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| Parent company | CBS Corporation |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Leslie Moonves |
| Distributor(s) | RED Distribution |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, California CBS Television City |
| Official website | cbsrecords.com |
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J. Olsson.
The label relies primarily on digital distribution such as iTunes and on direct sales from its own website. However, it has signed a deal to distribute compact discs through RED Distribution, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment which CBS Inc. formerly owned. CBS Records is headquartered at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.
- The "CBS Records" name was also used in the 1960s to release Columbia Records products outside the US and Canada. This was necessary because EMI owned another record label called Columbia, which operated in every market except North America, Spain and Japan. CBS sold the record company in 1988 to Sony Corporation of America. In 1991, the CBS label was officially renamed Columbia Records and the company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment.
Current roster
Artists
- Will Dailey
- Sophie Sumner
- Keaton Simons
- Karmina
- Sharon Little
- P.J. Olsson
- Señor Happy
- The Wilshires
- You Are I Am
Presidents of CBS Records
- Alvin N. Teller ?-1988.
Soundtracks
- NCIS
- America's Next Top Model Cycle 17
- America's Next Top Model Cycle 18
- America's Next Top Model, Cycle 19
See also
References
- http://books.google.com/books?id=fboWkz6QpAIC&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=%22cbs+records%22%2B+2006&source=bl&ots=S8ICR-YMhU&sig=vy7ro4CA1yAvPU_YUoU-7y_ONHk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bUo2ULDZAtTKyQGI24CADA&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22cbs%20records%22%2B%202006&f=false
- "CBS Records Changes Name". The New York Times. 1990-10-16. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- "President of CBS Records resigns". USA Today. April 20, 1988. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
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External links
- Official website
- News release about the establishment of the new CBS Records
- Christman, Ed (2006-12-15). "CBS Records Relaunching With Eye On Synergy". Billboard.
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