Warner Music Group
Warner Music is one of the Big Five record labels. Its labels include Atlantic Records, Elektra Records, London Records, Reprise Records, Rhino Entertainment, Warner Music Australia, a stake in Maverick Records, and others. It was recently sold by parent Time Warner to a group of investors led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr in order for the parent company to reduce its debt load. This takeover was completed on February 27, 2004.The newly independent label has hired record industry heavywieght Lyor Cohen from Universal Music Group in an attempt to reduce cost and increase performance.
Artists whose work is, or has in the past, been published by Warner Music Group include:
- 10,000 Maniacs
- AC/DC
- The Afghan Whigs
- Bad Company
- The Beautiful South
- Better Than Ezra
- Blaque
- BjÃÂörk
- Karla Bonoff
- Michelle Branch
- Bread
- The Breeders
- Jackson Browne
- Buffalo Springfield
- Busta Rhymes
- The Call
- The Cars
- Harry Chapin
- Tracy Chapman
- Natalie Cole
- Judy Collins
- The Cure
- Sammy Davis, Jr
- Dokken
- The Doors
- Down
- The Eagles
- Missy Elliott
- Stan Freberg
- Emmylou Harris
- Faster Pussycat
- Stan Freberg
- Glenn Frey
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Nanci Griffith
- Sara Hickman
- Hoodoo Gurus Rock
- The Housemartins
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Colin James
- Etta James
- Ben Jelen
- Howard Jones
- Spike Jones
- Ben E. King
- Tom Lehrer
- Lillix (a Canadian girl group)
- Madonna
- Ziggy Marley
- Dean Martin
- Sergio Mendes
- Natalie Merchant
- Metallica
- Joni Mitchell
- Moby
- Alanis Morissette
- MÃÂötley CrÃÂüe
- Nada Surf
- Me'shell Ndegeocello
- Phil Ochs
- Ol' Dirty Bastard
- Pantera
- Teddy Pendergrass
- Phish
- Pixies
- The Pogues
- The Prodigy
- Leon Redbone
- Linda Ronstadt
- Tom Rush
- Patrice Rushen
- David Sanborn
- Georgia Satellites
- Peter Schilling
- Carly Simon
- Nina Simone
- Simply Red
- Frank Sinatra
- Sisters of Mercy
- Phoebe Snow
- Staind
- Dave Stewart
- The Stooges
- Story Of The Year
- The Sugarcubes
- Keith Sweat
- Sweetwater
- Tangerine Dream
- They Might Be Giants
- Third Eye Blind
- Violent Femmes
- Tom Waits
- Grover Washington Jr
- Ween
- X
- Yes
- Warren Zevon