MCA

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American record label record label

MCA was a major American record label and entertainment company known for signing prominent artists and producing a wide range of popular music releases.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
MCA Inc. 14
MCA canonical 9
MCA TV 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American record label ⓘ
record label ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolvedOrAbolished 2003 ⓘ
distributedBy MCA Records ⓘ
surface form: MCA Records (self-distribution in US)

Universal Music Group ⓘ
formerName Decca Records ⓘ
surface form: Decca Records (US operations acquired)
foundedBy MCA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MCA Inc.
genre R&B ⓘ
country music ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
soundtrack ⓘ
hasSubsidiary MCA Nashville ⓘ
surface form: MCA Nashville Records

MCA Records ⓘ
surface form: MCA Records Canada

MCA Victor ⓘ
surface form: MCA Victor (Japan, via JV/branding)
headquartersLocation Universal City, California ⓘ
inception 1962 ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
mediaType audio recording ⓘ
notableArtist Bobby Brown ⓘ
Elton John ⓘ
George Strait ⓘ
Lynyrd Skynyrd ⓘ
Mary J. Blige ⓘ
New Edition ⓘ
Nirvana ⓘ
Reba McEntire ⓘ
The Who ⓘ
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ⓘ
notableFor producing a wide range of popular music releases ⓘ
signing prominent artists ⓘ
notableRelease Frampton Comes Alive! ⓘ
Pronounced ‘Lĕh-’nérd ‘Skin-’nérd ⓘ
Straight Outta Compton (via Ruthless/priority relationships, distribution/ownership links) ⓘ
Who’s Next ⓘ
ownedBy Seagram Company Ltd. ⓘ
surface form: Seagram (historically, via Universal acquisition)

Universal Music Group ⓘ
parentCompany MCA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MCA Inc.

Universal Music Group ⓘ
partOf MCA Music Entertainment Group ⓘ
Universal Music Group ⓘ
productOrService music publishing (through affiliated entities) ⓘ
music recording ⓘ
soundtrack albums ⓘ
successor Geffen Records ⓘ
Interscope Geffen A&M ⓘ
surface form: Interscope Geffen A&M Records

Referenced by (24)

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

The Light → labelImprint → MCA ⓘ
MCA Records → parentCompany → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Universal Music Group → foundedBy → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
The Roy Rogers Show → distributor → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA TV
follows the single "The 6th Sense" → recordLabel → MCA ⓘ
subject surface form: The Light
MCA → parentCompany → MCA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: MCA Records
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
MCA → foundedBy → MCA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: MCA Records
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
MCA Home Video → parentCompany → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
MCA Home Video → owner → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Kapp Records → ownedBy → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Revue Studios → parentCompany → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Revue Studios → ownedBy → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Sidney Sheinberg → employer → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Uni Records → parentCompany → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Uni Records → foundedBy → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Uni Records → ownedBy → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
Lew Wasserman → employer → MCA ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCA Inc.
LaserDisc → developedBy → MCA ⓘ
Common album "Like Water for Chocolate" → recordLabel → MCA ⓘ
subject surface form: Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate (Common) – production and drums → recordLabel → MCA ⓘ
subject surface form: Like Water for Chocolate
MCA Music Entertainment Group → brand → MCA ⓘ
A Song for Assata → recordLabel → MCA ⓘ
Half-Breed → recordLabel → MCA ⓘ
Time to Get Ill → hasMusicalArtistMember → MCA ⓘ