Business Arts and Entertainment Music Labels

Music Labels are companies with a primary business: the creation of CDs, LPs, MP3 files, or other audio media. They work with a number of different artists, in one or more styles or genres.

Because of the number of very small labels which appear, and disappear, overnight, businesses listed here are selected because they have a portfolio of several artists, conduct business in a particular city, and distribute their audio material in stores, as well as from their website.

This category is for websites of Music Labels.

If your Label specializes in a particular style or genre , please submit your site to Labels: Specialty .
In that case, please submit the site to
the most appropriate subcategory, taking into account
the style or genre which best suits your work .

Websites of labels that promote the work of a single band or artist should be submitted to Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings: Audio: Music: Individual Promotions , if they focus on online sales. Those that don''t focus on online sales should be submitted to the appropriate category under Arts: Music: Bands and Artists.

If your company promotes artists, and represents the independent CDs or MP3s created by the artists (but is not a Music Label for other reasons), please submit your website to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Production.

Websites of music Wholesalers and Distributors must be submitted to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Wholesale and Distribution: Recordings.

This category is not for stores or mail order catalogs.

Websites of companies focused on Retail Sales must be submitted to Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings: Audio: Music.

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

By Region

Websites of Music Labels, listed geographically.
This category contains only @links to equivalent categories under the Regional tree of the Open Directory.
Please don''t submit here.
Submit to the more appropriate subcategory in Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Labels depending on your main genre. You can also submit your website to a Regional category depending on your location . Thank you.

Directories

Websites whose content is mainly composed by lists or links to music labels' websites, generally alphabetically organized.

This category lists exclusively websites of
Guides and Directories of music labels.


Comprehensive Guides and Directories about the music industry should be submitted to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Directories .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

EMI

British label with a history of more than 100 years. Includes the EMI, Capitol, and Virgin imprints.

This category is exclusive for websites of Labels owned or managed by EMI Music.

Please submit here only websites of Labels related to EMI Music.

In other case, if your Label specializes in a particular style or genre , please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory in Specialty , taking into account
the style or genre which best suits your work .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sony BMG

A recently merged mega corporation, Sony BMG is comprised largely of the recorded music labels of Sony Music and BMG (the former Bertelsmann's Company), more than twenty. Music publishing, and manufacturing are not included. In Japan, Bertelsmann's recorded music division will be included in the joint venture but Sony's will be kept separate. Sony BMG's corporate offices are located in New York, USA.

This category is exclusive for websites of Labels owned or managed by Sony BMG.

Please submit here only websites of Labels related to Sony BMG.

In other case, if your Label specializes in a particular style or genre , please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory in Specialty , taking into account
the style or genre which best suits your work .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Specialty

Music Labels are companies with a primary business: the creation of CDs, LPs, MP3 files, or other audio media. They work with a number of different artists, in one or more styles or genres.

This category, Specialty, holds subcategories for various styles and genres of music.

Styles may include genres such as Classical, Rock and Jazz; subgenres such as Classical/Opera, Rock/Metal, and Jazz/Ragtime; and types of music such as Choral, Native American, and Holiday. Genres may be defined by technical aspects such as instrumentation, harmony, melody, rhythm, and form, or according to schemes devised by writers and critics. Music types may be defined by these criteria as well as others such as subject matter, chronology, or performance context, and may cut across genre lines.

Because of the number of very small labels which appear, and disappear, overnight, businesses listed here are selected because they have a portfolio of several artists, conduct business in a particular city, and distribute their audio material in stores, as well as from their web site.

This category is for websites of Music Labels focused on particular styles or genres.

If your Label releases a wide variety of styles or genres , please submit your site to Labels .

Specialist Labels , must submit websites to the most appropriate subcategory of Labels: Specialty taking into account the style or genre which best suits the label''s work .

Websites of labels that promote the work of a single band or artist should be submitted to Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings: Audio: Music: Individual Promotions , if they focus on online sales. Those that don''t focus on online sales should be submitted to the appropriate category under Arts: Music: Bands and Artists.

If your company promotes artists, and represents the independent CDs or MP3s created by the artists (but is not a Music Label for other reasons), please submit your website to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Production.

Websites of music Wholesalers and Distributors must be submitted to Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Wholesale and Distribution: Recordings.

This category is not for stores or mail order catalogs.

Websites of Retailers focused on specific styles or genres must be submitted to the appropriate subcat in Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings: Audio: Music: Specialty .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Universal

Music operations of Vivendi Universal, formed by the merger of MCA-Universal and Polygram.

This category is exclusive for websites of Labels owned or managed by Universal.

Please submit here only websites of Labels related to Universal.

In other case, if your Label specializes in a particular style or genre , please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory in Specialty , taking into account
the style or genre which best suits your work .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Warner

Music division of AOL Time Warner. Includes the Warner Brothers, Elektra, Atlantic, and London-Sire labels, and WEA distribution.

This category is exclusive for websites of Labels owned or managed by Warner.

Please submit here only websites of Labels related to Warner.

In other case, if your Label specializes in a particular style or genre , please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory in Specialty , taking into account
the style or genre which best suits your work .

Websites in this category must be in English. Bilingual ones may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Shopping Entertainment Recordings Audio Music