RCA Records
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| - | '''RCA Records''' (originally The [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] then RCA Victor) is one of the flagship labels of [[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]]. | + | '''RCA Records''' is an American flagship recording label (alongside [[Columbia Records]] and [[Epic Records]]) of [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Entertainment (SME)]]. It releases multiple genres of music including [[pop music|pop]], [[rock music|rock]], [[hip-hop music|hip-hop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Blues music|blues]], [[Jazz music|jazz]] and, through RCA Nashville, [[country music|country]]. |
| - | RCA Records was founded in [[1901 in music|1901]] as the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]], and the RCA initials stand for [[Radio Corporation of America]], which was the parent corporation in the pre-BMG days. | + | |
| + | RCA is derived from the initials of the original company name, '''Radio Corporation of America.''' It is the second-oldest recording company in U.S. history, after Columbia. RCA's Canadian unit (formerly [[Berliner Gramophone]] Canada) is Sony's oldest label in Canada. It was one of only two Canadian record companies to survive the [[Great Depression]]. | ||
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| + | Former and current labels include [[RCA Camden]], [[RCA Victrola]], [[RCA Red Seal]], and RCA Gold Seal In 2006, Sony BMG merged its Broadway music and classical labels, including Red Seal and Gold Seal, to [[Sony Masterworks]]. [[Legacy Recordings]], Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division, reissues classic albums for RCA. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[List of RCA Records artists]] | ||
| + | *[[RCA Red Seal]] | ||
| + | *[[RCA Records Nashville]] | ||
| + | *[[RCA Studio B]] | ||
| + | *[[List of record labels]] | ||
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RCA Records is an American flagship recording label (alongside Columbia Records and Epic Records) of Sony Music Entertainment (SME). It releases multiple genres of music including pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, blues, jazz and, through RCA Nashville, country.
RCA is derived from the initials of the original company name, Radio Corporation of America. It is the second-oldest recording company in U.S. history, after Columbia. RCA's Canadian unit (formerly Berliner Gramophone Canada) is Sony's oldest label in Canada. It was one of only two Canadian record companies to survive the Great Depression.
Former and current labels include RCA Camden, RCA Victrola, RCA Red Seal, and RCA Gold Seal In 2006, Sony BMG merged its Broadway music and classical labels, including Red Seal and Gold Seal, to Sony Masterworks. Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division, reissues classic albums for RCA.
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