Artemis Records was a New York-based

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, founded in July 1999 by Danny Goldberg with

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as President, and closed in April 2006. The label was acquired by E1 Entertainment. Artemis had a leading share of the U.S. independent label market from 2001 to 2003. It released the last three albums of

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's career including the

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-winning '' The Wind'', five albums by Steve Earle including his Grammy winner '' The Revolution Starts Now'', as well as gold albums by Kittie, Kurupt and Khia. Artemis also released the triple-platinum album ''

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'' by the

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, as well as albums by The Pretenders,

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and

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. As of 2006, Artemis Records was owned by Sheridan Square Entertainment LLC (SSE), an independent music company then based in New York. SSE's label group included Artemis Records, Artemis Classics,

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, Triloka Records, Tone-Cool Records, Ropeadope and

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(including

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). As well as those listed above, its artists included the Rosewood Thieves. SSE also owned the distribution company Musicrama. In 2006

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sold the North America division of his

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label to SSE for $15 million. SSE then merged Artemis Records into V2 North America. In 2009, the newly formed IndieBlu Music Holdings LLC acquired SSE's business, including V2 North America, in a

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auction. IndieBlu was acquired by

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in 2010.

Artists

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* Dope * Steve Earle *

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* Jeffrey Gaines *

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* Josh Joplin Group *

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* Kittie *

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* Lollipop Lust Kill * Murphy's Law *

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* Stephan Smith *

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* Peter Wolf *

References

External links

*Official website: * {{DEFAULTSORT:Artemis Records American independent record labels Alternative rock record labels Indie rock record labels Record labels established in 1999 Record labels disestablished in 2006 1999 establishments in New York (state) MNRK Music Group