Major & Minor Record Labels

What is Domino Recording Company?

Domino Recording Company, generally known as Domino, is an Independent minor record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, NY that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France.

Fonded in 1993, by Laurence Bell and his partner Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was the Sebadoh EP Rocking the Forest, licensed from Sub Pop records for release in the UK. Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the USA were signed to Drag City (Smog, Will Oldham, Royal Trux), a relationship which continues to this day. Success was not immediate, as labels such as Domino, who were releasing more established American rock and unusual British music, were marginalised during the Britpop era, but a steady stream of new signings gave the label increasing credibility. Recent high profile releases from Anna Calvi, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, and The Kills have only acted as a catalyst to this, and Domino is now one of the longest running and most successful independent record labels in the UK.

Domino celebrated their first UK #1 album in October 2005 with Franz Ferdinand's You Could Have It So Much Better, and their first UK #1 single with Arctic Monkeys'  I  later that same month.

Genre

The labels genre is Indie Rock and Indie Pop and this is very obvious from such artists they signed like Arctic Monkeys and Alex Turner.

What is Sony Music?Sony Music, fully named Sony Music Entertainment, is an American music corporation owned and operated by Sony Corporation of America. In 1929, the label was first founded as American Record Corporation and, in 1938, was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation,  In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. In 1987, SCA bought the company and, in 1991, renamed it SME. It is now the world's second largest music company.
Other information about Sony Music:

• Sony Music holds many other labels such as: Columbia Nashville, Columbia Records, RCA Records, RCA Records Nashville, Epic Records, Arista Nashville,Legacy Recordings and a few others. 

• The Chief Executive Owner of Sony Music Entertainment is Doug Morris

• Sony Music have signed many big names, including the world wide superstar Michael Jackson. Other artist include Beyonce, Shakira, Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake and Rita Ora

• Right now Sony Music is on a revenue of $4.89 billion and their operating income as $487 million.

The Genre of Sony Music
The Genre of is eclectic meaning 'deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.' And with the artist that have been signed to the label you can see that the label is very diverse, for example Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson.