
** ADA France
** Parlophone France
*** Delabel
** Décibels Productions
** Elektra France
** Nous Productions (acquired in 2016)
* Warner Music Finland
** Finnlevy (acquisition)
** Fazer Records
** Evidence
** Helsinki Music Company (HMC)
* Warner Music Baltic states, Baltics
* Warner Music Denmark
** Medley
* Warner Music Czech Republic
** EMI Czech Republic (renamed Parlophone in 2013)
* 1967 Ltd
** Must Destroy Records (distribution)
** The Beats (labels deal)
** Warner Strategic Marketing (warner.esp)
* Warner Music Romania
** Roton (label), Roton (until 2020)
** Global Records (since 2020)
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*EMIDISC
*Parlophone Europe Generic
**Parlophone Music France (formerly Pathé Marconi-EMI)
***Pathé Records
***Hostile Delabel
***Livin' Astro
**Parlophone Music Spain (formerly EMI Odeon and Hispavox)
***Hispavox
***Odeon Records
**EMI Czech Republic, Parlophone Czech Republic (formerly Monitor-EMI)
**Parlophone Slovakia
**Parlophone Denmark (formerly EMI-Medley)
**Parlophone Norway
**Parlophone Sweden
*2CD Originals Series
South America
* Warner Music Argentina
* Warner Music Brasil
** Banguela Records (defunct)
** Caravela Records
** EH Brasil
** Furacão 2000
** Selo Chantecler
** Selo Continental /
East West Records
East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in London, England.
History
Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with t ...
** WEA Discos
** RW Produtora
** Warner Strategic Marketing Brazil
* Warner Music Chile
* Warner Music Colombia
* Warner Music Peru, Perú
Asia-Pacific
Australia/Oceania
*Warner Music Australia
*Warner Music New Zealand
*Illegal Musik
Asia
*Gold Typhoon
* Warner Music China
* Warner Music Hong Kong
** F Records
** Whet Drops
* Warner Music India
**Maati
**Sky Digital (distribution)
**Always Music Global
**Indie Music Label (distribution)
* Warner Music Indonesia
** Hemagita Records (acquisition)
** Virgo Ramayana (distribution)
** Alfa Records
** Indo Semar Sakti
* Warner Music Israel
* Warner Music Japan (:ja:ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン, ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン)
** A.K.A. Records
** A'zip Music
** Atlantic Records, Atlantic Records Japan
** CUBE LOVES MUSIC! (joint venture with Nissan Motors)
** Defstar Records (1997-2000, now a sublabel of Sony Music Japan)
** Dream Machine
** East West Records, East West Records Japan (formerly MMG Records)
** Entrance
** Fueled By Mentaiko (Joint venture with WACK (music company), WACK)
** Futurista
** Garland
** Jupiter
** Minami (singer), Minami
** Tatsuro Yamashita, Moon
** N.A.T.
** Organon
** Miki Imai (singer), PASION RECORD!
** Photon
** Planets
** Real Note
** Noriyuki Makihara, River Way (defunct after Makihara left Warner)
** Reprise Records, Reprise Records Japan
** Rhino Records, Rhino Records Japan
** Roadrunner Records, Roadrunner Records Japan
** Toshinori Yonekura, root of style
** Kōji Kikkawa, SAMURAI ROCK
** Sprouse
** Enon Kawatani, TACO RECORDS
** Trinitas
** unborde, unBORDE
** Vybe
** Warner Sunset
** WEA Japan
** Subaru Shibutani, World Art
* Warner Music South Korea, Korea
** Brand New Music (co-distributed with Kakao M)
** Vitamin Entertainment (acquired in 2007)
** WS Entertainment (joint venture with the SK Group and LOEN Entertainment, now defunct)Warner Music International and SK Telecom Announce Partnership
* Warner Music Malaysia
** Ramada Records (Dangdut record label, now defunct)
** Zamrud (Anasheed, Nasyid music label)
** Roslan Aziz Productions
* Warner Music Philippines
** PressPlay.ph
** Sora Music Group
** Universal Records (Philippines), Universal Records (1977-1992)
* Warner Music Singapore
** Music Street (acquired in 2005)
** Play Music (acquired in 2005)
* Warner Music Taiwan (:zh:華納唱片 (台灣), 華納唱片)
** UFO Records (acquisition)
* Warner Music Thailand
** D-Day (acquisition)
** Muser (acquisition)
** Wayfer Record (acquisition in 2013)
* Warner Music Turkey
* Warner Music Vietnam
** SpaceSpeakers
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References
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