550 Music
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550 Music | |
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Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment |
Founded | 1992 |
Defunct | 2000 |
Status | Defunct |
Distributor(s) | Epic Records(in theUS) |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | US |
Location | New York, NY |
Official website | epicrecords |
550 Music(originally known asSony 550 Music) was a unit ofSony Music Entertainment,which operated through Sony Music'sEpic Recordsdivision while in activity.[1]Launched in1992,the "550" name was inspired by the address of theSonybuilding, located at550 Madison AvenueinNew York.The label was folded in2000by Epic Records, it was part of the restructuring whenTommy Mottolawas leaving Sony Music.
Artists on label
[edit]- 3 Lb. Thrill
- Amel Larrieux
- Apollo 440
- Ben Folds Five
- Bolt Upright
- Carl Hancock Rux
- Celine Dion
- Coco Lee
- Damascus Road Experience
- Deep Forest
- Des'ree
- Echolyn
- Eve's Plum
- Fear of Pop
- Flight 16
- Flop
- For Squirrels
- Fuel[2]
- George Clinton & the P.Funk All-Stars
- Getaway Cruiser
- Ginuwine
- Haley Bennett
- Infectious Grooves
- Jon B.
- Mandy Moore
- Men of Vizion
- Mista Grimm
- moe.
- Motherland
- Nine Days
- No-Man
- Old Pike
- Patra
- Rah-Sun
- Social Distortion
- Taja Sevelle
- Tanto Metro & Devonte
- The Poor
- Ultimate Fakebook
- Vallejo
- Velvet Crush
- Verbow
- Vernon Reid
- Vonda Shepard
- XC-NN
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Can 550 Music deliver on its rock promise?".Billboard.September 4, 1999.Retrieved21 February2020.
- ^Janci, Jenelle (July 19, 2018)."Fuel frontman Brett Scallions reminisces on the band's local roots before Rock at the Park".LancasterOnline.Retrieved21 February2020.