CBS Records was a record label founded by

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to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by

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. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists:

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band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters

Will Dailey Will Dailey is an independent American recording artist, performer and producer. His sound has been described as having a rich vintage vibe while having a firm appreciation of AM rock, pop and big hooks. He has released albums with Universal, ...

and

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. The label relies primarily on digital distribution such as

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and on direct sales from its own website. However, it has signed a deal to distribute

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through

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, a subsidiary of

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which

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Inc. formerly owned. CBS Records is headquartered at

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. The "CBS Records" name was also used in the 1960s to release

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products outside the US and Canada. This was necessary because

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owned another record label called Columbia, which operated in every market except North America, Spain and Japan.

sold the record company in 1988 to

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. In 1991, the CBS label was officially renamed Columbia Records and the company was renamed

Current roster

Artists

Keaton Simons Keaton Simons (born July 20, 1978) is an American recording and performing artist. He is signed to Best Revenge Records, his independent label created in 2012. His music has been featured on shows such as ''Sons of Anarchy'', '' Hollywood Heights ...

Karmina Karmina is an American indie pop music duo of sister singer-songwriters Kelly Adams (Rudisill) (lead vocals, harmonies, keyboards) and Kamille Rudisill (lead vocals, harmonies, guitars). Their name is derived from ''carmina'', which means “song� ...

Sharon Little Sharon Little (born c. 1980Wenner, Gus. "What's up with...Sharon Little", ''Rolling Stone'', September 18, 2008. ) is an American singer-songwriter from North Wales, Pennsylvania. Early life Little was born in Philadelphia. She attended North Pe ...

* Señor Happy * The Wilshires * You Are I Am

Soundtracks

* ''NCIS''

References

External links

Official website
American record labels Paramount Global subsidiaries Pop record labels Record labels established in 2006 Rock record labels {{US-record-label-stub

Current roster

Artists

Soundtracks

See also

References

External links