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The history and the discography of the Island Records label can conveniently be divided into three phases: The Jamaican Years, covering the label's releases from 1959 to 1966. The New Ground Years, covering 1967 to approximately 1980. The Consolidation Years, covering 1980 onwards. In 1989, Chris Blackwell sold Island Records to PolyGram ...
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953, but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres, including pop, R&B ...
AllMusic. Music information and reviews. ~20,000,000 [7] ~2,200,000 [7] Song samples only. Discogs. • Database: user-generated cross-referenced database of physical & digital releases, artists, and labels. With catalogue numbers, codes, and other markings taken directly from each release.
A number of high-profile music lawyers told Billboard that the major record labels have made changes to contracts for newly signed artists. When it comes to re-recording music, standard contracts ...
Janet Jackson. Javine Hylton. Jennifer Lopez. Jess Roden. Jessie Ware. Jethro Tull (Chrysalis/Island) Jimmie's Chicken Shack (Rocket/Island) Jimmy Buffett (Margaritaville/Island) Jimmy Cliff.
Music for Pleasure (or MFP) and Classics for Pleasure ( CFP) were British record labels that issued budget-priced albums of popular and classical music respectively. Albums were subsequently released under the MFP label in Australia (MFP-A) and South Africa. MFP was set up in 1965 as a joint venture between EMI, which provided the source ...
Following on the news that the music industry generated some $9 billion on Spotify in 2023, the streaming giant has revealed that half of that total went to independent labels and artists — $4.5 ...
Swan Records had enjoyed chart success with several U.S. artists but came into the spotlight after EMI, a prestigious British music company headquartered in London, leased the Beatles ' recording of "She Loves You" backed with "I'll Get You" and, as catalogue number Swan 4152, it became an American number 1 hit on March 21, 1964.