"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes...

independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of...

A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written...

his major-label debut, an extended play (EP) titled Saaab Stories, with frequent collaborator Harry Fraud, in 2013. He released his major-label debut...

Jackson and record executive Ike Youssef. Described as a competitor to major labels, the company acts as an alternative distributor for multimedia content...

albums in the 1980s on independent labels, Screaming Trees signed with Epic Records in 1990. They released their major label debut album in 1991, Uncle Anesthesia...

Major Label is an alternative rock band from Helsinki, Finland. "Promo 2002" (demo) (2002) "Looking for Someone" / "Sweet Volunteer" (demo) (2003) Down...

Some artists choose to go from an independent label to a major label if given the opportunity, as major labels have considerably more power and financial...

"Major Label Debut" is also a song by Broken Social Scene Major Label Debut is the tenth EP by Chicago punk rock band Screeching Weasel. Despite the name...

a major-label recording contract with the BBR Music Group. Her first major-label release was her third EP Redneck Hollywood (2019). Her debut major label...

attention of a major label, as they were becoming frustrated with SST Records by this time. As numerous bands from the seminal SST label and other kindred...

Folk Implosion. His replacement, Mike Johnson, came aboard for three major-label albums. Murph eventually quit, with Mascis taking over drums on the band's...

(making them one of the first grunge bands to sign to a major label), it became their major-label debut. While Ultramega OK had failed to chart and Louder...

discuss] No Labels intended to run a bipartisan "unity ticket" in the 2024 presidential election, as an "insurance policy" in the event that "both major parties...

Phil Anselmo in 1986 and Power Metal (1988) was released. The band's major-label debut, Cowboys from Hell (1990), introduced a groove metal sound to which...

mainstream success throughout the 1990's and 2000's after signing to major label DGC in 1990 and headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. The band disbanded...

and a few bands, such as R.E.M. and Jane's Addiction, were signed to major labels. Most alternative bands at the time, like the Smiths, one of the key...

bands like Sonic Youth, the Pixies and Radiohead all released albums on major labels and subgenres like slowcore, Midwest emo, slacker rock and space rock...

1986 and released Power Metal in 1988. They secured a record deal with major label Atco the following year. Their fifth album (which the band has since...

record label imprint REMember Music. After his second studio album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013), he left Rostrum and signed with the major label...

tour in Prague in 2009, Reznor considered the marketing aspect of a major label when he saw a lot of promotion for Radiohead's then-upcoming tour, contrasting...

independent labels, and YouTube multi-channel networks, and that it was in "active and ongoing, advanced discussions" with major record labels. In December...

Hanley signed with Interscope Records to release his third album and major label debut, Oxymoron (2014). Met with critical acclaim, the album peaked atop...

Curtom, a record label owned and operated by Mr. Thomas and his partner Curtis Mayfield. Eddie Thomas left Curtom to form his own label, "Lakeside", which...

United States, distributing their fifth album, Blue Bell Knoll, through a major label in the country. After the 1990 release of their most commercially successful...

between quiet verses and loud, heavy choruses. After signing to the major label DGC Records in 1991, Nirvana found unexpected mainstream success with...

Sauvage (French for "The Wild Child") is the fifth studio album and major label debut by French heavy metal band Gojira. It was released 26 June 2012...

and expanding to a five-piece. Shortly after the release of the band's major label debut album Anodyne, Farrar announced his decision to leave the band...

Earth, was released in April 2016 on Atlantic Records and was his first major-label release, later earning him Best Country Album at the 59th Grammy Awards...

before releasing his first major-label album, Ain't Nothin' to It, in January 2019. He released his second major-label album, Human: The Double Album...