Music Acts Who Owned or Co-Owned Record Labels

Apr 17, 2009
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Over the years, there have been music acts who have owned or co-owned record labels for their own recordings and have also signed other acts for their labels.

Here are a few. Can you think of others?

The Beatles - Apple Records
Led Zeppelin - Swan Song Records
Prince - Paisley Park Records
Prince NPG Records
Madonna - Maverick Records (a joint venture between Madonna, Frederick DeMann, Veronica "Ronnie" Dashev and Time Warner)
Frank Sinatra - Reprise Records
Herb Alpert - A&M Records (founded by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss)
The Rolling Stones – Rolling Stone Records
Cake – Upbeat Records
OK Go – Paracadute Records
Wilco – dBpm Records
Gretchen Wilson – Redneck Records
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – Richter Scale
Jim James of My Morning Jacket - Removador Recordings and Solutions
Alkaline Trio – Heart & Skull Records
Oasis – Big Brother Recordings
White Stripes – Third Man Records
Nine Inch Nails – The Null Corporation
Chvrches - Goodbye Records
Beastie Boys - Grand Royal Records
Ray Charles - Tangerine Records
The Wailers - Tuff Gong Records
Eric Clapton - Duck Records
Peter Tosh - Intel-Diplo Records
Metallica - Blackened Recordings
Neil Young - Vapor Records

 
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Grateful Dead - Round Records


Over the years, there have been music acts who have owned or co-owned record labels for their own recordings and have also signed other acts for their labels.

Here are a few. Can you think of others?

The Beatles - Apple Records
Led Zeppelin - Swan Song Records
Prince - Paisley Park Records
Prince NPG Records
Madonna - Maverick Records (a joint venture between Madonna, Frederick DeMann, Veronica "Ronnie" Dashev and Time Warner)
Frank Sinatra - Reprise Records
Herb Alpert - A&M Records (founded by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss)
The Rolling Stones – Rolling Stone Records
Cake – Upbeat Records
OK Go – Paracadute Records
Wilco – dBpm Records
Gretchen Wilson – Redneck Records
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – Richter Scale
Jim James of My Morning Jacket - Removador Recordings and Solutions
Alkaline Trio – Heart & Skull Records
Oasis – Big Brother Recordings
White Stripes – Third Man Records
Nine Inch Nails – The Null Corporation
Chvrches - Goodbye Records
Beastie Boys - Grand Royal Records
Ray Charles - Tangerine Records
The Wailers - Tuff Gong Records
Eric Clapton - Duck Records
Peter Tosh - Intel-Diplo Records
Metallica - Blackened Recordings
Neil Young - Vapor Records