Mainstream vs Independent Record Labels

Mainstream Record Labels

The Big Three record labels are the three major records labels. They are:

• Sony BMG
• Universal Music Group
• Warner Music Group

In this blog today I'm going to talk about the Sony BMG Record Label.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment is owned by Sony Corporation. It is one of the biggest music companies. The record label featured some of the Biggest Artists in the world such as the King Of Pop Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Shakira, Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, Calvin Harris and Skrillex as well as many more famous mainstream artists.

                        

Sony Music is a subsidiary of Sony Corporations but it too has many subsidiary record labels such as Columbia Records, RCA Records, Epic Records, Arista Nashville, RCA Records Nashville and Columbia Nashville. Sony BMG have also been involved with many of the biggest music videos such as "Beyonce - Sorry", "Bryson Tiller - Exchange" and "Meghan Trainor - Me Too". This is all shown in the Companies website. 

On their website we also see some pictures of the artists that Sony BMG have worked with or still work with on music videos.

Independent Record Labels

There are many independent record labels. One of these record labels is a UK Independent Record Label called "Boy Better Know". Boy Better Know is an English Record Label mainly associated with Grime. It was founded in London, 2005 by Two brothers JME and Skepta who are both Grime Artists. They created the record label as an independent record label in order to release their own music but the label is now slowly increasing in fame since one of the largest Hip Hop Artists in the world "Drake" recently signed to the label. The current Artists associated with "BBK" are:-

• Jme
• Skepta
• Wiley (2005–present)
• Jammer (2005–present)
• Frisco (2005–present)
• Shorty (2006–present)
• Solo 45 (2006–present)
• Drake (2016–present)

Boy Better Know Website

This is the website for Boy Better Know. Its a very simple website and it just shows some music videos that they are involved with and some of the artists that is all. Its a very bland and boring website and you can tell its by an independent record label.