Def American

Def American was a record label which was founded by record producer Rick Rubin after he left Def Jam in 1989. The name of the label changed to American Recordings in 1993.

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Initally Def American was distributed by WEA until 1998 when Columbia/Sony picked up distribution until 2002. Then Universal stepped for distribution until 2005. In the summer of 2005, American Recordings moved back to its original home of Warner Music.

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