Labels

Friday 16 September 2011

Record Label research 2.


HistoryAtlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz.Over its first 20 years of operation Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American independent recording labels, specializing in jazz, R&B and soul recordings by African-American artists, a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records.
In 1967 Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music, signing Cream,Led Zeppelin, Yes and Foreigner. In 2004 Atlantic Records and its sister label Elektra Records merged into Atlantic Records Group.

Artists
Atlantic is a huge company and have worked/ is working with artists such as Trey Songs, Kid Rock, James Blunt, Wiz Khalifa, Sean Paul, Flo Rida, Missy Elliot, Jason Mraz, Estelle and Tracy Chapman. Those are just a few of the artists who they have contracts with etc.

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