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in exchange for 30 percent of the net income from all touring, merchandise, endorsements, and fan-club fees. Atlantic would also have the right to approve the act's tour schedule, and the salaries of certain tour and merchandise sales employees hired by the artist. In addition, the label also offers the artist a 30 percent cut of the label's album profits—if any—which represents an improvement from the typical industry royalty of 15 percent.
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the artist and supports the artist's vision is no longer present to advocate for the artist. In extreme cases, record labels can prevent the release of an artist's music for years, while also declining to release the artist from their contract, leaving the artist in a state of limbo. Artists who have had disputes with their labels over ownership and control of their music have included
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from release, or shelved. Record labels generally do this because they believe that the album will sell better if the artist complies with the label's desired requests or changes. At times, the record label's decisions are prudent ones from a commercial perspective, but these decisions may frustrate artists who feel that their art is being diminished or misrepresented by such actions.
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to an artist shows a variation of the structure. Atlantic's document offers a conventional cash advance to sign the artist, who would receive a royalty for sales after expenses were recouped. With the release of the artist's first album, however, the label has an option to pay an additional $ 200,000
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digital distribution, causing music sales to plummet in recent years. Labels and organizations have had to change their strategies and the way they work with artists. New types of deals called "multiple rights" or "360" deals are being made with artists, where labels are given rights and percentages
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Ltd. in the UK and by a subordinate branch, Island
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in the UK. At one point artist Lizzie Tear (under contract with ABC themselves) appeared on the imprint, but it was devoted almost entirely to ABC's offerings and is still used for their re-releases (though
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on the selling price of the recordings. Contracts may extend over short or long durations, and may or may not refer to specific recordings. Established, successful artists tend to be able to renegotiate their contracts to get terms more favorable to them, but
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that occurred in 1989 (when Island was sold to PolyGram) and 1998 (when PolyGram merged with
Universal). PolyGram held sublabels including Mercury, Island and Motown. Island remained registered as corporations in both the United States and
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company which (together with the companies in its group) has more than 5% of the world market(s) for the sale of records or music videos." As of 2012, there are only three labels that can be referred to as "major labels":
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1367:"What It's Like When A Label Won't Release Your Album"
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272:List of Sony Music labels
135:international media group
54:"Big Three" music labels
3525:Christian music industry
3040:GfK Entertainment charts
2684:Professional audio store
1826:"Paul McCartney vs. EMI"
986:Record production portal
915:Open-source record label
686:Artists & Repertoire
486:Independent record label
244:Sony Music Entertainment
228:Santa Monica, California
2932:Music streaming service
2365:Disney Music Publishing
718:Mr. Tambourine Man
612:4th & B'way Records
329:
3474:Most-attended concerts
3442:Highest-paid musicians
1987:Arditi, David (2014).
758:Thirty Seconds to Mars
474:Sony Group Corporation
297:; 66 years ago
250:; 95 years ago
248:September 9, 1929
113:Within the mainstream
3555:Most valuable records
3550:Most expensive albums
3505:Album-equivalent unit
3035:Italian singles chart
2892:Promotional recording
2360:Warner Chappell Music
2350:Sony Music Publishing
2345:BMG Rights Management
1880:Bielas, Ilan (2013).
1248:Leighton, Mackenzie.
1098:www.arkatechbeatz.com
994:List of record labels
952:'s debut album under
819:file sharing such as
802:Entertainment lawyers
407:Universal Music Group
192:Universal Music Group
148:Universal Music Group
3530:Environmental impact
3430:Best-selling singles
2443:Digital music stores
2209:"Publisher = Label?"
1646:on 4 September 2018.
943:Publishers as labels
849:New label strategies
706:Warner Bros. Records
670:Cooper Temple Clause
571:imprint (trade name)
186:Global market share
3560:Music certification
3540:Largest music deals
3418:Best-selling albums
3251:The Country Network
3030:Irish Singles Chart
2679:Musical instruments
1549:on 3 September 2021
1171:Joshua R. Wueller,
1151:"Thoughts on Music"
1060:on 23 February 2019
841:was released as a "
750:Megan Thee Stallion
205:September 1934
174:Major record label
3073:SNEP singles chart
2848:Extended play (EP)
2619:Album cover design
2116:The New York Times
1695:. 16 February 2011
1228:The New York Times
1211:. 9 December 2019.
1161:on 3 January 2009.
960:Crowdfunded labels
909:Open-source labels
722:Turn! Turn!, Turn!
693:recording contract
539:Warner Music Group
470:Sony Entertainment
466:Euronext Amsterdam
428:world music market
385:Warner Music Group
295:April 6, 1958
282:Warner Music Group
196:Euronext Amsterdam
156:Warner Music Group
102:, and maintaining
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3520:Bootleg recording
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3002:Argentina Hot 100
2968:Music competition
2958:Concert residency
2897:Phonograph record
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2270:and organizations
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