CBS Records

This article is about the record label founded in 2006. For the earlier CBS Records label, see Columbia Records. For the earlier CBS Records company, see Sony Music Entertainment.
CBS Records
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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.

This incarnation of 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. The new CBS Records is headquartered at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.

The earlier incarnation originated in the early 1960s: Columbia Records products were released under the CBS Records label outside the US and Canada. This was necessary because EMI owned another record label by the same name, 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 Records label was officially renamed Columbia Records and the CBS Records company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment.[1]

Current roster

Artists

Soundtracks

See also

References

  1. ^ "CBS Records Changes Name". The New York Times. 1990-10-16. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/16/business/cbs-records-changes-name.html. Retrieved 2010-04-01. 
  2. ^ NCIS Vol-02: The Official TV Soundtrack

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