LaFace Records, an Atlanta, Georgia-based record label company, was originally a joint venture between the producing duo Antonio "LA" Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Arista Records. The combined nicknames of the two producers' production companies inspired the name of the label. Image File history File links Laface. ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Antonio L.A. Reid is the co-founder of LaFace Records. ... Kenneth Babyface Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an R&B and pop singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entreprenuer. ... Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ...

Formed in 1989, LaFace went on to become a highly dominant and successful label throughout the 1990s, responsible for producing popular artists such as TLC, Toni Braxton, OutKast, Pink, Usher, Goodie Mob, Donell Jones and Cee-Lo. Towards the end of the decade LaFace produced fewer artists and Babyface began to focus more on his own music career. The label was acquired completely by Arista and BMG in 1999. In 2001, L.A. Ried was appointed Chairman/CEO of Arista. In lieu of Reid's promotion, LaFace was dissolved as most of its prominent acts moved up to the main Arista label to work under Reid. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events and trends The 1990s in its most obvious sense refers to the years 1990 to 1999, but has held a strong influence into the 2000s. ... TLC. From left to right: Lisa Left Eye Lopes, Rozonda Chili Thomas, and Tionne T-Boz Watkins. ... Braxton on the cover of her 2005 album Libra Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1968 in Severn, Maryland) is a six-time Grammy Award winning African American R&B singer. ... Big Boi (left) and Andre 3000 of OutKast, on the main cover to the 2000 LP Stankonia. ... Pink from the 2001 M!ssundaztood promotional photoshoot Alecia Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in early January of 2000. ... Usher (born Usher Jamie Raymond, IV on October 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States) is an African-American singer and actor. ... Goodie Mob is one of the premiere hip hop acts to come out of the Dirty South. ... Donell Jones is a Chicago-bred R&B tenor signed to LaFace Records. ... Cee-Lo (born Thomas Calloway on May 30, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an African-American hip-hop, funk, soul, and R&B musician. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 2004, after the corporate restructuring of the BMG labels, LaFace was reactivated as one quarter of the newly reconstructed Zomba Music Group as the conglomerate's main R&B/hip hop music division. Also in the Zomba Group portfolio are labels like So So Def Recordings, Verity Records and Jive Records. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The BMG logo. ... Zomba Music Group was started in 1977 (as Zomba Records) by Clive Calder as a book publishing venture and moved into the recording business in 1981. ... Rhythm and blues (or R&B) was coined as a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Jerry Wexler at Billboard magazine, used to designate upbeat popular music performed by African American artists that combined jazz and blues. ... Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... So So Def Recordings is a record label, based out of Atlanta, Georgia and owned by Jermaine Dupri, specializing in Southern hip hop, R&B, and bass music. ... Verity Records is a subsidiary of Zomba Records. ... Jive Records is an American record label that specializes in producing and releasing pop and hip hop music. ...

Upon LaFace's reactivation, most of its former roster that had moved on to Arista, returned to the company. Currently, LaFace is the label home of rising recording star Ciara. Ciara in MTV Promo Shoot Ciara (Ciara Princess Harris, born October 25, 1985 in Austin, Texas) is an American R&B performer. ...

See also

• List of record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External link

• Official site