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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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 Australia →
Island Records UK →
Island Records US →
headquartersLocation London →
inception 1959 →
industry music industry →
language English →
locationFounded 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 (U2 album) →
Exodus (Bob Marley album) →
Legend (Bob Marley compilation album) →
The Joshua Tree (U2 album) →
ownedBy Universal Music Group →
parentOrganization Universal Music Group →
product music videos →
recorded music →
Referenced by (37)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Achtung Baby →
All That You Can’t Leave Behind →
Beautiful Day →
Boy →
Brittany Howard →
E=MC² →
Hozier →
Janet Jackson →
Lionel Richie →
Mariah Carey →
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel →
No Line on the Horizon →
Rattle and Hum →
Songs of Experience →
Songs of Surrender →
The Buggles →
The Emancipation of Mimi →
The Joshua Tree →
U2 →
Vertigo →
War →
We Belong Together →
Where the Streets Have No Name →
Zooropa →
recordLabel
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb →
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For →
One (U2 song) →
Pride (In the Name of Love) →
Songs of Innocence →
Video Killed the Radio Star →
With or Without You →
label
Island Records ("Island Records Australia") →
Island Records ("Island Records US") →
Island Records ("Island Records UK") →
hasSubsidiary
Bob Marley →
associatedWith
ZTT Records →
distributor
Republic Records ("Island Records (US operations, various periods)") →
hasImprint
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