MCA Records

Summary

MCA Records is a record label^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,964 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• MCA Records is in the country of United States^[3].
• MCA Records's instance of is recorded as record label^[4].
• MCA Records is operated by MCA Records, Inc.^[5].
• MCA Records's discography is recorded as MCA Records catalog^[6].
• MCA Records's Commons category is recorded as MCA Records^[7].
• 1962 marks the founding of MCA Records^[8].
• MCA Records was dissolved in 2003^[9].
• MCA Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group^[10].
• MCA Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as MCA Inc.^[11].
• MCA Records's topic's main category is recorded as Category:MCA Records^[12].
• MCA Records's replaces is recorded as Kapp Records^[13].
• MCA Records's different from is recorded as MCA^[14].
• MCA Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+61722'}^[15].
• MCA Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+54406'}^[16].
• MCA Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+62159'}^[17].
• MCA Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+63123'}^[18].

Product Details

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• Type: Imprint^[19]

• Country: US^[20]

• Began / founded: 1967^[21]

• Ended / dissolved: 2003^[22]

• MusicBrainz ID: 46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09^[23]

Body

Founding

1962 marks the founding of MCA Records^[8].

Operations

Parent organizations include Universal Music Group^[10], a record company^[24], in United States^[25], founded in 1934^[26], headquartered in Santa Monica^[27] and MCA Inc.^[11], a media company^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1958^[30], headquartered in Chicago^[31]. MCA Records is operated by it, Inc.^[5].

Dissolution

MCA Records was dissolved in 2003^[9].

Why It Matters

MCA Records ranks in the top 2% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,964 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]