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List of record labels

The Big Five record labels are:

• Universal Music Group (includes A&M, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Island, MCA, Motown, Polydor, and others)
• Sony Music Entertainment (includes Columbia, Epic, and others)
• EMI Group (includes Angel, Blue Note, Capitol, Odeon, Parlophone, Virgin, and others)
• Warner Brothers Music (includes Atlantic, Elektra, London, Reprise, Rhino, and others)
• BMG Entertainment (includes Arista, RCA, and others)

These are global giants in the music and entertainment industry, who as of 2003 control 70-80% of the worldwide music output. They have bought, merged, absorbed, or operated many of the labels listed below.

Current and historic record labels listed alphabetically:

• A&M Records
• A-F Records[?]
• Ace of Clubs Records[?]
• Ace of Hearts Records[?]
• Aeolion Records[?]
• Ajax Records[?]
• Alternative Tentacles
• American Music Records[?] (1944-present)
• American Record Company
• American Record Corporation[?]
• American Recordings
• Amphetamine Reptile Records
• Angel Records[?]
• Apex Records[?]
• Apple Records (1968-1976)
• ARA Records[?]
• Arhoolie Records[?]
• Arista Records
• Arto Records (1920-1923)
• Asylum Records[?]
• Atco Records[?]
• Atlantic Records
• Audiophile Records[?]
• Aurora Records[?]
• Autograph Records (c.1920-c.1926)
• AVEX Records[?]
• Bad Boy Records
• Bandwagon Records[?]
• Banner Records[?]
• Belle Arti Records[?]
• Beltona Records[?]
• Berliner Gramophone (1889-1901)
• Bettini Company Records[?]
• Beverly Glen Records[?]
• Biltmore Records[?]
• Biograph Records[?]
• Black & White Records[?]
• Black Patti Records (1927)
• Black Swan Records (1921-1924)
• Blue Ace Records[?]
• Blue Bird Records[?]
• Bluelight Records[?]
• Blue Note Records (1936-present)
• Brunswick Records (1920-)
• Buddy Records[?]
• Cameo Records (1920-1930; revived 1958-c.1967)
• Cameo-Kid Records (1920s)
• Capitol Records (1942-present)
• Carnival Records[?]
• Caroline Records
• Challenge Records[?]
• Champion Records[?]
• Chance Records[?]
• Chess Records (1956-1967)
• Circle Records[?]
• Clarion Records[?]
• Clover Records[?]
• Coliseum Records[?] (1912-1927)
• Columbia Records (1888-present)
• Combat Records[?]
• Commodore Records[?]
• Conqueror Records[?]
• Constellation Records[?]
• Coral Records
• Crescent City Records[?]
• Death Row Records[?]
• Def Jam[?]
• Deutsche Grammophon
• Decca Records
• Dischord Records
• Dixieland Records[?]
• Diva Records[?] (1925-1932)
• Domino Records[?]
• Duophone Records[?]
• Durium Records
• Eclypse Records[?]
• Edison Records (1877-1929)
• Edison Bell Records[?]
• Edison Bell Winner Records[?]
• Electrola Records[?]
• Elektra Records
• Emerson Records
• EMI (see also Capitol Records, Parlophone)
• Enigma Records[?]
• Epic Records[?]
• Epitaph Records
• Essex Records[?]
• Eubie Blake Music Records[?]
• Everybody's Records[?]
• Factory Records
• Fantasy Records[?]
• Fat Wreck Chords[?]
• Folkways Records[?]
• Fontana Records[?]
• Fools of the World[?]
• 4AD[?]
• Frog Records[?]
• Galaxy21 Music[?]
• General Records[?]
• Gennett Records (1917-1934)
• GHB Records[?] (1949-present)
• Gilbert BobOLink Records[?]
• Glendale Records[?]
• Good Time Jazz[?]
• Gramophone & Typewriter Company Records[?]
• Green Linnet Records[?] (1976-)
• Grey Gull Records[?]
• Harmony Records[?]
• Happy Go Lucky Records[?]
• Harvest Records
• Herwin Records
• Hit Records[?]
• Hit of the Week Records (1930s)
• HMV (1909-present)
• Hollywood Records[?]
• Homochord Records[?]
• Homestead Records[?] (1920s)
• Hot Club of America[?]
• Hummingbird Records[?]
• Hytone Records[?]
• Imperial Records[?]
• Indestructable Records[?]
• Island Records (1959-present)
• Jass Records[?]
• Jazzman Records[?]
• Jazzology Records[?]
• Jewel Records[?]
• Jumbo Records[?]
• Jump Records[?]
• K Records[?]
• Kappa Records[?]
• Keen-O-Phone Records[?] (1920s)
• Kentucky Records[?]
• Kill Rock Stars
• King Records[?]
• Laurie Records[?]
• Lazy S.O.B. Recordings[?]
• Leeds Talk-O-Phone (1902-1909)
• Levaphone Records[?]
• Liberty Music Shop Records[?]
• Lincoln Records (1920s)
• Little Marvel Records[?]
• Little Wonder Records (1911-1919)
• Lookout! Records[?]
• Lucky Records (multiple labels of this name, 1930s - 1990s)
• Lyraphone Records[?]
• Lyric Records (c. 1917-1920)
• M&M Records[?]
• Mad-Kat Records[?] (1988-)
• Madison Records[?]
• Malaco Records[?]
• Majestic Records[?]
• Mammoth Records[?]
• Manor Records[?]
• MCA Records
• Medallion Records (1919-1921)
• Melodisc Records[?]
• Melody Records[?]
• Melotone Records[?]
• Mercury Records[?]
• Merrit Records[?]
• MGM Records[?]
• Mimosa Records[?]
• Montgomery Ward Records[?]
• Monument Records (1958- )
• Moonstruck Records[?]
• Motown Records
• Mr. Lucky Records[?]
• Music Box Records[?]
• Mushroom Records (Austrailan Label)
• National Music Lovers Records[?]
• New Orleans Records[?]
• Nighthawk Records[?]
• Nordskog Records (c. 1921-1923)
• Odeon Records[?]
• Odeonette Records[?]
• Okeh Records (1916- )
• Operaphone Records[?]
• Orfeo Records[?]
• Oriole Records[?]
• Oxford Records[?]
• Paisley Park Records[?]
• Palm Club Records[?]
• Pan American Records[?]
• Panachord Records[?]
• Paradox Records[?]
• Paramount Records
• Parlophone
• Pathé Records
• Peerless Records[?]
• Pennington Records[?]
• Perfect Records[?]
• Phantasie Records[?]
• Philharmonic Records[?]
• Phillips Records[?]
• Phoenix Records[?]
• Phonograph Recording Company of San Francisco[?]
• Piccadilly Records
• Polydor Records
• Popular Records[?]
• Posh Boy Records[?]
• Puretone Records[?]
• Puritain Records[?]
• Radiex Records[?]
• Rainbo Records[?]
• Raj Records[?]
• Rajah Records[?]
• Rampant Records[?]
• Raven Records[?]
• RCA Records
• RCU Records[?]
• Regal Records[?]
• Regal Zonophone[?]
• Reprise Records (1950s-1960s)
• Resona Records[?]
• Rex Records[?]
• Rhino Records[?]
• Rice N' Gravy Records[?]
• Rich-Tone Records[?]
• Riverside Records[?]
• Roman Records[?]
• Romeo Records
• Rosetta Records[?]
• Round Records[?]
• Rounder Records[?]
• Salabert Records[?]
• Sanctuary Records[?]
• SAR Records[?]
• Savoy Records[?]
• Session Records[?]
• Signature Records[?]
• Silver Bell Records[?]
• Silvertone Records
• Sire Records[?]
• Solid Rock Records[?]
• Sonny Clay Records[?]
• Southland Records[?]
• Special Records[?]
• Squint Entertainment[?]
• Standard Records[?]
• Starr Records[?]
• Stax Records[?]
• Steiner-Davis Records[?]
• Sterling Records[?]
• Stomp Off Records[?]
• Strong Records[?]
• Stunt Records[?]
• Sub Pop
• Summit Records[?]
• Sun Records (1950- )
• Sunrise Records[?] (1924-1926)
• Sunshine Records (1922)
• Sunset Records[?]
• Supreme Records[?]
• Superior Records[?]
• Supertone Records[?]
• Swaggie Records[?]
• Swan Records[?]
• Symphanola Records[?]
• Take Two Records[?]
• Temple Records[?]
• Tempo Records[?]
• 13th Floor[?]
• TimeBomb Recordings[?] (1979- )
• Time-Life Records[?]
• Timely Tunes Records[?]
• Transogram Records[?]
• Triangle Records[?]
• Ultraphon[?]
• United Hot Clubs of America[?]
• United States Phonograph Records[?]
• United Talking Machine Records[?]
• Universal Music Group[?]
• Universal Talking Machine Records[?]
• Up To Date Records[?]
• Usiba Records[?]
• Vagrant Records[?] (1995-present)
• Van Dyke Records[?]
• Vanguard Records[?]
• Variety Records[?]
• Varsity Records[?]
• Velmo Records[?]
• Velvet Face Records[?]
• Velvet Tone Records
• Verve Records[?]
• Victor Records (1901- )
• Vintage Jazz Mart Records[?]
• Virgin Records
• Vocalion Records[?]
• Waldorf Music Hall Records[?]
• Warner Brothers
• Warp Records (1989-present)
• Wax Shop Records[?]
• Westport Records[?]
• Wildebeest Records[?]
• The Winner Records[?]
• Wolf Records[?]
• Wolf Records International[?]
• Word Records[?]
• World Records[?]
• Zebra Records[?]
• Zonophone (1899-1980s)

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