Virgin Music Label & Artist Services
![]() | This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
Virgin Music Label & Artist Services | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Parent company | Universal Music Group |
Founded | 1983 |
Founder | Virgin Records |
Distributor(s) | Capitol Music Group (in the US) Universal Music Group (international) Hostess (Japan) |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | United States |
Official website | virginmusic |
Virgin Music Label & Artist Services is a music distributor of independent artists and record labels, owned by Universal Music Group. The subsidiary focuses on the distribution of new or emerging partners.[1]
Started by Virgin Records as a record importer, Virgin has become one of the U.S. music industry's largest third party distribution companies for the independent music sector.[2] In 1993, when EMI acquired Virgin Records, Virgin was separated and became part of EMI Music Distribution. The company is currently part of Capitol Music Group.[3]
The digital music and network company INgrooves (including the independent label distributor Fontana Distribution) was acquired by Universal in 2019, with Fontana being folded into Virgin.[4]
Labels/artist partners[]
- Alter Bridge
- ATO Records
- Avant/MO-B Entertainment
- Because Music
- Ben Harper Records
- Blacksmith Music
- BlastMusic
- BNL Entertainment
- Bridge 9
- BULK Music
- Candlelight Records
- Carved Records
- Castro Music[5]
- Charming Liars/Chartmaker
- Custard Music
- DC3
- DEMG
- Dead Daisies
- Dine Alone Records
- Dik Hayd Records
- Earache Records
- Echopark
- Elm City
- Fabric
- Fanatic Records
- Fantoma Films
- Fat Lady Music
- Finder's Keepers
- FOF
- Fool's Gold Records[6]
- Frontiers (UK/Ireland)
- G*59 Records
- Gentle Giant/Alucard Music
- Get Money Gang Entertainment
- Ghostly International
- G-Unit Records
- Harbour Records
- Harvest Records
- Hasbro
- Heavy on the Grind
- Heavy White
- Hickory Records
- Hidden Pony
- theHitLife
- IAMP
- Ignition Records
- Imani
- Inside Out
- Invisible Records
- I.R.S. Records
- Javotti Media
- Jordon House
- JustGold
- Krush 21
- Labrador Records
- Laff Mobb Enterprises
- Late Night Tales
- Lench Mob Records
- Lightyear Records
- Lil Tracy
- Lindsey Stirling
- Man Woman Together
- M Theory
- Martha's Music
- Megamix
- Merovingian Music
- Method Records
- Mexican Summer
- MI Raw
- Millennium Men
- Musebox
- Mute
- Nuclear Blast America
- Omnivore Recordings
- Open E
- Overtyme
- Peacefrog Records
- Perspective Records[7]
- Plastic Head
- Primary Wave Records
- Priority Records
- Profil de Face
- Prospect Park
- Quality Control Music (Independent Releases)
- Questionable Entertainment
- Ramblin Rose
- Real World Records
- Red Zone Entertainment
- Relativity Music Group
- Rodney Carrington
- Ron White
- RPM MSC
- Ruffhouse Records
- Season of Mist
- Sebastian Bach
- Secret City
- Simply Red
- Siri Music Group
- Slash
- Slip-N-Slide
- SM Entertainment/NCT 127
- SMH Records
- SO Recordings
- S.O.O.N. Recordings
- Southern Fried Records
- Spinefarm Records
- Steven Wilson
- Stillborn Records
- Strainge Entertainment[8]
- Sugar Hill Records
- Sun Records
- TBNH
- TenThousand Projects
- The Dude Films
- The London Souls
- ThinkSay Records
- Thrive Music
- THUMP Records
- TopShelf Records
- Trauma2 Records
- Tru Thoughts
- GMG Entertainment
- UDR
- UEG
- Underground Inc.
- Unison
- Upfront Entertainment
- Vanguard
- Voltron
- Vortexan
- VOTIV
- Wax Poetics Records
- Win Music
- Wojtek Records
- Zuma Rock Records[9]
- Soulja Boy
References[]
- ^ "Universal's Virgin Music Label & Artist Services inks global distribution deal with Serbian hip-hop label Balkaton". Music Business Worldwide. July 14, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Barnes, Terry (September 11, 1999). "Caroline Distribution: Sweet 16 and Never Been Dissed". Billboard – via Google Books.
- ^ "Steve Barnett Named Chairman/CEO Of Capitol Music Group". Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ "Universal Music to Acquire Distributor Ingrooves in Move to Strengthen Commitment to Indie Labels". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Castro Music Ltd". Castro Music. April 29, 2019.
- ^ "A-Trak's Fool's Gold Records Signs Global Distribution Deal With Caroline". Billboard. July 21, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ Mitchell, Gail. "Peabo Bryson Gets Ready to 'Stand for Love' on New Album Coming Aug. 3". billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ "Rapper Trippie Redd Inks With Capitol Music Group's Caroline-Distributed Strainge Entertainment". All Access. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
- ^ "Caroline Strikes Distribution Deal With JustGold, Label Run by 20-Year-Old College Student". Variety. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- American record labels
- Record label distributors
- Labels distributed by Universal Music Group
- 1983 establishments in California
- Record labels established in 1983
- Companies based in California
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
- Companies based in Los Angeles
- EMI
- Virgin Records