Record Labels

Record labels are called that simply because it was the label in the center of a record that traditionally carried the name of the company responsible for the recording prominent above all else. Today's record labels are complex companies and corporations who are in the business of promoting and selling music.

Independent Labels
Descriptions of the top 10 current independent pop record labels. Includes basic information on the label and its current artist roster.

Major Labels
Descriptions and identification of well known label imprints and key artists for the 4 major record labels.

Interscope Records
Interscope Records is one of the biggest music industry success stories of the 1990s and early 2000s. It was formed by producer Jimmy Iovine and has grown into one of the most influential of pop music labels.

Columbia Records
Columbia Records has been marketing recorded music for over 100 years. For a long time the label steered clear of rock music, but then it became one of the leading lights of the rock genre. Today's Columbia is once again a major force in mainstream pop music.

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