record labels
Album releasing businesses
Record labels are companies that produce, distribute, and market recorded music.
They sign artists, fund recordings, and handle the business side of releasing albums.
Major labels like Universal, Sony, and Warner dominate the industry, while independent labels (indies) operate on smaller scales.
She's been shopping her demo to record labels for months.
The term comes from the paper label affixed to the center of vinyl records.
- albumsBound music collections
- debut albumArtist's premiere full-length recording
- producersThose who create goods
- music industryCommerce around songs
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
contracts · signing · distribution · back catalog · copyright law · imprints · liner notes · licensing agreements · records · idol groups · music videos · promotional tour · talent scouting · charts · indie music · A&R · music rights · tracks
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, hit single, releases
- musicmusic, song, songs, singing, singer
- creative industriesadvertising, animation, broadcasting, design, entertainment
- media companiesDisney, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Viacom
- music memorabiliaconcert tickets, ticket stubs, tour posters, autographs, band posters
- rock culturerock bands, rock stars, electric guitars, guitar solos, heavy metal
record labelsstreaming platforms
On-demand video services
Spotify · Apple Music · YouTube Music · Bandcamp · SoundCloud
record labelsindependent artists
Self-representing creative professionals
self-publishing · bedroom producers · self-management · artist collectives
record, label, recording, recorded, recorder, labels, recorders, unlabeled, re-record