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Encyclopedia > Big Five record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. From a business perspective, many present labels are part of the "Big Four" record companies which hold over 75% of the market share. These are:

These global giants have bought or merged with and now operate many of the labels listed below. A separate list of independent record labels is also available.


External link: AllRecordLabels.com (http://www.allrecordlabels.com) very extensive, though not complete, site devoted to current record labels



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  • M&M Records
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Record label - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (804 words)
The name derives from the paper label at the center of a gramophone record (what is also known as a "phonograph record" in American English).
Most major record labels are owned by a few large multinational companies (Big Four record labels) that make up the almost all of the global recording industry, although there is a recent resurgence in independent record labels.
Such labels have a reputation for being fiercely uncompromising and especially unwilling to cooperate with the Big Five record labels at all.
Record label - definition of Record label in Encyclopedia (613 words)
Most major record labels are owned by a few large multinational companies that make up the almost all of the global recording industry, although there is a recent resurgence in independent record labels.
Often the record label's decisions are correct ones from a commercial perspective, but this typically frustrates the artist who feels that their artwork is being destroyed.
The new century brings the phenomena of the open-source or open-content record label.
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