Island Records is a Jamaican multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and...
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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...
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This is a list of artists that once recorded for Island Records or one of its associated labels. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q...
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operations of Island Records and Def Jam Recordings. On April 1, 2014, Universal Music Group publicly announced the disbandment of the Island Def Jam Music...
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Island Blue Records is part of Universal Records. List of record labels v t e...
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Island Records may refer to the following music industry record labels: Island Records founded in Jamaica in 1959, and its subsidiary labels: Island Records...
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Mercury Records has been placed under Island Records, although its back catalogue is still owned by the Island Def Jam Music Group (now Island Records). Mercury...
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Island Records Australia is an Australian record label that was launched in 2007 by Michael Taylor (now serving as managing director, Universal Music Australia)...
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Broadway record marketed in the United States would typically bear a 4th & B'way logo and would state in the fine print, "4th & B'way™, an Island Records, Inc...
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List of Universal Music Group labels (redirect from Nayutawave (Nayutawave Records))
Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Island Records, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Verve Label Group, and Virgin Records, as well as other...
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their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has...
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imprints, which included Island Records, London Records, Atlas Records and Verve Records at the time. In 1994, as Island Records recovered from its sales...
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alongside other large international independents such as A&M and Island Records. Virgin Records was sold to Thorn EMI in 1992. EMI would later be acquired by...
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Geffen Records (formerly Geffen Records Inc. until 2004) is an American record label, founded in late 1980 by David Geffen. Originally a music subsidiary...
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Del Shannon (redirect from Berlee Records)
only Lou Christie rivaled his falsetto. In April 1975, he signed with Island Records. After he and his manager jointly sought back royalties for Shannon...
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UMG Philippines (redirect from Island Records Philippines)
"UMG launches Island Records Philippines". Music Week. Retrieved December 13, 2020. Abanes, Mariel (July 9, 2022). "Republic Records launches in the...
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Universal Music Group (redirect from UTV Records)
Island Records and Def Jam now operate as autonomous record labels. David Massey and Bartels, who worked respectively at Island and Def Jam Records,...
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Toe'. Chrysalis entered into a licensing deal with Chris Blackwell's Island Records for distribution, based on the success of bands like Jethro Tull, Ten...
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time. They began putting records out as a hobby, the first of which was the Bloodhound Gang's Dingleberry Haze. Republic Records was formed in 1995 as a...
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with RCA Records, Columbia Records, and Epic Records, it is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels. After being fired from CBS Records, Clive Davis...
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and the Island Def Jam Music Group). DGC would have been a sister label to newly acquired A&M, Island Records, Def Jam Recordings, Mercury Records and Motown...
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In December 2017, Universal Music Group (UMG) acquired ZTT Records, along with Stiff Records. The ZTT and Stiff back catalogues were licensed to BMG Rights...
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Poppy (singer) (redirect from I'm Poppy Records)
episode of the web series Good Mythical Morning. In 2014, she signed with Island Records to start a music career under the name That Poppy. On June 23, 2015...
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Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by the Disney Music Group which focuses on pop, rock, alternative, hip hop and country genres, also...
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Surprise Records was a record label subsidiary of Island Records. List of record labels v t e...
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John Martyn (category Island Records artists)
from American blues and English traditional music, and signed with Island Records. By the 1970s he had begun incorporating jazz and rock into his sound...
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Tracy Bonham (category Zoë Records artists)
self-taught guitarist. After building up a local following, Bonham signed to Island Records in 1995. Her debut album, The Burdens of Being Upright (1996), was a...
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Def Jam Recordings (redirect from Def Jam Records)
$100 million. UMG merged over 14 record labels including Def Jam, Island, and Mercury Records together to form the Island Def Jam Music Group. Despite the...
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Tove Lo (redirect from Pretty Swede Records)
through her own label Pretty Swede Records, marking her debut as an independent artist after being signed to Island Records since 2014. On 21 June 2022 she...
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Toots and the Maytals (category Charly Records artists)
success. The band's albums with Island Records were released through its Dragon Records imprint. Blackwell's Island Records, "established reggae as an international...
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