Research into Record Labels

SYCO MUSICSyco Music has offices in London and Los Angeles and is home to several artists. Syco has the exclusive right to sign winners and finalists of The X Factor and Got Talent. Syco's original base is in London and it has enjoyed most success in the UK market. From 2004 to date, the label has had 22 UK number-one singles.From 2004 to the end of 2009, the label achieved 13 number-one albums. Factoring in releases under predecessor label S Records, Syco/S achieved 20 number-one albums in the 2000-2009 period, more than any other imprint in the UK, including far larger operations like Columbia Records, Warner Bros. Records and Polydor Records. Additionally, the label has achieved 7 top 10 U.S. albums since 2006. I have chosen to looks at this record label in terms of my Girl band because it has mass experience on the pop industry will multiple number one hits. The company also managers some of the girl groups I have already looked into.

Little Mix (full UK deal and joint US deal with Columbia Records)

Fifth Harmony (joint US deal with Epic Records)

Virgin RecordsVirgin Records, Ltd. is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell and Tom Newman in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, the Human League, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Lenny Kravitz, dc Talk, the Smashing Pumpkins, Mike Oldfield, Spice Girls and more on their list of artists. It was later sold to Thorn EMI in 1992. I chose to look at this record label because it managed the biggest girl band of all time The Spice Girls.

Polydor Records Polydor Records is a British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom.Its artists have included Slade, Cheryl Cole and Girls Aloud, Take That, Haim, James Brown, Ellie Goulding, Duffy, James Blake, Snow Patrol, elbow, Status Quo, Elton John, the 1975, Marie Osmond, Years & Years, and American artists Lana Del Rey, Haim, and Azealia Banks.I chose to look at this record label because it has managed many big artists in the pop industry as well as some of the girl bands I have been researching.

Some Record Labels Indie Bands are signed toArctic Monkeys - After a few performances in 2003, the band began to record demos at 2fly

studios in Sheffield. 17 songs were demoed in all and the collection, now known as Beneath the Boardwalk, was burned on to CDs to give away at gigs, which were promptly file-shared amongst fans. The band began to grow in popularity across the north of England, receiving attention from BBC Radio and the British tabloid press. A local amateur photographer, Mark Bull, filmed the band's performances and made the music video "Fake Tales of San Francisco", releasing it on his website. Eventually, they were signed to Domino in June 2005. The band said they were attracted to the DIY ethic of Domino owner Laurence Bell, who ran the label from his flat and only signed bands that he liked personally.

The band released EPs titled Imagine Dragons and Hell and Silence in 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios, in Las Vegas. They returned to the studio in 2011.The third EP, It's Time, was made before they signed a record deal. In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records and began working with English Grammy winning producer Alex da Kid.

From my research I have found a lot of Indie bands don’t sign to a record label straight away and usually have many songs already out and a small fan base before they do.