Best Record Labels

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The Top Ten

1Warner Bros.
Green Day, Never Shout Never, Disturbed, My Chemical Romance, Blake Shelton, Taking Back Sunday, The White Stripes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Maine, Mastodon, Metallica, Muse, Linkin Park, IYAZ, Faith Hill, HIM, Paris Hilton, Adam Sandler, Goo Goo Dolls, and so many more. How can you compete?
WarnerBros is the best. Sorry everyone else who thinks otherwise, but you can't really have too much of an argument. Just look: Green Day, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The White Stripes, Metallica, Muse, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance and IYAZ. They have like every big name in music
Linkin park, metallica, RHCP, my chemical romancE, how can you compete?
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2Island/Def Jam
great staff helps you create an image for yurself
Island Records and especially Chris Blackwell brought us some of the best music of all genres and popularized genres others wouldn't have.
Has the best of the best artists ever really good record label
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3Aftermath
Names like 50 Cent & Eminem, I don't need to say more
Eminem, 50 Cent and Dr Dre what could be better! Dr Dre legend, genius!
Shady aftermath for life!
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4Cash Money Billionaire Records
This record label is the best ever, because the rappers are so damn good.
they all are legends.
weezy is so talented
and I even talk about nicki, birdman, drake, tyga
This is indeed the best ever thatyou can ever find not inthe country but the world
The company is getting better and better.
It will make it some day, because it has artists Like; Drake; Tyga; Lil Wayne;. Who all take swag to a new level.
Yolo
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5Epic
Rihanna, Chris rene, Kanye west, Jay-z etc.
They had some great artists: Michael Jackson, Pearl Jam, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon, etc.
ANY LABEL WITH MJ IS GOOD
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6Motown
Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Jackson 5, Lionel Richie, Amos Milburn, The Supremes, 4 Tops or The Temptations ALL Motown! Theese legends are just a few of Motowns finest. The greatest soul singer al flock to Motown. Without it artists like Marvin gaye or stevie wonder or MJ would be nobodys. The face of music would be different, weaker. Motwon changed the direction of music, it improved the direction of music.
Motown Records Made famous some of the world's greatest artists in Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit MI. They Exposed artist like: The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder and The Temptations. They Are My Number 1 Favorite Record label!
Motown is real they sing real life problems
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7Young Money Entertainment
I love nikki minaj lil wayne and DRAKE
TWO words.. "YOUNG MONEY"! Best ever
I also want Young Money to sighn me up if they think I have a good voice am 14 years old and lives in germany. I love singing I sing all the time also sometimes at school its my dream to work fo Young Money Label(YML)
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8Atlantic
Atlantic is known as the house that Ahmet built they have made a name for them self as the best in the industry!
They have or had the legends like modern stars diggy past stars led zepplin

9Tenth Street Entertainment

10Elektra

They steal less from the artists

The Contenders

11Columbia
Here are just some names who have worked with Columbia. Adele, (in America)Louis Armstrong, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Cher, Celine Dion, Judy Garland, Marvin Gaye, Bette Midler, Katy Perry, The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, and Barbra Streisand.
I want y'all phone number
Make MOST of the money.
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12Roadrunner Records

A record company for all metalheads. Whether you like soft metal or hard and rough metal. Summed up: A LOT of great metal bands in this label.

Dream Theater, Megadeth, Machine Head, Opeth, Obituary, Annihilator, Fear Factory... A lot of great bands and excellent musicians.

Best artists are in here.
Great labels when speaking of quality albuns. This record label is one of the best 5 around the World, I'd say.

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13Fueled By Ramen
VersaEmerge! they and Paramore are the best female bands eva so they should be at the top dude
Come on Panic! At the Disco
because paramore got signed by them

14XL Recordings

15A&M

16Capitol

The original. The best rock label in the history of music. No contest.

They have some of the greates pop artits now a days I mean they have Katy Perry what else would you want guys... And also they have really prepared producers to work with

17Mercury

Shania TWain. This is really my only reason. Ha. Love her. And they signed her... When Canada wouldn't.

18Geffen

honestly, I only know three bands that I like signed in this label: Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith and Nirvana...

rock2metal

They also signed Guns N' Roses.

waterboy51

Good Bands and Artists were signed; Nirvana, both Rob Zombie and his original band White Zombie, and many others.

19ANTI-

Anti-records is the only TRUE independent label on this list. The other indie labels on this list have parent companies. Anti-records is also the only label on this list that gives their artist 100~~ creative control.

20Milestone

21Dominion Worldwide Entertainment
The newest and best label out with artist like Locust, Her Majesty, Real $ Money, Ben G, Big Rich and K.O.G.W.
They are taking the game to a whole new level! Soon Dominion Worldwide Entertainment will be a household name.
Urban Indie Radio-Los Angeles
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22Apple
This record label is the prettiest label I've ever seen. I am infatuated with it. By far the most beautiful record label on Earth by the greatest band of all time.

23Interscope Records

24SST Records

25Epitaph

Great bands with great diversity from weezer to the metal band bring me the horizon. And they cover everything in between.

26Reprise

27RCA

28MCA

29Death Row Records

Best label of all time, they had the best artist 2pac, dr dre, snoop dogg, dogg pound, doc, rbx, left eye, lady of rage and others at that time
Plus with Suge Knight everybody fear this label

30Asylum

31Chess Records

32Star Records

this is the most prominent record labels in the phil produce by ABS CBN

33Blue Note

34Mushroom Records

Why, because they found the band HEART.

35ECM

One of the most coherent record labels of all times. One could actually buy blind from this label and not be disappointed. It may not make a lot of money for the artists, but it is the most prestigious, and deservedly so.

36Jive

37Sub Pop

38EMI

39Roc Nation

40G-Unit Records

41Stax

42Rise Records

43Shady Records
Slim shady himself
50 cent
Yelawolf
Slaughterhouse
D12
Probably the most powerful record label out there these artists remind us what PAC and biggie died for and lived for REAL RAP unlike young money with lil wayne and drake and nicki minaj
50 CENT, Eminem, D-12, Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil.

erikvandermeer

44Bad Boy Records

45GOOD Music
Kanye west, Kid cudi, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor, John Legend, Big Sean, Cyhi the prynce,2 chainz, dbanj, common

46Casablanca

47Arista

48Nonesuch

494Real

50Adeline Records

51F*** City

52Whole Nutha Level Productions

BASED OUT OF LOUISVILLE KY. THE NEW LEADER IN AUDIO AND VIDEO PRODUCTION

53Armada

Founded by leaders in Electronic music, this is clearly one of the most impressive companies in the world, and deserves to be in the top 10!

54Grand Hustle

T.I. one of the best rappers in the game hand down, he is in the top five

55Philadelphia International

56Nettwerk

57Decaydance
Decaydance is the best record label by far! It is owned by Pete Wentz, a musical god from Fall Out Boy. This label brought so many amazing artists such as Panic! At the Disco, Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship, and so many more. I couldn't ask any more from a record label.

58Photo Finish

59Roadrunner

60Hopeless Records

61Spinnin' Records

62Funk Volume

63Big Machine Records

64Hollywood Records

65SM Entertainment

66YG Entertainment

67Walt Disney Records
The way to go they have produced lots of artists and helped them get thir start the definite way to go

68Nuclear Blast

69Bomp

70Sire

71Stiff

72Fantasy

73Crush

74Outland Productions

75Eclective Records

76Tooth & Nail

77Warp

78Domino Records

79360 Records

80Headliner Records

81King Records

824AD

83Modular Records

84Rough Trade Records

85We Up Entertainment

86YardHype Music

87OWSLA

88Crass Records

89Sumerian Records

90No Limit Records
Once upon a time we were all "Bout it Bout it" and we were all soldiers.

91Fearless Records

92Solid State Records

93Arkaik Records

94BreakSilence Records

95Razor & Tie

96Velocity Records

97Victory Records

98Equal Vision Records

99Jade Tree

100Metal Blade Records

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