The document discusses the top 4 record labels in the UK - Warner Music, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, and EMI Music Group - and provides examples of artists each label promotes. It also notes that while these labels promote many artists, they face challenges from illegal music downloads through sites like Limewire, which has decreased sales of legal downloads and caused the labels to lose large amounts of money.

1. Audiences and Institutions
UK’s top 4 record
labels.
Warner music promotes several artists a few examples of these are as follows:
-Estelle
-Billy Talent
-Ti
-Sean Paul
Universal music group promotes several artists a few examples of these are as
follows:
-Akon
-Blink 182
-D12
-Mariag carey
Sony music group also promote several artists a few examples of these are:
-Chris brown
-JLS
--Lemar

2. -Leona Lewis
EMI music group again promote many artists a few of these are as follows:
There has been a couple of challenges for company’s such as the ones above
and ones like them. One of the biggest problems faceing these company’s is
illegal music down loads threw sites such as lime wire and with the invention
of P2P. With these illegal downloads it has decreased the sales of legal
downloads meaning company’s such as the ones above have been loosing vast
amounts of money.
Carey