Warner Records traces its roots back to the recorded music division of the famous American Warner Bros. Warner Bros. The popularity of broadcast radio also hurt record sales, but Warner Bros. The original company was based around the works of Alexander Graham Bell and his cousin, Chichester A. Columbia Records joined Sony in order to gain quicker access to industry markets in Asia. Columbia Records took a long time to start appealing to the youth market, but picked up the pace by signing folk rock artists such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds in the s.
They went on to set themselves up for success during the remainder of the s by signing several notable artists such as Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Billie Holiday alongside putting out educational records that taught children about music.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Search uDiscover Music. Daniel Silverman October 23, at pm. Jean Pierre February 26, at am. John Schroeder April 30, at pm. Todd Burns May 3, at pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. For an album, the performer, the songwriter, the record label and the artist who created the front cover may all have rights in the final product.
The music itself is known as the intellectual property of the band or the artist. Within a record company there are very specific roles:. Large independent record labels and major labels will have a distribution team who manage company sales to record stores and online music retailers, such as iTunes. They were a huge part of a gangsta rap controversy in the mids and were owned, at the time, by Warner.
Warner cut ties, and Universal picked them up. RCA Records. This is something that not every record label can do successfully. They can be found on pop, classical, rock, hip-hop, afrobeat, electronic, RB, blues, jazz, and country music albums.
Atlantic Records. The Atlantic Recording Corporation was founded in and quickly became one of the premier labels for jazz, RB, and soul music. Although there are many, many more. Island Records. Island Records is another label that made its mark in jazz music. Like most other labels, they went through many different owners before landing here and their music made a few shifts, too.
Island Records began in jazz but fell into a large independent record label world in the late s which was fortunate for them then because indie music was huge. Island became very influential in the progressive music scene. Virgin Records. Today, they are under the Universal company umbrella.
Initially, Virgin was the label of English and European progressive rock and was propelled into the punk rock era. Def Jam Recordings. With their hip hop, pop, and urban niche, Def Jam Recordings became a well-known record label with some extremely popular bands. Independent Music Labels. It may seem that all record labels fall under the big three, but some holdouts have resisted that trend.
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