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Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Based in New York City, it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000.
Virgin EMI Records was founded in March 2013 through the merger of Mercury Records UK and Virgin Records. [2] It operated two distinct A&R and marketing streams—Virgin and EMI Records . [ 3 ] Virgin EMI became one of Universal Music UK's front-line labels, alongside Polydor Records , Island Records , Decca Records , and a newly established ...
Republic was a clothing retailer with 121 stores in the United Kingdom. [1] In February 2013, it entered administration, and was purchased by Sports Direct . [ 2 ] Republic was merged into Sports Direct's USC brand.
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1976 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove . It is currently run by co-managing directors Travis and Jeannette Lee and is affiliated to Beggars Group .
Universal Music Group (UMG) owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.. According to the UMG official website, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Island Records, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Verve Label Group, and Virgin ...
This is a list of artists on Republic Records, a Universal Music Group company. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne in 2005. It was launched as an imprint of Cash Money Records — a joint venture colloquially branded as Young Money Cash Money Billionaires (abbreviated as YMCMB) — and Republic Records until 2018; it has since operated as an imprint of Republic.
It seems incredibly corny to say that Republic Records’ ethos is contained in the label’s first-ever monster hit, Chumbawamba’s 1997 anthem “Tubthumping”: “I get knocked down, I get up ...