WAllied Artists International, Inc. (AAI) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment corporation headquartered in Glendale, California, United States, producing and distributing motion pictures, recorded music, broadcast television, online streaming, video games, and other media products. The company is the successor to Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. In the year 2000, AAI divided its media products into three distinct wholly owned divisions, Allied Artists Film Group (AAFG), Allied Artists Music Group (AAMG) and Allied Artists Music & Video Distribution (AAMVD). Allied Artists Pictures is known for having produced and released such historic motion pictures as "Cabaret," starring Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli; "Papillon," starring Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen; and "The Betsy," starring Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and Katharine Ross.
WAllied Artists Music Group (AAMG) is the U.S. based multinational music focused entertainment and record label arm of Allied Artists International, Inc. (AAI), headquartered in Glendale, California. In 1971, AAI's predecessor Allied Artists Pictures Corporation officially formed subsidiary Allied Artists Records. By 1999, Allied Artists Records encompassed numerous imprint labels, including the flagship Allied Artists Records, Allied Artists Music Co., Monogram Records, Vista Records and Brimstone Records. The record label is known for having released such historic motion picture soundtracks as Elvis Presley's 1965 "Tickle Me" and Liza Minnelli's 1972 "Cabaret." On the traditional recorded music side, the company is recognized for its releases of Latin heavy metal band Renegade's entire catalog, including 1983's "Rock 'n' Roll Crazy!" and Luis Cardenas' 1986 "Animal Instinct," among many others. In the year 2000, with sales of physical records declining in lieu of digital downloads, Allied Artists Records consolidated all of its music related holdings into the newly branded "Allied Artists Music Group," becoming a formal division of its parent, AAI.
WAltavoz is a music distributor whose catalog is composed of independent entertainers covering a variety of musical genres. A year after it was founded, it was purchased by investor Nelson Jacobsen, and relaunched in Rockville, Maryland.
WAlternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) is a music distribution company owned by Warner Music Group, which represents the rights to various independent record labels. ADA provides "independent artist and label partners with access to the resources, relationships and experience required to share their creative vision with a global audience."
WAnand Audio is an Indian music record label company in Karnataka. It is primarily known for publishing and marketing Sandalwood cinema sound tracks.
WBBN Music is a multinational independent record label owned by BBN Holding. It was founded in 2002 by Action Beat's Don McLean.
WBertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music company was formed as RCA/Ariola International in 1985 as a joint venture to combine the music label activities of RCA Corporation's RCA Records division and Bertelsmann's Ariola Records and its associated labels which include Arista Records. It consisted of the BMG Music Publishing company, the world's third largest music publisher and the world's largest independent music publisher, and the 50% share of the joint venture with Sony Music, which established the German American Sony BMG from 2004 to 2008.
WBig Music is an Indian record label owned by Anil Ambani. It is a part of Reliance Entertainment, a subsidiary of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
WBMG Rights Management GmbH is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label.
WThe Business is an independent record store, music distribution company and concert venue located on Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington, United States. It formerly also housed a book store, a photography studio, a café-bistro, a recording studio and a record label. From 1978 to 2008, The Business was located at 1717 Commercial Avenue; from 2008 to 2016 at 402 Commercial Avenue; and since 2016 it has been located at 216 Commercial Avenue.
WGrupo CanZion is an independent Christian music distribution and producer company, founded by Marcos Witt and his wife in 1987. Its initial name was CanZion Producciones, later becoming a group of divisions dedicated to various markets, being integrated by the brands CanZion, CanZion Editora, CanZion Home Media, CanZion Films, CanZion Eventos, Instituto CanZion, and Director de Alabanza, where the record label is the most well-known segment of the conglomerate, since the artists belonging to it and their productions have been awarded in various ceremonies such as the Latin Grammy Awards, Arpa Awards, Billboard, among others, have also managed to enter Billboard magazine lists as Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums.
WCD Choice is a record label from Bangladesh. CD Choice produces cassettes, CDs, VCDs and DVDs of dramas, television films, movies, and music. CD choice is the largest record label company in Bangladesh. The owner of the company is Jahirul Islam Sohel and the CEO is Ashikul Islam.
WCD Vision is an illustrious Bangladeshi record label and production house, which was established on 1998. The company was founded by Mahbub alam. They produce content like - short film, drama, showbiz news, telefilm, fiction, advertisement, music video and documentary.
WD-Noy Muzik is a label founded by Daniel Desnoyers in June 1999 within the Donald K. Donald Group. In 2003, DKD D-Noy Muzik became D-Noy Muzik, for which Dan Desnoyers is the sole owner. D-Noy releases all of his music on this label.
WDauman Music is an American entertainment company and record label headquartered in Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2007 by Jason Dauman who was originally a song placer and music publisher.
WDapper Music Distribution is a Nigerian distribution firm and record label based in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2017 by Damilola Akinwunmi. It has published albums in a variety of genres, but it is best known for its Afrobeats music.
WEktaar Music Ltd is a Bangladeshi record label based in Dhaka. It was launched on 30 September 2002 by Sadruddin Khan (Bobby), Ziauddin Khan (Pablo), Sheikh Monirul Alam, Thein Han Maung (Titi) and Feisal Siddiqi (Bogey). Some artists they deal with are: Renaissance, Pothik Nobi, Pantha Kanai, Ajob, Alif, Anusheh, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, Bangla, Gaurab, Habib Wahid, Hyder Husyn, Krishnokoli, Leemon, Moon, Riki (Kolkata), Sahana, Sandipan, and Shahjahan Munshi.
WEMI Group Limited was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the "Big Four" record companies. Its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies.
WEMPIRE Distribution, Records and Publishing Inc. is an American distribution company and record label founded in 2010 by Ghazi Shami and headquartered in San Francisco, California with offices in New York City, London, Nashville, and Atlanta. It has released albums in various genres but it is predominantly focused on hip hop music. Many prominent companies and artists have partnerships with EMPIRE, with music being distributed across platforms such as iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Deezer, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Rdio, along with physical CDs and vinyl being distributed to traditional record stores.
WЕxtraphone - trademark of the Closed Joint Stock Corporation Rays Lis', is one of the most important players in the field of show-business in Russia.
WFontana Distribution was a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network. A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until INgrooves acquired Fontana Distribution from UMG in 2012 to form INgrooves Fontana.
WFontana North is a Canadian record distribution company and represents the Canadian wing of Fontana Distribution. It is a joint venture between Canadian-based Cadence Music Group and US-based Fontana Distribution. The company was established by MapleCore in 2004 as MapleNationwide, and in 2006, it partnered with Fontana Distribution and was rebranded as Fontana North. It has expanded throughout Canada for pan-Canadian distribution of many music labels. On August 22, 2013 it was announced that they would be teaming up with Distort Entertainment in a joint venture deal with Fontana North acting as the main distributor of the hardcore label.
WG-Series is a major Bangladeshi record label. The company produces and publishes cassettes, CDs, VCDs, and DVDs of dramas, telefilms, movies, and music. It is one of the largest such companies in Bangladesh. The owner of the company is Nazmul Haque Bhuiyan, popularly known as Khaled. The Daily Star described it a major record label in Bangladesh.
WKakao Entertainment Corp., stylised as kakao ENTERTAINMENT, is a South Korean entertainment, mass media and publishing company founded in 2021. A subsidiary of the internet company Kakao, it was established as a result of the merger of the latter's two subsidiaries; KakaoPage and Kakao M respectively.
WKMP Holdings is a South Korean music distribution company. It is headquartered in Gangnam-gu, Seoul and was opened on March 18, 2010.
WLove Da Records is an international record label founded in 1998. The label is one of the largest indie music distributors in South East Asia, distributing over 150 individual labels covering music of different genres. With its headquarters in Hong Kong, Love Da Records also extended its branches to Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.
WManorama Music is a music company in India. It owns probably the largest music label of Kerala. The label has produced and distributed film soundtracks, poems, cartoon series, music albums etc. The company is owned by M.M. Publications Ltd, which also owns the Malayala Manorama.
WMicrophone Records is the leader of the Latvian music industry, since 1992, when the first record was released with a '’MicRec'’ brand label. Microphone Records is the most experienced and well-known Latvian record label and distribution company founded in 1993 by a professional radio journalist Elita Mīlgrāve and a professional record producer and musician Guntars Račs. Since 1996 Microphone Records has a license agreement with the EMI Group on promoting and marketing EMI and Virgin artists in the Baltic states.
WPT Musica Studio's is an Indonesian music company based in Jakarta. Known as Metropolitan Studios in the 1960s and then Music Studios in the 1970s, Musica was founded by Yamin Widjaja, the owner of an electronics store. Musica is one of the largest music companies in Indonesia. Musical artists such as Peterpan, Noah, and Sheryl Sheinafia have recorded on the Musica label.
WNaxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres. The premier label is Naxos Records which focuses on classical music. Naxos Musical Group encompasses about 17 labels including Naxos Records, Naxos Audiobooks and Naxos Books (ebooks). There are about an additional 50 labels that are independent of the Naxos Musical Group with a wide range of offerings.
WThe Orchard is an American music and entertainment company, specializing in media distribution, marketing, and sales. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music, based in New York City. In 2019, the company sold off its film and television division, which was renamed 1091 Media.
WPamplin Music was an independent Christian record label founded in 1995 by Robert B. Pamplin Jr. The label was a subunit of Pamplin Entertainment and in turn Pamplin Communications, which was already established in the Christian media market through book stores and video products.
WThe music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators. Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are: the songwriters and composers who write songs and musical compositions; the singers, musicians, conductors, and bandleaders who perform the music; the record labels, music publishers, recording studios, music producers, audio engineers, retail and digital music stores, and performance rights organizations who create and sell recorded music and sheet music; and the booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew, and audio engineers who help organize and sell concerts.
WRedeye Distribution, which is based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States, began in 1996 by focusing on the independent music of the southeast and providing the artists that made up the scene with a distribution option to give them access to all retail accounts located in their region. Over the course of the last two decades, Redeye has charted a course of steady, sustainable growth by developing a strong physical and digital distribution network both nationally and internationally and providing a multitude of services to distribution partners. Services provided by Redeye include worldwide physical and digital distribution, marketing, and manufacturing.
WScorpio Music is a French music label headquartered in Paris. The company was founded by Henri Belolo in 1976, best known as the original creator of The Ritchie Family and the disco group Village People with Jacques Morali.
WSelect-O-Hits is an American independent record label distributor of music based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. They have been in business for almost 60 years, and distribute artists that include Johnnie Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Three 6 Mafia, Colt Ford, Diana Reyes, and The Texas Tenors.
WSony Music Entertainment, also known as just Sony Music, is an American global music company. Owned by the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Corporation of America.
WSoundtek is a record label company from Bangladesh. The owner of the company is Sultan Mahmud.
WSout El-Hob Records is an Egyptian record label founded in 1972 by Atef Montasser and owned by Dozzan Music Group. Sout El-Hob has the 4th largest Arabic music catalog in the Middle East & North Africa. It has also distributed many movies domestically and abroad under the name of “Sout El-Hob Movies." Mohsen also worked with Atef as a distributor before he set up his own company.
WSpaceship Collective, is a Nigerian Entertainment company, known for housing a record label and music publishing company, that is majority owned by Burna Boy imprint Spaceship Records, for owning the largest share of the company. Its record label and music publishing units includes, Spaceship Records, and Spaceship Publishing. The company is headed by Bose Ogulu.
WSumthing Distribution was an American based company started by Nile Rodgers that distributes recording artist and independent record labels. It was the largest African-American owned distribution company in America. It was announced on January 3, 2019, that the company had gone out of business that week.
WSymphonic Distribution is a digital music distribution company launched in late 2006 by Jorge Brea, in Tampa, Florida. Symphonic Distribution delivers music from independent record labels and musicians to online retailers such as Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Napster, Deezer, Pandora, Amazon, and Beatport.
WSuper Cassettes Industries Private Limited, doing business as T-Series, is an Indian music record label and film production company founded by Gulshan Kumar on July 11, 1983. It is primarily known for Bollywood music soundtracks and Indi-pop music. As of 2014, T-Series is India's largest music record label, with up to a 35% share of the Indian music market, followed by Sony Music India and Zee Music. T-Series also owns and operates the most-viewed and the most-subscribed YouTube channel, with 191 million subscribers and 162 billion total views as of August 22, 2021. While best known as a music label, T-Series has also had some moderate success as a film production company.
WThe Aristokrat Group, headquartered in Lagos, is an African Media and Entertainment company, known for housing a record label and music publishing company, digital media company, tour and concert production company and a creative consulting and solutions agency. The company is headed by its Founder, Piriye Isokrari.
WThink Music is an Indian music label headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that specialises in South Indian film soundtracks. Think Music Catalog Features some of the Biggest Albums of Tamil Cinemas in Enthiran, Kabali, Theri and Several Others.
WTrend Music is a music label owned by Vision Time India Private Limited. The record label had been largely associated with south India music. The company began operation in 2015.
WU1 Records is an Indian music company, founded by music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.
WUniversal Music Group is a global music corporation that is majority owned by the French media conglomerate Vivendi, with Chinese tech company Tencent owning a minority stake. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021.
WVenus Records & Tapes is an Indian music record label company, founded by Ganesh Jain and Ratan Jain in 1988 and currently a subsidiary of Believe Digital. It is primarily known for publishing and marketing Bollywood music soundtracks and Indi-pop music. It has recently been renamed to Ishtar Music.
WVIP Music Records is an American worldwide music corporation founded by Fabrizio Moreira that operates as a private company out of Brooklyn, New York. It claims to be the largest young music corporation for the Latin Market. VIP Music Records global corporate headquarters are in New York City, New York, United States.
WVirgin Music Label & Artist Services is a music distributor of independent record labels, owned by Universal Music Group. Founded in 1983 by Virgin Records as a record importer, Caroline has become one of the U.S. music industry's largest third party distribution companies for the independent music sector. In 1993, when EMI acquired Virgin Records, Caroline Distribution was separated and became part of EMI Music Distribution. The company is currently part of Capitol Music Group.
WWarner Music Group Corp. (WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner, WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world.
WWow Play TV is a record label and Film production company from Bangladesh.Wow Play TV produces dramas, television films, movies, and music video, short films, showbiz news, telefilm, fiction, advertisement, and documentary. The owner of the company is Eshan Haider.
WYNOT Music is the record label operated by YNOT Studios. It carries its business activities mainly from Chennai, India.