Roadrunner Records

Summary

Roadrunner Records is a record label^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,496 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Roadrunner Records is in the country of United States^[3].
• Roadrunner Records's instance of is recorded as record label^[4].
• Roadrunner Records's genre is heavy metal music^[5].
• Roadrunner Records's genre is hard rock^[6].
• Roadrunner Records's genre is traditional heavy metal^[7].
• Roadrunner Records's genre is alternative metal^[8].
• Roadrunner Records's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[9].
• January 1, 1980 marks the founding of Roadrunner Records^[10].
• Roadrunner Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Warner Music Group^[11].
• Roadrunner Records's distributed by is recorded as Elektra^[12].
• Roadrunner Records's distributed by is recorded as Warner Music Group^[13].
• Roadrunner Records's official website is recorded as https://www.roadrunnerrecords.com^[14].
• Roadrunner Records's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roadrunner Records^[15].
• Roadrunner Records's different from is recorded as Roadrunner / Roadrunners / Road Runner^[16].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17205'}^[17].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16715'}^[18].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2450000'}^[19].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17065'}^[20].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17176'}^[21].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2690000'}^[22].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2830000'}^[23].
• Roadrunner Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2990000'}^[24].

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

• Type: Original Production^[25]

• Country: US^[26]

• Began / founded: 1980^[27]

• Genre(s): metalcore^[28]

• Community tags: metalcore^[29]

• MusicBrainz ID: 5899271b-a77a-4081-93a9-0bd05b9b4180^[30]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1980 marks the founding of Roadrunner Records^[10].

Operations

Roadrunner Records's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[9]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Warner Music Group^[11].

Why It Matters

Roadrunner Records ranks in the top 4% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,496 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]