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Warner Records Inc. (known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label. A subsidiary of Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. [1] It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the American film studio Warner Bros. [2]
Some labels have more than one record company for example the UK has Warner Bros. Records UK and Atlantic Records UK but both trade through Warner Music UK, Limited. These labels market and distribute artists in those specific regions are all part of WEA International/Warner Music International
This is a list of artists who have recorded for Warner Records (formerly Warner Bros. Records). A Division of Warner Music Group. Listed in parentheses are names of Warner-affiliated labels for which the artist recorded.
Soul Coughing (Slash/Tommy Boy/Warner Bros.) Soulfly; SKAAR (Warner music Norway) The Sounds; Spandau Ballet (Chrysalis/Parlophone) Staind; Jeffree Star (part of Independent Label Group/Warner Music's Popsicle Records) Starship (Rhino Entertainment) Static-X; Candi Staton; Stephane Legar (Warner Music France, 2020–present) Stereolab; Steve ...
Warner Music Group Corp., [6] commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Group (SMG).
In summer 1987, Warner Bros. Records chairman Mo Ostin and label president Lenny Waronker officially announced the reactivation of Reprise, including its own separate promotions department, and former Warner Bros. Vice President of Promotion Rich Fitzgerald was appointed as label vice president. [6]
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. [1] It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years ...
What was then known as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, which owned Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic Records, acquired Elektra Records in 1969 which included Elektra's Nonesuch Records classical music label. This led to the formation of WEA, the forerunner of Warner Music Group. Nonesuch is now part of Warner Records. WEA acquired Teldec Records in 1988.