Atlantic Records
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Summary
Atlantic Records is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of record label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,354 views/month, #6 of 2,290).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Founder: Ahmet Ertegün[4], Herb Abramson[5]
- Owned by: Warner Music Group[6]
- Operator: Atlantic Recording Corporation[7]
- Headquarters location: United States[8]
- Has organizational division: Atlantic Studios[9]
- Discography: Atlantic Records catalog[10]
- Commons category: Atlantic Records[11]
- Has part(s): Atlantic Records UK[12]
- Inception: 1947[13]
- Parent organization or unit: Warner Music Group[14]
- Distributed by: Atlantic Records Group[15], Rhino Entertainment Company[16]
- Official website: https://www.atlanticrecords.com[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Atlantic Records[18]
- Has characteristic: Labelcode[19]
- Short name: Atlantic[20]
- Social media followers: 654,301[21], 650,020[22], 12,500,000[23], 668,298[24], 694,196[25], 13,600,000[26], 14,500,000[27], 15,400,000[28]
- Official shop URL: https://store.warnermusic.com/collections/atlantic-records[29]
- P14750: 2A68-CA4E-9AC5-F64A-D9E4[30]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Type: Imprint[31]
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Country: US[32]
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Began / founded: 1947[33]
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Genre(s): folk rock, free jazz, hard rock, hip hop, jazz, rock[34]
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Community tags: american, américain, folk rock, free jazz, hard rock, hip hop, jazz, major label, rock, the cherry blues project, usa[35]
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MusicBrainz ID: 50c384a2-0b44-401b-b893-8181173339c7[36]
Why It Matters
Atlantic Records has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]