Epic Records
American record label
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Summary
Epic Records is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 0.087% of record label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,236 views/month, #2 of 2,290).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Founder: Columbia Records[4]
- Owned by: Sony Music[5]
- Operator: CBS Records, Inc.[6]
- Headquarters location: Los Angeles[7]
- Has organizational division: Epic Soundtrax[8]
- Discography: Epic catalog[9]
- Commons category: Epic Records[10]
- Inception: January 1, 1953[11]
- Parent organization or unit: Sony Music[12]
- Distributed by: Sony Music[13]
- Official website: http://www.epicrecords.com[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Epic Records[15]
- Native label: Epic Records[16]
- Short name: Epic[17]
- Different from: Epic[18], Epic Records[19]
- Has list: list of Epic Records artists[20]
- Social media followers: 391,817[21], 363,601[22], 10,000[23], 396,261[24], 400,211[25], 11,100[26], 13,000[27], 23,800[28], 26,200[29], 26,800[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.
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Type: Holding[31]
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Began / founded: 1953[32]
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MusicBrainz ID: e2e4ff42-7af5-4af6-95fd-70defc9f38e2[33]
Why It Matters
Epic Records has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]