Record label

A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. The name derives from the paper label at the center of a gramophone record (what is also known as a "phonograph record" in American English).

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Brand - Compact disc - LP - DVD-Audio - SACD - Cassette - Gramophone record - Phonograph record

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Most major record labels are owned by a few large multinational companies (Big Four record labels) that make up the almost all of the global recording industry, although there is a recent resurgence in independent record labels.

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Multinational - Big Four record labels - Recording industry - Independent record label

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