Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12,1959,and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14,1960. Its name,a portmanteau of motor and town,has become a nickname for Detroit,where the label was originally headquartered.
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group,founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004,it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy,the label was revived as an imprint of Atlantic in 2009. In October 2018,Elektra was detached from the Atlantic Records umbrella and reorganized into Elektra Music Group,once again operating as an independently managed frontline label of Warner Music. In June 2022,Elektra Music Group was merged with 300 Entertainment to create the umbrella label 300 Elektra Entertainment (3EE),though both Elektra and 300 continued to maintain their separate identities as labels.
Arista Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment,a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America,the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously a division of BMG Entertainment,the North American division of German conglomerate Bertelsmann. Founded in November 1974 by Clive Davis and deactivated in 2011,Arista was re-stablished in 2018. Along with Epic Records,RCA Records,and Columbia Records,it is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels.
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment,a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America,the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953,but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres,including pop,R&B,rock,and hip hop.
Warner Music Group Corp. is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry,after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner,WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011,when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020,once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover,WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world.
Sire Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records.
Sony Music Entertainment (SME),simply known as Sony Music,is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony. It is the recording division half of the Sony Music Group,with the other half being the publishing division,Sony Music Publishing.
The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) was an American recording music unit,formed on New Year's Eve 1998 by Universal Music Group. It consists of labels created under the basic operations of Island Records and Def Jam Recordings. On April 1,2014,Universal Music Group publicly announced the disbandment of the Island Def Jam Music Group,leaving IDJMG and its affiliated subsidiaries as separate sister labels.
East West Records is a record label formed in 1955,distributed and owned by Warner Music Group,headquartered in London,England.
Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Based in New York City,it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995,and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an imprint of the Universal/Motown Records Group,and was renamed Universal Republic Records after a reorganization in 2006 before going back to its original name in 2012.
Universal Motown Records was an American record label that operated as a division of Universal Motown Republic Group. It was the contemporary incarnation of the legendary Motown Records label,and the "urban" half of UMG,although there were some rock artists on the label as well.
Doug Morris is an American record executive. He is the current chairman of 12Tone Music Group. He previously served as chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group from 1995 to 2011 and Sony Music Entertainment from 2011 to 2017.
Barry Weiss is an American music executive. He co-founded of the record label RECORDS in 2015,a joint-venture with Sony Music Entertainment that specializes in young artists.
Joel Klaiman is an American music industry executive. The president of Hitco Entertainment,he was previously a senior executive at Columbia Records,Epic Records and Universal Republic Records. Over the course of his career,he has worked with artists including Adele,Beyoncé,John Legend,Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. He is credited with designing the promotional campaigns that resulted in the crossover success of singles by artists such as Swift,Pharrell,and Daft Punk.
Chris Anokute is an A&R executive and Founder of the entertainment company,Young Forever Inc. He was born from Nigerian parents,grew up in New Jersey,and currently resides in Los Angeles,California. His first stint in A&R was when he was hired at Virgin/Capitol Records in 2006 as their Senior Director of A&R at the age of 23 years old. While at Virgin/Capitol Records,Chris oversaw the A&R for Katy Perry and Joss Stone. He later held senior vice-president of A&R roles at Universal Motown Records,Island Def Jam Music Group and Epic Records between the years of 2011 and 2018.
Jacqueline Saturn is an American business executive and general manager of Harvest Records. Prior to her position with Harvest Records,she worked in various positions at Epic Records,including vice president of alternative radio promotion,senior vice president of rock and alternative promotion,and senior vice president of promotions.
Jody Gerson is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group. Upon assuming the role on January 1,2015,Gerson became the first female to run a major record company and first chairwoman of a global music company.
Todd Moscowitz is a music industry executive. He is currently the founder and CEO of Alamo Records and the manager of Gucci Mane. Previously,Moscowitz co-founded 300 Entertainment,served as a co-president and CEO of Warner Bros. Records and worked for Def Jam.
Ethiopia Habtemariam is the former Chair/CEO of Motown Records. She is Ethiopian-American.
Aaron Fredrick "AJ" Mitchell Jr.,is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is currently signed to Insanity Records,a subsidiary of Sony Music. He gained a following in 2017 after posting clips of himself singing and performing covers on YouTube and Instagram. His first independent single,"Used To Be",was written by Mitchell at age 13 and has over 100 million streams.
