Record Labels

Record Labels

The music is industry is dominated by four multi national corporations;

• Universal
• Sony Music
• Warner Brothers
• EMI

Major-Independents

Most of these 'maors' own, or license, a series of smaller subsidiary companies in order to reach different kinds of audiences in different kinds of genre.

• Columbia
• Island
• Syco
• RCA
• Virgin

Independents

There are a huge number of small companies with little or no financial connection to the majors. These companies often concentrate on a small number of acts, within specialised niches in the industry. These are called 'Independent'. An example of a highly successful independent record label is 'Domino Records'. It is often that record labels start small independents but then are brought by a major and then become a major-independent.

Artists
Here are a few artists that are currently signed, or have been signed by the record label;

Majors:

Universal

• Cheryl Cole
• Maroon 5
• Psy

Sony Music

• Beyonce
• Calvin Harris
• Oasis

Warner Brothers

• Biffy Clyro
• Jason Derulo
• Cher

EMI

• Snoop Dog
• Elvis Costello
• Mariah Carey

Major-Independents:

Columbia

• AC/DC
• Kasabian
• Lucy Spraggan

Island

• Etta James
• The Killers
• Lionel Ritchie

Syco

• Westlife
• Cher Lloyd
• Ella Henderson

RCA

• Miley Cyrus
• Dido
• Whitney Houston

Virgin

• KT Tunstall
• Queen
• Bastille