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Every label within Warner Recorded Music has its own story, history, and culture. What unites us above all is our commitment to powering original voices. With over 70 years of shared knowledge and a future-forward independent spirit, we’re obsessed with turning dreams into careers.
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One of the most iconic and enduring labels in music history, Atlantic in its seventh decade continues to be marked by musical diversity, embracing a spectrum of chart-topping artists spanning the contemporary landscape. Founded in New York City in 1947 by pioneers Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, Atlantic started out as an independent, one-room operation dedicated to black American music, before expanding into a rock and pop powerhouse. A rarity in the industry, the Atlantic of today can trace its legacy in an unbroken line back to its very first days, its rich heritage distinguished by an array of illustrious artists who set new musical standards – from Ray Charles to Led Zeppelin, from John Coltrane to Aretha Franklin, from Otis Redding to Crosby, Stills & Nash. Atlantic’s 21st century roster includes stars like Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Coldplay, Lizzo, Roddy Ricch, Ed Sheeran, and many others, while releasing cultural landmarks such as the Hamilton cast album. In addition to the parent label, Atlantic includes ATCO, Big Beat, and Canvasback.
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Warner Records has stood as a beacon of artistic freedom for the past six decades, releasing some of the most culturally influential and innovative music of our time. Beginning in 1958 as the label arm of the famed movie studio, things began to take shape in the early ‘60s with artists like the Everly Brothers, Peter Paul & Mary, and comedian Bob Newhart. With the acquisition of Frank Sinatra’s Reprise Records in 1963, the Warner Records mantra of “the music first” took hold, leading to the signing of the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, James Taylor, Rod Stewart, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, and many more. Headquartered in the vibrant arts district in downtown Los Angeles, CA, Warner Records is home to an impressive roster of generation-spanning artists including Dua Lipa, Andra Day, Gary Clark Jr, Saweetie, Linkin Park, Bebe Rexha, Wale, Anitta, Lukas Graham, Chika, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cher, Muse, and many more.
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With more than a century of experience in nurturing acclaimed recording artists, Parlophone is among the most famous and prestigious companies in the history of the industry. Originally founded in Germany in 1896, with its British arm established in 1923, the London-based PLG (Parlophone Label Group) joined Warner Music Group in 2013 – bringing to the WMG family such artists as Coldplay, David Guetta, Damon Albarn, and the world-renowned EMI Classics label. The rich Parlophone catalog includes iconic artists David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Tina Turner, Jethro Tull, Kate Bush, and others. PLG is also proud to be home to the next generation of culturally vibrant talent, including Ashnikko, Kano, S1mba, and The Snuts, and to FFRR, the dance label formed by English DJ Pete Tong in 1986.
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For seven decades, Elektra Records has challenged the status quo and made history as home to icons and iconoclasts alike. In 1950, Jac Holzman founded the independent label while still in college. Building a catalog of landmark albums, it galvanized the legacies of artists such as Carly Simon, The Doors, MC5, Metallica, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Queen, and The Stooges, to name a few. As part of Elektra Music Group since 2018, the label’s modern-day roster includes Brandi Carlile, Christina Perri, Fitz and The Tantrums, jxdn, Kaleo, NEEDTOBREATHE, Saint Motel, The Highwomen, Tones and I, Young The Giant, and many more. Elektra marked its 70th anniversary in 2020 as it continues to shape popular culture without compromise.
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Since launching in 2012 as an independently funded, owned, and operated music company, 300 Entertainment has groomed, grown, and galvanized a new generation of superstars across hip-hop, rock, pop, electronic, and alternative. After establishing itself as one of the world’s most successful and influential indies, 300 was acquired by Warner Music Group in December 2021. This marked the expansion of an already successful partnership that began with Atlantic Records’ distribution of 300 from the label’s inception. 300’s current roster includes top-charting, multi-platinum stars such as Megan Thee Stallion, Young Thug and his label Young Stoner Life, Gunna, Fetty Wap, Highly Suspect, Mary J. Blige, and many others.
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Since its inception in 1996, Fueled By Ramen has set the pace for alternative music and community. Representing D.I.Y. values, integrity, and family, the label evolved from a creative hub born in a Gainesville, Florida college dorm room into a trusted voice in punk, rock, and pop – releasing seminal music from alumni such as Dashboard Confessional, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Jimmy Eat World, and many more. FBR – which came under the Elektra Music Group umbrella in 2018 – celebrated its 25th birthday in 2021. Today, it’s home to Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum stars and boundary-breaking developing talent, including All Time Low, fun., nothing, nowhere., Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, Twenty One Pilots, and more.
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Formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra as a label that would give artists freedom and creative control, the early Reprise roster also included fellow Rat Pack members Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr., among others. Reprise joined the Warner Records family in 1963, where it expanded into the worlds of rock and pop. With Reprise came Mo Ostin, the inspirational executive who would guide both Reprise and Warner Records for three decades, leading the label to sign icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, and Tom Petty. Today, the Reprise roster boasts a diverse array of artists, including Neil Young, Green Day, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and others.
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FFRR has been releasing music that moves you since 1986, when it was first established by legendary English DJ, A&R executive, and electronic music pioneer Pete Tong. The name FFRR stands for Full Frequency Range Recording, originally an improved high-fidelity recording technique. The original incarnation of FFRR featured releases from groundbreaking artists such as Orbital, The Brand New Heavies, Goldie, Salt ‘N’ Pepa, Lil Louis, LTJ Bukem, Jay-Z, Armand Van Helden, and many more. In 2011, FFRR was relaunched under Warner Music UK and today is a dance label within Parlophone. In 2021, FFRR underwent a major rebrand, and the label’s roster currently includes acts like Sam Gellaitry, Obskür, Diplo, SIDEPIECE, A7S, and BURNS.
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Warner Music Group is home to one of the most extraordinary, timeless bodies of work in music history. As the keeper of the company’s deep legacy, Rhino Entertainment develops and promotes not only music from WMG’s archives, but also from current Warner artists and labels across the world. Established in 1978, Rhino evolved into the world’s premier reissue label, setting the standard for excellence in both the physical and digital arenas. The company was first associated with Warner Music Group in 1992 through a distribution pact with Atlantic Records, and in 1998 it became a wholly owned division of WMG. Rhino has also expanded the definition of what a catalog company can be, guiding the legacies of musical icons such as Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, and Joni Mitchell, while also inking broader, multi-faceted partnerships with landmark artists such as the Grateful Dead and Frank Sinatra.
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Artistry. Originality. Diversity. Quality. Founded in 1964, Nonesuch releases recordings of classical, contemporary, and improvised music; American song; international music; music theater; and alternative music. Launched by Elektra founder Jac Holzman, Nonesuch was conceived as an experiment in visionary entrepreneurship. That spirit of adventure and commitment to quality have defined the label’s character ever since. The label’s wide-ranging, award-winning roster today ranges from The Black Keys to Caroline Shaw, John Adams to David Byrne, Brad Mehldau to Randy Newman, Chris Thile to Rhiannon Giddens, Caetano Veloso to Cécile McLorin Salvant.
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Since its inception, the Nashville wing of WMG has made its mark on the country music community by signing a select roster of artists that have both defined and expanded the genre. Although Warner Music Nashville was formally established in 2009, its roots run deep in the long history of the individual WMG labels in Music City, including Warner, Elektra and Atlantic. Over the past half century, this has included seminal recordings by Eddie Rabbitt, Emmylou Harris, Faith Hill, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams Jr., Randy Travis, Rodney Crowell, Travis Tritt, Willie Nelson, and others. Meanwhile, renowned comedians such as Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy, and Jimmy Fallon released stand-up albums through the LoudMouth comedy imprint. Today, WMN is home to Ashley McBryde, Blake Shelton, Brett Eldredge, Cole Swindell, Dan + Shay, Gabby Barrett, Kenny Chesney, Ingrid Andress, Zac Brown Band, and many more.
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For over three decades, Big Beat has been one of the world’s preeminent forces on the Dance and Electronic music scene, and home to multiple platinum-selling artists. The influential label was founded in 1987 by then 21-year-old New York DJ and current Chairman & CEO of Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman, who started Big Beat in his bedroom, selling records on the street from a shopping cart. Quickly becoming a major presence in the dance and hip-hop underground, Big Beat was acquired by Atlantic Records in 1991. In 2010, Big Beat was relaunched and revitalized, and the label today is home to such landscape-shifting artists as 100 Gecs, Anti Up, A7S, Clean Bandit, Joel Corry, Galantis, The Knocks, Rudimental, and Robin Schulz.
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Founded in 2006 by veteran A&R executive Steve Ralbovsky, Canvasback Music’s debut release was the lauded soundtrack to the film "ONCE,” featuring the Oscar-winning, Grammy-nominated "Falling Slowly." Canvasback joined the Atlantic Records family in 2009, and today its roster includes acclaimed artists such as Alt-J, Frightened Rabbit, Ben Gibbard, Grouplove, Adia Victoria, and others.
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For over six decades and through several incarnations, the ATCO label has stood for best-in-class artistry and been associated with some of the most legendary names in contemporary music. In 2020, ATCO was relaunched as a new imprint headed by Atlantic’s President of A&R Pete Ganbarg. ATCO was originally established in 1955 as a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. Showing genre-crossing diversity from the outset, among its earliest stars were pop idol Bobby Darin, rock & roll vocal group Coasters, and soul legend Ben E. King. In the ensuing decades, the label’s roster included the likes of Sonny & Cher, Buffalo Springfield, Cream, the Bee Gees, Derek and the Dominos, Donny Hathaway, Roxy Music, Genesis, Pete Townshend, Stevie Nicks, INXS, YES, and Pantera. In the 2000s, ATCO became an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, with releases from Scarlett Johansson, Keith Sweat, the New York Dolls, and Jeff Beck, among others. Current ATCO artists include Zero 9:36, Saint PHNX, and Eloise Alterman.
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Asylum has been a renowned name in the music industry for the past five decades. Part of the WMG family since its inception, the label has always served as a breeding ground for compelling and original artistry. Asylum was founded in 1971 by David Geffen as a haven for a groundbreaking new generation of singer/songwriters. Among its early signings were soon-to-be musical icons such as Jackson Browne, the Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, and Tom Waits. In 1973, with the departure from Elektra Records of its founder Jac Holzman, the Elektra/Asylum label was born. Asylum was relaunched in the U.S. in 2017 as an entrepreneurial-driven imprint offering uniquely flexible recording deals to new and emerging artists. An urban music enclave, it is home to Sada Baby, KenTheMan, Seddy Hendrinx, Jay Loud, Butch Dawson, JULESTHEWULF, Qrunitup, and others. Across the Atlantic, the Asylum name lives under the umbrella of Warner Music UK, with a roster of stars such as Ed Sheeran, Rudimental, Charli XCX, and Joel Corry, among others.
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Based in Paris, Warner Classics and its sister label Erato together comprise one of the world’s leading global classical music recording companies, with an artist roster covering all classical genres. It is home to the iconic catalogues of EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, Teldec, and Erato. The company boasts an unrivaled canon of legendary artists, including Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Maurice André, Jacqueline Du Pré, Otto Klemperer, and Samson François, as well as international superstars such as Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Nigel Kennedy, Hélène Grimaud, and Natalie Dessay. The labels exclusively record acclaimed artists such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Piotr Anderszewski, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou, Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky, Alexandre Tharaud, the Quatuor Ébène, Beatrice Rana, Emmanuel Pahud, Vilde Frang, and Augustin Hadelich. They nurture upcoming classical stars, including Jakub Józef Orliński, Fatma Said, Marianne Crebassa, Sabine Devieilhe, Lucienne Renaudin-Vary, and Jean Rondeau, and explore new horizons with modern classical artists such as RIOPY, Martin Kohlstedt, and Carlos C**a.
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Based in Paris, Warner Classics and its sister label Erato together comprise one of the world’s leading global classical music recording companies, with an artist roster covering all classical genres. It is home to the iconic catalogues of EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, Teldec, and Erato. The company boasts an unrivaled canon of legendary artists, including Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Maurice André, Jacqueline Du Pré, Otto Klemperer, and Samson François, as well as international superstars such as Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Nigel Kennedy, Hélène Grimaud, and Natalie Dessay. The labels exclusively record acclaimed artists such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Piotr Anderszewski, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou, Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky, Alexandre Tharaud, the Quatuor Ébène, Beatrice Rana, Emmanuel Pahud, Vilde Frang, and Augustin Hadelich. They nurture upcoming classical stars, including Jakub Józef Orliński, Fatma Said, Marianne Crebassa, Sabine Devieilhe, Lucienne Renaudin-Vary, and Jean Rondeau, and explore new horizons with modern classical artists such as RIOPY, Martin Kohlstedt, and Carlos C**a.
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As dance music evolved from a niche phenomenon to one of the world's most dominant genres, Spinnin' Records blazed a trail to become the world’s biggest dance music label. The company was founded in 1999 by noted Dutch music execs Eelko van Kooten and Roger de Graaf and joined the WMG family in 2017. Spinnin’ is home to world-famous artists including Afrojack, Vintage Culture, and more, while hosting several sub-labels, including Tiësto's Musical Freedom, KSHMR’s Dharma, and Timmy Trumpet’s SINPHONY. Its famed Spinnin’ Sessions include live in-person and virtual events hosted all over the world and a radio show reaching millions of listeners every week. The Spinnin’ Talent Pool label gives producers a direct path to reach listeners, fellow producers, and A&R execs.
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Since its founding over 50 years ago by industry legends Seymour Stein and Richard Gotterher, Sire has lived at the cutting edge of modern music, revered as one of the industry’s most influential labels. In 1976, ten years after its formation, Sire joined the Warner Music Group family and quickly became a pioneering force on the emerging punk and new wave scene, signing groundbreaking artists such as the Ramones and Talking Heads. The Sire roster expanded to include culture-shifting performers like Madonna, the Smiths, the Pretenders, Depeche Mode, the Cult, the Replacements, and dozens more. Today, Sire continues to be a destination for unique artists, its fearless, independent spirit embodied by artists such as Bryce Vine, Cavetown, Tegan and Sara, PRETTYMUCH, Omah Lay, and more.
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The venerable eastwest has been through several incarnations over the past six decades, each distinguished by artistic diversity, selectivity, and excellence. Eastwest was originally formed in 1957 as a subsidiary of Atlantic, with a roster that included the Kingsmen, Jay Holliday, Johnny Houston, and the Glowtones. After being dormant for nearly thirty years, the label was revived as a jazz imprint by prominent WMG executive Nesuhi Ertegun. It returned in the 1990s as a genre-spanning label featuring En Vogue, Pantera, Gerald Levert, Missy Elliott, and others. Since 2014, eastwest has been a division of Warner Music UK, and home to a wide range of artists, among them Simply Red, Jools Holland, The Corrs, Sir Cliff Richard, and Westlife.
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Roadrunner has driven the collision of culture and heavy music for the past four decades. Founded in 1980, the company launched in Europe as an independent importer of American metal albums. Planting roots in New York City in 1986, it began discovering and signing bands of its own, with influential alumni including King Diamond, Machine Head, Sepultura, and Type O Negative. In 2007, Warner Music Group acquired a majority stake in Roadrunner and three years later the company became a wholly owned division of WMG. Since 2018, Roadrunner has been part of the Elektra Music Group, while remaining a lifestyle as much as it is a label. Achieving No. 1 albums, Grammy Awards, and multi-platinum successes, Roadrunner today carries on its tradition of mainstream infiltration with artists such as Code Orange, Coheed and Cambria, FEVER 333, Gojira, Korn, Slipknot, THEORY, Trivium, and many others.
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