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Victory Records
Parent company	Sony BMG RED Distribution
Founder	Tony Brummel
Genre	Hardcore Punk Metalcore Pop Punk Post-Hardcore Ska Emo
Country of origin	United States
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Official website	Official Victory website

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Founder Tony Brummel has received media attention for his criticism of Apple Computer's iTunes music download service, which he believes "makes music disposable. It makes it a faceless impulse item. It steals its soul."^[1] Currently, music by bands signed to Victory Records can be purchased on iTunes, showing that Brummel has backtracked ^[2] on this position; however, music by bands signed to Victory Records is still unavailable on the Australian iTunes. Apple Inc. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ...

History

Originally focusing on Hardcore punk bands, Victory later shifted focus to metalcore, Indie rock, Post-Hardcore, and Pop-punk. The label has had multiple records exceeding the 250,000 sales mark, including one platinum record The Silence in Black and White by Hawthorne Heights , and three gold certified records Hawthorne Heights' If Only You Were Lonely, and Taking Back Sunday's Tell All Your Friends and Where You Want to Be. Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names) is a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. ... Reissue Cover The Re-Issue Version The Silence in Black and White is the debut album by Hawthorne Heights, released in 2004 under the label Victory Records. ... In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. ... Hawthorne Heights is a band formed in Dayton, Ohio in June of 2001. ... Alternative Cover Female Version Cover If Only You Were Lonely is the second album from Hawthorne Heights. ... Taking Back Sunday is a band from Amityville, New York, Long Island, New York. ... Tell All Your Friends is Taking Back Sundays debut album. ... Where You Want to Be is the second album by Taking Back Sunday. ...

In early 2002, 25% of the label was announced to have been sold to Universal Music Group.^[3] However later that year the deal was terminated by Victory.^[4] Victory is currently distributed by Sony BMG's RED Distribution. Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... RED Distribution is a Sony BMG-owned independent record distributor that handles releases for some 40 record labels. ...

This is not the same Victory Records that was owned by JVC in the early '90s. Victor Company of Japan, Limited ) (TYO: 6792 ), usually referred to as JVC, is an international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927. ...

Lawsuit

On August 7, 2006, the popular Victory-signed band Hawthorne Heights announced in a "manifesto" on their website that they were leaving the label^[5] and filed suit against it, accusing Victory of fraudulent accounting practices and "severely damag[ing] the band's reputation and relationship with their fans."^[6] Brummel allegedly issued public statements in the band's name criticizing hip-hop and singer Ne-Yo (whose CD In My Own Words was Hawthorne Heights' most prominent competition on the Billboard 200 charts),^[7] as well as urging street team members to conceal copies of Ne-Yo's CD in record stores.^[5][6] On September 13, 2006, Victory records countersued Hawthorne Heights, accusing the band of breach of contract and libel.^[8][9] is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hawthorne Heights is a band formed in Dayton, Ohio in June of 2001. ... Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1982), known professionally as Ne-Yo, is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B and pop singer-songwriter. ... In My Own Words is the debut album from American singer/songwriter Ne-Yo, released on February 28, 2006. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... A street team is an organization called upon to advertise and promote an event or a product. ... is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Breach of contract is a legal concept in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other partys performance. ... In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ...

Former Victory bands Thursday and Taking Back Sunday have also had bad relationships with the label, although Thursday returned to Victory in 2007.^[10][11] Thursday had accused Victory of forcing them to sign to a major label (Island Def Jam in 2002) after they left Victory; a clause in their contract allegedly blocked the band from switching to another independent label. ^[12] Thursday is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey that has released four full-length albums. ... Taking Back Sunday is a band from Amityville, New York, Long Island, New York. ... Here is a list of artists signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group. ... A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement between parties that the law will enforce. ...

Artists

see List of Victory Records artists This article is about any current and former band from Victory Records. ...

References

See also

• List of record labels
• Victory Records artists

This is a list of record labels. ... This article is about any current and former band from Victory Records. ...

External links

• Official site
• Victory Records Australian distribution