Research Into Music Video Record Labels

ATLANTIC RECORDS

Atlantic Records was founded in 1947 in The USA. It is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz.

Over its first 20 years of operation Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American independent recording labels, specializing in jazz, R&B and soul recordings by African-American artists, a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records.

Atlantic Records also has a radio station which is a good promotion factor for its artists.

Some notable artists…Wiz Khalifa, Flo Rida, Simple Plan, Jason Mraz, Phil Collins, James Blunt, B.o.B

ISLAND RECORDS

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group. It is now a standalone label in the United Kingdom too. Island Records was also the founding company behind the highly influential Anime licensor Manga Entertainment, which has changed hands numerous times during the 1990s and early 2000s.

Some notable artists include of…Akon, Blink 182, Bombay Bicycle Club, Florence and the machine, Jessie J. Jack Johnson, Mumford and sons, Queen, Robbie Williams

EMI RECORDS

EMI Records is the British flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label.

The EMI label was launched worldwide. The global success that EMI had enjoyed in the 1960s exposed the fact that the company only had the rights to some of its trademarks in some parts of the world.

Artists include of…Gabrielle Aplin, Katy Perry, Laura Marling, Pet Shop Boys, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green, The Kooks

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Sony Music Entertainment (also called SME or Sony Music) is the second-largest global recorded music company and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America. The industry is music and entertainment and was founded in 1929.

List of artists include…Carrie Underwood, Alexandra Burke, Westlife, The Script, The Zutons, Sugababes