Island Records

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music company record label

Island Records is a prominent British-Jamaican record label known for launching and nurturing major rock, pop, and reggae artists, including U2 and Bob Marley.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Island Records canonical	942
Island Records Australia	2
Island Records UK	2
Island Records US	2
Universal Island Records	2
Island Records (UK)	1
Island Records (US operations, various periods)	1
Island Records (US)	1
Island Records Group	1
Island Records Ltd.	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music company ⓘ record label ⓘ
country	Jamaica ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
distribution	Universal Music Group ⓘ
foundedBy	Chris Blackwell ⓘ Graeme Goodall ⓘ Leslie Kong ⓘ
genre	alternative rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ pop music ⓘ reggae music ⓘ rock music ⓘ ska ⓘ
hasImprint	4th & B'way Records ⓘ Island Def Jam Music Group ⓘ Mango Records ⓘ
hasSubsidiary	Island Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Island Records Australia Island Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Island Records UK Island Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Island Records US
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1959 ⓘ
industry	music industry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locationFounded	Kingston ⓘ surface form: Kingston, Jamaica
notableArtist	Amy Winehouse ⓘ Bob Marley ⓘ Bob Marley and the Wailers ⓘ Cat Stevens ⓘ Florence and the Machine ⓘ Grace Jones ⓘ PJ Harvey ⓘ Roxy Music ⓘ Sean Paul ⓘ Shaggy ⓘ Toots and the Maytals ⓘ Traffic ⓘ U2 ⓘ
notableFor	launching Bob Marley internationally ⓘ launching U2 ⓘ promoting reggae music internationally ⓘ
notableRelease	Achtung Baby ⓘ surface form: Achtung Baby (U2 album) Exodus (Bob Marley album) ⓘ Legend (Bob Marley compilation album) ⓘ The Joshua Tree ⓘ surface form: The Joshua Tree (U2 album)
ownedBy	Universal Music Group ⓘ
parentOrganization	Universal Music Group ⓘ
product	music videos ⓘ recorded music ⓘ

Referenced by (955)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U2 → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Mariah Carey → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Brittany Howard → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Janet Jackson → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Republic Records → hasImprint → Island Records ⓘ

this entity surface form: Island Records (US operations, various periods)

Lionel Richie → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Where the Streets Have No Name → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Boy → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

War → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

The Joshua Tree → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Rattle and Hum → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Achtung Baby → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb → label → Island Records ⓘ

No Line on the Horizon → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Songs of Innocence → label → Island Records ⓘ

Songs of Experience → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

With or Without You → label → Island Records ⓘ

Pride (In the Name of Love) → label → Island Records ⓘ

One → label → Island Records ⓘ

subject surface form: One (U2 song)

Vertigo → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

All That You Can’t Leave Behind → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Zooropa → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For → label → Island Records ⓘ

Beautiful Day → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Island Records → hasSubsidiary → Island Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Island Records Australia

Island Records → hasSubsidiary → Island Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Island Records US

Island Records → hasSubsidiary → Island Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Island Records UK

song "We Belong Together" → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

subject surface form: We Belong Together

album "The Emancipation of Mimi" → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

subject surface form: The Emancipation of Mimi

Songs of Surrender → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

album "E=MC²" → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

subject surface form: E=MC²

album "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

subject surface form: Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel

Bob Marley → associatedWith → Island Records ⓘ

Video Killed the Radio Star → label → Island Records ⓘ

The Buggles → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

ZTT Records → distributor → Island Records ⓘ

Hozier → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

The Killers → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Gaslight Anthem → label → Island Records ⓘ

subject surface form: The Gaslight Anthem

Two Tribes → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Slave to the Rhythm → label → Island Records ⓘ

subject surface form: Slave to the Rhythm (song)

Welcome to the Pleasuredome → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Grace Jones → workedAt → Island Records ⓘ

Grace Jones → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Bon Jovi → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Universal Music Group → owns → Island Records ⓘ

Teatro → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ

Spirit → label → Island Records ⓘ

Tiwa Savage → recordLabel → Island Records ⓘ