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CBS Records is a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 founded by CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation

CBS Corporation is an United States media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States....
 in 2006
2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006....
 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties distributed by CBS Paramount Television
CBS Paramount Television

CBS Paramount Television is an United States television Film production/Film distributor company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions....
. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band Seņor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey
Will Dailey

Will Dailey is a Boston area singer-songwriter. He is notable as being the winner of the 2006 Boston Music Award for Best Male Singer-Songwriter....
 and P.J. Olsson.

The label is a revival of the early 60s venture of CBS Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 which was primarily used to release recordings from Columbia Records outside the US and Canada. That imprint was later absorbed into what is now Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the World music market. According to Variety, on October 2, 2008, Sony had completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the Sony BMG joint venture, and Sony BMG was renamed Sony Music Entertainment....
.

While this recent incarnation of the label had been focusing more on digital distribution such as iTunes
ITunes

iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
 and CBS Records' own website than traditional physical distribution methods, it has since signed a distribution deal with RED Distribution
RED Distribution

RED - An Artist Development Company is a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for 50+ independent record labels....
, ironically a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.






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CBS Records is a record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 founded by CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation

CBS Corporation is an United States media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States....
 in 2006
2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006....
 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties distributed by CBS Paramount Television
CBS Paramount Television

CBS Paramount Television is an United States television Film production/Film distributor company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions....
. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band Seņor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey
Will Dailey

Will Dailey is a Boston area singer-songwriter. He is notable as being the winner of the 2006 Boston Music Award for Best Male Singer-Songwriter....
 and P.J. Olsson.

The label is a revival of the early 60s venture of CBS Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
 which was primarily used to release recordings from Columbia Records outside the US and Canada. That imprint was later absorbed into what is now Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the World music market. According to Variety, on October 2, 2008, Sony had completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the Sony BMG joint venture, and Sony BMG was renamed Sony Music Entertainment....
.

While this recent incarnation of the label had been focusing more on digital distribution such as iTunes
ITunes

iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
 and CBS Records' own website than traditional physical distribution methods, it has since signed a distribution deal with RED Distribution
RED Distribution

RED - An Artist Development Company is a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for 50+ independent record labels....
, ironically a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. The new CBS Records is headquartered at CBS Television City
CBS Television City

CBS Television City is a television studio located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Beverly and Fairfax avenues....
 in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
.

Current roster


Artists

  • Will Dailey
    Will Dailey

    Will Dailey is a Boston area singer-songwriter. He is notable as being the winner of the 2006 Boston Music Award for Best Male Singer-Songwriter....
  • Karmina
    Karmina

    Karmina is an United States pop/rock music duo composed of sister singer-songwriters Kelly and Kamille . Karmina, which means ?song? in Latin, is all about real musicians who possess talent, know-how and determination....
  • Sharon Little
    Sharon Little

    Sharon Little is an United States singer-songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
  • P.J. Olsson
  • Seņor Happy
  • The Wilshires
  • You Are I Am
    You Are I AM

    You Are I AM is a Christian worship music album by Darrell Evans released by Vertical Music in 1997....


Soundtracks

  • NCIS
    NCIS (TV series)

    NCIS , aka Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the United Stat...


See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...


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