A short presentation on Record Labels

1. Record companies are media institutions and are commercial organisations that make money
What they do:
• Talent scouting
• Development of new artists
• Manage bands and artists
• Production, manufacturing and distribution of records
• Marketing and promotion e.g. music videos
• Copyright protection
These artists have been found and have got to topping the music charts because of their record
label such as :

2. Big 3 – since 2012
Universal Music Group
Sony Music Entertainment
Warner Music Group
• Record labels under control by a company called a ‘music group’
• Usually owned by a conglomerate that also has non music divisions
• A music group controls – music publishing companies, recording,
manufacturers, record distributors and record labels
• The big three control over 80% of the music market worldwide and
70% in the USA market
• They all own or have a joint share in many other larger record labels

3. • A smaller record label that operates without the funding of the big
three
• Usually release non mainstream music
• Many big artists begin their careers on minor labels
• Gives more artistic freedom and control to the artist
UK INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS
• LAB Records
• 4AD
• Glassnote Records
• Mute Records
They are many more…
Ariel
Pink
Mumford and Sons