Columbia Records is a major record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment that has signed artists like The Lumineers and Shovels & Rope. It released Little Comets' debut album featuring their hit "One Night in October," offering the band worldwide coverage. Rough Trade is an independent label known for indie artists that allows more creative freedom than producing quick-selling music. Similarly, Dirty Hit is an independent label formed in 2009 to develop artists without changing them based on sales, having released Little Comets' second album in line with their focus on nurturing homegrown talent.

1. Record Label Research

2. Who are Columbia Records
• Founded in 1888 and now under the ownership
of Sony Music Entertainment , so is a major
record label as opposedto and independent label.
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Other Artists Signed to CR:
The Lumineers
Shovels & Rope
Ivon ad Alyosha

3. Why Columbia Records?
• Columbia Records is relevant to our Band
because they’re the record label who released
Little comets first debut album “In search of
elusive little comets” featuring their hit single
“One night in October”
• Offers the worldwide coverage for a budding
group such as little comets.

4. Rough Trade
• Known to be the the ‘Big Daddy of the Indie
Genre.
• Founded in the Notting hill Record shop
• The first album the label released sold
100,00o records.
• Now owned by the Beggars group.

5. How is Rough Trade Suitable?
• They are an Independent record label., so can
offer Little comets the freedom to put forward
their own ideas rather than producing music
that will sell quickly.

6. Dirty Hit
Independent record label which
formed in 2009
Their motto is to “develop and
nurture home-grown artists”
Instead of changing and creating a
new group based on company sale
records.

7. Why Dirty Hit?
• The band released their second album in
2012 “Life is Elsewhere” under
• Similar Artists:
• The 1975
• General Fiasco