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In 1904, the company received its charter as the Berliner Gram-o-phone Company of Canada. Early recordings were imported from masters recorded in the United States until a recording studio in Montreal was established in 1906. The Berliner name as a record label lasted longest in Canada.
Record labels may be small, localized and "independent" ("indie"), or they may be part of a large international media group, or somewhere in between.The Association of Independent Music (AIM) defines a 'major' as "a multinational company which (together with the companies in its group) has more than 5% of the world market(s) for the sale of records or music videos."
Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, by genre, by company and by location.
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948, [3] Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin ...
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.Founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, [2] [3] it was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. [4]
Apple Records is a British record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin , James Taylor , Badfinger , and Billy Preston .
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Thriller Records was founded in June 2021 by Fearless Records founder Bob Becker and co-founded by musician Nick Moore.Becker was the president of said label until Concord Music Group acquired it in 2015. [10]