Record Labels

Many record companies are huge corporations that own a variety of record labels. These corporations usually consist of a parent company that owns more than one record label.  Today, many large record companies are actually under huge conglomerates that own a variety of subsidiary record labels.

► Warner Brothers Records

-       Owns the big record label Atlantic Records. Atlantic Records has been home to some of the biggest musicians in the world, for example, one of the worlds most renowned soul singers Aretha Franklin.

► EMI‎

-       Owns the big record label Virgin Records. Virgin Records have huge artists such as Emeli Sande signed to them as well as having Tina Turner and Atomic Kitten previously.

► Sony BMG

-       Owns Sony Columbia and Epic Records. These labels have managed releases by prominent modern, urban artists such as Bow Wow, John Legend and Beyoncé.

The wikipedia definition of an independent record label (or indie record label), on the other hand is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels.