major labels
Big record companies
Major labels are the handful of large corporations that dominate the recorded music industry, currently Universal, Sony, and Warner.
The term distinguishes them from independent labels, which operate outside their distribution networks and corporate structure.
Artists signed to major labels typically have greater resources for promotion and wider reach, but less creative control and smaller royalty percentages: She turned down offers from the major labels to stay indie.
- SonyJapanese electronics and entertainment corporation
- UniversalHollywood entertainment company
- WarnerMajor studio surname
- indieProduced outside majors
- signingInscribing one's name
record deal · signing bonus · contracts · artists · albums · distribution · mainstream · radio · radio play · Billboard · platinum · A&R · promotion · deals · royalties · studio · executives · hits
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, hit single, releases
- mass culturepop culture, popular culture, mass media, mass communication, entertainment
- music trendsBeatlemania, disco fever, MTV era, streaming, rave culture
major labelsindie labels
Small music companies
major labelsself-distribution
Handling your own logistics
self-publishing · unsigned · labelless · self-produced · home recording
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