East West Records
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East West Records | |
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Parent company | Warner Music Group |
Founded | 1955 |
Distributor(s) | ADA |
Genre | Pop, rock, hip hop, electronic |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | Kensington, London, England |
Official website | eastwestrecords |
East West Records (stylized as eastwest) is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in London, England.
History
Upon its creation in 1955 by
In 1994, Rhone was appointed Chairman & CEO of Atlantic's sister label
2015–present: Relaunch
In 2005, WMG reactivated the East West imprint as an in-house label, which primarily markets and distributes other rock music-based labels. East West today operates under Warner's Alternative Distribution Alliance, the successor to Independent Label Group. East West Records was revived in the UK in 2014 under the direction of Max Lousada, Chairman & CEO, Warner Music UK. The resurrected label was headed up by Dan Chalmers (as President for Rhino UK, East West Records and ADA UK) until being poached by former Warner Music Group CEO Lyor Cohen,[7] for YouTube Music in 2019.[8] By 2021, Jeremy Marsh was head of Rhino UK and East West Records, with Westlife being announced as new signings on St Patrick's Day.[9][10] Other acts to have signed to the reactivated heritage label in the last six years include Bette Midler, Jools Holland, Beverley Knight,[11] Amelia Lily, Robert Plant, Si Cranstoun, Boyzone,[12] The Corrs and Busted,[13] while Simply Red returned after 15 years on their own label to release the Big Love album.[14]
List of East West Records artists
Below is a selected list of musical artists signed under the East West Records label in the past and present.
- AC/DC (except Australia/New Zealand)
- Alexander Armstrong
- Boyzone
- Busted
- Clutch
- Das EFX
- Cliff Richard (since 2020)
- The Corrs
- Dream Theater
- En Vogue
- Shane Filan
- Jools Holland
- Beverley Knight
- Bette Midler
- Pantera
- Robert Plant
- Missy Elliott (The Goldmind Inc./East West Records America)
- Lil Mo
- Rumer
- Heather Small
- Scouting For Girls
- Sick of it All
- Simply Red
- The Sisters of Mercy
- Sheridan Smith
- Tegan and Sara
- Westlife
- Psychedelic Furs
- Pat DiNizio
- Outrage
- Scorpions
- Tori Amos (Europe)
References
- ^ "A D a Global LTD, Electric Lighting Station, 46 Kensington Court, London, W8 5DA".
- ^ "BELOVED | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
- ^ "Tanita Tikaram | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
- ^ "CHRIS REA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
- ^ "WILDHEARTS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
- ^ "SABRINA JOHNSTON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
- ^ "Warner Music Group Lyor Cohen to Resign After Eight Successful Years at Warner Music Group".
- ^ "YouTube Music hires Warner UK's Dan Chalmers".
- ^ "Westlife sign new record deal, plan new music for 2021".
- ^ "Westlife sign to Warner Music's East West for new music in 2021".
- ^ Stassen, Murray (27 October 2015). "East West signs Beverley Knight". Music Week. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Davidson, Amy (6 October 2014). "Boyzone announce details of new Motown album Dublin to Detroit". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Busted announce a new album and record deal with their original line-up - BBC Newsbeat". Bbc.co.uk. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Simply Red | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".