List of Warner Music Group labels explained

Warner Music Group (WMG) owns, has a joint share, or is associated with the record labels listed here.

Flagship labels

• Atlantic Records
• Elektra Records
• Parlophone Records
• Warner Records

Atlantic Music Group

See main article: Atlantic Records Group.

• 10K Projects
• 1st & 15th Entertainment
• All Money In
• Artist Partner Group
• Asylum Records
• Atlantic Records
• Atlantic Records Russia
• Atco Records
• Avang Music
• Big Beat Records
• Big Tree Records
• Boulevard Boyz
• Bread Winners' Association
• Canvasback Music
• Cat Records
• Guwop Enterprises
  • 808 Mafia Records (joint venture with 808 Music Group & Boominati Worldwide CBE^[1]
• Chop Shop Records
• Taylor Gang Entertainment (joint with EMPIRE, for JR Donarto & Berner respectfully)
• Tha Mvmnt
• Sniper Gang Records
• Chopper City Records
• Cotillion Records
• CTE World
• Custard Records
• Eardrum Records
• Esperanza Records
• First Priority Music
• Fort Knocks Entertainment
• Full Surface Records
• F-Stop Music
• FNC Entertainment
• Grind Or Die Label
• Human Re Sources
• Heavy Muscle, LLC
• LaSalle Records
• Little David Records
• Luke Records
• Maybach Music Group
• Nice Life Recording Company
• Owsla
• Nest
• Photo Finish Records
• Poe Boy Music Group
• Rebel Rock Entertainment
• Sandlot Records
• Spinnin' Records
  • Congo Records
  • CONTROVERSIA
  • Dharma Worldwide
  • DOORN Records
  • Heartfeldt Records
    • • Hysteria Kryteria Records
  • Maxximize Records
  • Mentalo Music
  • Musical Freedom Records/AFTR:HRS
  • Night Service Only
  • OZ Records
  • SOURCE
  • SINPHONY
  • Spinnin' Deep
  • Spinnin' NEXT
  • Spinnin' Premium
  • Spinnin' Records Asia
  • Spinnin' Talent Pool
  • SPRS
  • Tonco Tone
  • Wall Recordings
• Stone Flower Records
• TAG Recordings
• Top Stop Music
• UpFront Records
• Vortex Records
• X5 Music Group
• Cake Jamz Records

300 Elektra Entertainment

See main article: 300 Elektra Entertainment.

• 300 Entertainment
• Elektra Records
• Asylum Records (back catalog)
• EastWest Records America (back catalog)
• Black Cement
• DCD2 Records
• DTA Records
• Fueled by Ramen
• Low Country Sound
• Roadrunner Records
• Public Consumption Recording Co.

Warner Records

See main article: Warner Records.

• 12Tone Music Group
• 143 Records
  • A&E Records Action Theory Records
• Artery Recordings
  • • Beluga Heights BME Recordings Doghouse Records
• Facultad de Némea (San José del Rincón, México)
• Festival Mushroom Records (includes Mushroom/Festival back catalogs)
• Globetown Music
  • • Helium 3 Ice Age Entertainment Jet Life Recordings
• Loveway Records
• Machine Shop Recordings
• Malpaso Records
  • Maverick Records Nonesuch Records
• Slash Records
• Parlophone (excluding artists like Coldplay)
• Perezcious Music
  • • Perfecto Records Playmaker Music Public Broadcasting Service
    • Reprise Records RuffNation Records Sire Records
• SM Entertainment (Aespa (Korean releases only))
• Red Weather Records (Orlando, Florida)
• Stateside Records
• Top Rank Records (reissues)

Warner Music Nashville

• Atlantic Records Nashville
• Warner Records Nashville
• Elektra Records Nashville
• Marcus Music

Parlophone Label Group

See main article: Parlophone.

• Parlophone Records, including reissues from the back catalogs of:
  • Chrysalis Records (UK, part)
  • EMI Columbia Records
  • EMI Records (UK)
  • Harvest Records (UK)
  • Regal Recordings
• FFRR Records
• Kling Klang Produkt
• Marv Music (joint-venture with film production company Marv Studios)
• Pink Floyd Records (British and European distribution only)
• Stateside Records (British distribution only)
  • Top Rank Records

Rhino Entertainment

See main article: Rhino Entertainment.

• Atco Records
• Bearsville Records
• Del-Fi Records
  • Jubilee Records
• Rhino Records
• Roulette Records
• TK Records

Rhino handles the American distribution of reissues from the UK back catalogs of Chrysalis (part), EMI Columbia, EMI, Harvest, and Parlophone.

Alternative Distribution Alliance

See main article: Alternative Distribution Alliance.

• 3CG Records
• 5 Minute Walk
• 679 Recordings
• Acony Records
• Adrenaline Music
• Alligator Records
• Alma Records
• Alta Note Records
• Anzic Records
• Artist First
• Arhoolie Records
• Avitone Records
• Bar/None Records
• Barsuk Records
• Beggars Group
• Bieler Bros Records
• Blind Pig Records
• Bloodshot Records
• Blix Street Records
• Blisslife Records
• Blue Corn Music
• Blue Horizon
• Bolero Records
• Born & Bred Records
• Brash Records
• Breakbeat Science Records
• Bright Antenna
• Canyon Records
• Carpark Records
• Cavity Search Records
• CDBaby
• Chesky Records
• Chime Entertainment
• Chiyun Records
  • Chrysalis Records Comedy Central Records
• Compass Records
• Cordless Recordings
• Courgette Records
• Crunchy Frog Records
• Curb Records
• David Lynch Music Company
• Dcide Records
• Decaydance Records
• Dentro Recordings
• DimeRock Records
• Divendy Records
• Domino Recording Company
• Downtown Records
• Dualtone Records
• East West Records
• Eco Records
• el Music Group
• Everfine Records
• Eyeball Records
• Ferret Music
• Kontor Records
• Funzalo Records
• Guelmi Music
• Hellcat Records
• I Scream Records
• Igualdade Vision Records
• InVogue Records
• Jemp Records
• Lightyear Entertainment
• Mascom Records
• Masquerade Recordings
• Macklemore Inc.
• Matador Records
• Mayhem Records
• Manifesto Records
• Merge Records
• Metade Note Records
• Milan Records
• Misfits Records
• Metropolis Records
• Music Branding
  • Mute Records Napalm Records
• Born & Bred Records
• Nervous Records
• Nettwerk
• Nexchapter
• No Filter Records
• Nuclear Blast
• Nudgie Records
• Om Records
• Phony Records
• Polyvinyl Record Company
• Projekt Records
• PRT Records
• Pye Records
• Punahele Records
• Relapse Records
• Restless Records
• Rhymesayers Entertainment
• Rhythmbank Entertainment
• Rise Records
• Rock Ridge Music
• Rykodisc Records
• Saddle Creek Records
• Sanctuary Records
• Bronze Records
• Castle Records
• CMC International
• GWR Records
• Sideonedummy Records
• Skeleton Crew
• Slugfest Records
• Stony Plain Records
• Strictly Rhythm Records
• Sub Pop Records
• Surfdog Records
• Tee Pee Records
• Teleprompt Records
• The Control Group
• Thirsty Ear Recordings
• Thrill Jockey Records
• TML Entertainment
• Tommy Boy Entertainment
• Touch & Go Records
• Troubleman Unlimited
• Twenty Two Recordings
• Ubiquity Records
• Upstream Records
• Vice Records
• VMG Recordings
• Warcon Enterprises
• WaterTower Music
• Wichita Records
• Williams Street Records
• Word Entertainment
• DaySpring Records
• Myrrh Records
• Word Records
• You Entertainment
• Zappa Records

Arts Music

• Sesame Street Records
• First Night Records
• Mattel Music
• Sh-K-Boom Records

Warner Classics

See main article: Warner Classics.

• • • Warner Classics Records Erato Records Teldec Records
• Elektra Nonesuch Records
• Finlandia Records
• Lontano Records
• Warner Apex
• Warner Elatus
• Warner Fonit Records
• NVC Arts Records

International labels

Warner Music International

Warner Music International (formerly WEA International) is the international copyright holder and distributor for North American artists on the Warner Music record labels. An example of this is on the credits for the American artists albums which states i.e. "Warner Bros. Records, Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International, Inc. for the world outside the U.S."^[2]

WEA is also referred to as Warner Music International or Warner Music Entertainment and has divisions worldwide such as Australia, Japan and all over Europe. These branches are usually called Warner Music followed by the name of the country. Some labels have more than one record company for example the UK has Warner Bros. Records UK and Atlantic Records UK but both trade through Warner Music UK, Limited. These labels market and distribute artists in those specific regions are all part of WEA International/Warner Music International

Europe

• Balkan Electro^[3]
• Spinnin' Records (acquired in 2017)

As Warner Music

• Warner Music HK^{[4] [5]}
• Teldec
• Mariann Grammofon AB
• Warner Music UK
  • Warner Records UK (formally WEA Records UK Ltd.)
  • East West Records
    • • Atlantic Records UK Asylum Records UK
  • Rhino UK - new division of Warner Music UK, formed in 2010 for reissues and compilation.
  • A&E Records (formerly the independent label Mushroom Records UK)
  • London Records (originally the U.S. label for Decca)
    • • 679 Recordings 14th Floor Records
• Warner Music Sweden
  • Warner Music Spain Warner Music Portugal
  • Parlophone Portugal (acquisition; formerly EMI-Valentim de Carvalho)
    • Warner Music Poland EMI Music Poland (defunct; formerly Pomaton-EMI)
  • Polskie Nagrania
• Warner Music Russia
  • Atlantic Records Russia
  • S.B.A./Gala Records (acquisition)
  • Sony Music Russia (distribution)
    • Warner Music Norway K. Dahl Eftf.
• Warner Music Benelux
  • Atlantic Records Benelux
  • Warner Music Belgium
  • Warner Music Netherlands
• Warner Music Central Europe
  • Atlantic Records Germany
  • Warner Music Austria
    • • Warner Music Germany Warner Music Switzerland
  • UDR Records
    • Warner Music Italy ADA Italy
• Warner Music Ireland
• Warner Music Greece
• Warner Music France (formerly WEA Filipacchi Music)
  • ADA France
  • Parlophone France
    • Delabel
  • Décibels Productions
  • Elektra France
  • Atlantic Records France
  • Nous Productions^[6] (acquired in 2016)
• Warner Music Finland
  • Finnlevy (acquisition)
  • Fazer Records
  • Evidence
  • Helsinki Music Company (HMC)
• Warner Music Baltics^[7]
  • • Warner Music Denmark Medley
• Warner Music Czech Republic
• 1967 Ltd
  • Must Destroy Records (distribution)
  • The Beats (labels deal)
  • Warner Strategic Marketing (warner.esp)
• Warner Music Romania
  • Roton (until 2020)
  • Global Records (since 2020)

As Parlophone Label Group

• EMIDISC
• Parlophone Europe Generic
  • Parlophone France (formerly Pathé Marconi-EMI)
    • Pathé Records
    • Hostile Delabel
    • Livin' Astro
  • Parlophone Music Spain (formerly EMI Odeon and Hispavox)
    • Hispavox
    • Odeon Records
  • Parlophone Slovakia
  • Parlophone Denmark (formerly EMI-Medley)
  • Parlophone Norway
  • Parlophone Sweden
• 2CD Originals Series

Africa/Asia/Pacific

Africa

• Warner Music Africa (formerly Warner Music South Africa)

Australia/Oceania

• Warner Music Australia
• Warner Music New Zealand
• Illegal Musik

Asia

• Gold Typhoon
• Warner Music China
  • • Warner Music Hong Kong F Records
  • Whet Drops
• Warner Music India ^[8]
  • Maati ^[9]
  • Sky Digital (distribution)^[10]
  • Always Music Global ^[11]
  • Indie Music Label (distribution)
  • Desh Music
  • Divo
  • 91 NORTH RECORDS
• Warner Music Indonesia
  • Hemagita Records (acquisition)
  • Virgo Ramayana (distribution)
  • Alfa Records
  • Indo Semar Sakti
• Warner Music Israel^[12]
• Warner Music Japan (ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン)
  • A.K.A. Records
  • A'zip Music
  • Atlantic Records Japan
  • Cube Loves Music! (joint venture with Nissan Motors)
  • Defstar Records (1997-2000, now a sublabel of Sony Music Japan)
  • Dream Machine
  • East West Records Japan (formerly MMG Records)
  • Entrance
  • Fueled By Mentaiko (Joint venture with WACK)
  • Futurista
  • Garland
  • Jupiter
  • Minami
  • Moon
  • N.A.T.
  • No Label Music
  • Organon
  • Pasion Record!
  • Photon
  • Planets
  • Real Note
  • River Way (defunct after Makihara left Warner)
  • Reprise Records Japan
  • Rhino Records Japan
  • Roadrunner Records Japan
  • Samurai Rock
  • Sprouse
  • Taco Records
  • Trinitas
  • Unborde
  • Vybe
  • Warner Sunset
  • WEA Japan
  • World Art
• Warner Music Korea
  • Brand New Music (co-distributed with Kakao M)
  • Keystone Entertainment
  • Vitamin Entertainment (acquired in 2007)^[13]
  • WS Entertainment (joint venture with the SK Group and LOEN Entertainment, now defunct)^[14]
• Warner Music Malaysia
  • Ramada Records (Dangdut record label, now defunct)
  • Black Hat Cat Records
  • Zamrud (Nasyid music label)
  • Roslan Aziz Productions
• Warner Music Middle East^[15]
  • • Warner Music Philippines Music Colony Records
  • PressPlay.ph
  • Sora Music Group
  • Universal Records (1977-1992)
    • Warner Music Singapore Music Street (acquired in 2005)
  • Play Music (acquired in 2005)
• Warner Music Taiwan (華納唱片)
  • UFO Records (acquisition)
    • Warner Music Thailand D-Day (acquisition)
  • Muser (acquisition)
  • Wayfer Record (acquisition in 2013)
  • Onpa Music (acquisition)
• Warner Music Turkey
• Warner Music Vietnam
  • SpaceSpeakers

South America

• • • • Warner Music Argentina Warner Music Brasil Banguela Records (defunct)
  • Caravela Records
  • EH Brasil
  • Furacão 2000
  • Selo Chantecler
  • Selo Continental / East West Records
  • WEA Discos
  • RW Produtora
  • Warner Strategic Marketing Brazil
• Warner Music Chile
• Warner Music Colombia
• Warner Music Perú

See also

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sevyn Signs Solo Deal with CBE/Atlantic Records . Rap-Up . 2012-08-11 . 2021-04-25.
2. Web site: Warner Music Group Official Website. Warner Music Group Official Website.
3. Web site: Communications . W. M. G. . 2024-04-22 . WARNER MUSIC SOUTH EAST EUROPE LAUNCHES NEW EDM LABEL, BALKAN ELECTRO . 2024-05-14 . Warner Music Group . en-US.
4. Web site: Warner Music HK Official Website. Warner Music HK Official Website.
5. Web site: Warner Music HK Official Youtube Channel . warnermusichk.
6. News: Roch . Jean-Baptiste . 2016-10-10 . C'est officiel... . live . fr . . https://archive.today/20211103205921/https://www.telerama.fr/musique/c-est-officiel-le-festival-americain-lollapalooza-posera-ses-valises-a-paris-en-2017,148474.php . 2021-11-03 . 2021-11-03.
7. Web site: Warner Music Baltics opens office in Tallinn, Estonia. 15 October 2020.
8. Web site: admin_wmg . 2020-03-09 . Warner Music Group India Launches . 2023-07-03 . Warner Music Group . en-US.
9. Web site: 18 October 2021 . Warner Music India unveils new record label 'Maati' .
10. Web site: 18 January 2021 . WMG Warner Music Strikes Exclusive Deal with Sky Digital India .
11. Web site: Pop Icon, Armaan Malik inks a strategic deal with Warner Music India for his new venture, Always Music Global . 2023-07-03 . Loudest.in is India’s first community all about music! Inspiring, informing, connecting and celebrating the music community..
12. Web site: 25 May 2022 . WARNER MUSIC ISRAEL LAUNCHES, HEADED BY MARIAH MOCHIACH .
13. Billboard

    Warner Music Swallows Korea's Vitamin Entertainment

14. https://archive.today/20130708123514/http://investors.wmg.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=182480&p=irol-newsArticle_pf&ID=854632&highlight= Warner Music International and SK Telecom Announce Partnership
15. Web site: Communications . W. R. M. . 2022-10-24 . AHMED NURENI NAMED GENERAL MANAGER OF WARNER MUSIC MIDDLE EAST . 2023-10-01 . Warner Music Group . en-US.