CBS Records was a record label founded by
CBS Corporation
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in
2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by
CBS Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists:
rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters
Will Dailey and
P.J. Olsson.
The label relied primarily on digital distribution such as
iTunes
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and on direct sales from its own website. However, it signed a deal to distribute
compact discs through
RED Distribution
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, a subsidiary of
Sony Music Entertainment
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which
CBS Inc. formerly owned. CBS Records was headquartered at
Television City in
Los Angeles
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.
The "CBS Records" name was also used in the 1960s to release
products outside the US and Canada. This was necessary because
EMI owned
another record label called Columbia, which operated in every market except North America, Spain and Japan.
CBS sold the record company in 1988 to
Sony
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. In 1991, the CBS label was officially renamed Columbia Records and the company was renamed
Sony Music Entertainment
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.
Current roster
Artists
*
Will Dailey
*
Keaton Simons
*
Karmina
*
Sharon Little
*
P.J. Olsson
* Señor Happy
* The Wilshires
* You Are I Am
Soundtracks
*
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See also
*
List of record labels
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References
External links
Official website
American record labels
Paramount Global subsidiaries
Pop record labels
Record labels established in 2006
Rock record labels
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