label
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- noun
- /ˈleɪbəl/
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sello discográfico
- She released her album under an independent label that focuses on emerging talents.
- record label
- a major label
- an independent label
Right now the major labels are losing market share.
- Right now the major labels are losing market share.
- How did you get involved with starting your label, starting Def Jam?
- They're one of the few jazz labels out there now, it seems to me.
- So at this point, I think major labels for the most part are big banks.
- That's that's what I what is it about being with a label versus being independent?
- Before, before the music labels, they understood that.
- And I was looking to get off of that label.
- And my A&R; now at my label actually met me while I was at Brit school.
- Just go to our label and see, sign me now and see what happens.
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For decades, Lucille dealt with the nitty-gritty of record labels and lawyers, booking agents, and tour logistics.
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And I text my managers and my label immediately after we sent it and said, "This is the one."
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And then we signed with a label and we made zero money.
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- I spoke to all the record label... -Well, great.
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I wish you owned a record label.
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But the reality is the labels are spending money.
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Right now the major labels are losing market share.
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My first record label came from that, so it all started with that one job at Mars.
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This indie label, Ear Shot Records, they just offered us a record deal!
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In 2009, three of the major record labels banded together and launched Vevo, a music-video website.
Academic text (2017)
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A business that makes, promotes, and sells music and supports artists
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A business that helps artists make and sell music
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A company that makes and sells music recordings for singers and bands
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Etymology
Label for a record company comes from the paper label stuck on a record that showed the maker's name, and so the company itself became known as the label that releases the music.