Warner Music Group is one of the major music labels known as the "BIG THREE". It was founded in 1958 and is based in New York. Warner Music Group owns various popular artists and their music. The document discusses two of Warner Music Group's sub-labels - Full Frequency Range Recordings, a dance music label founded in 1986, and Atlantic Records, one of the most iconic labels in music history founded in 1947 known for artists like Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin, and Aretha Franklin.

1. WARNER MUSIC
GROUP
A STUDY OF THE MAJOR MUSIC LABEL,
INCLUDING A CLOSE STUDY OF TWO SUB-
LABELS

2. WARNER MUSIC GROUP
• Owned by Time Warner
• One of the ‘BIG THREE’
• Founded in 1958 as WB (Warner Bros.) Records
• New York, US based major
• Responsible for ownership of various bands, artists and songs; including Prince, Oasis, Taylor Swift,
Gnarls Barkley and The Prodigy
• WMG is one of the music industry’s biggest companies and has been an industry leader for nearly 40
years and has helped artists and labels grow their careers and businesses.

3. SUB LABELS - WMG
• Full Frequency Range Recordings is a dance music sub label of Warner Music Group originally
established in 1986 by Pete Tong. In 2011, FFRR was relaunched under Warner Music UK and today is a
dance imprint for Parlophone, with Tong at the helm of A&R for the label. The label’s roster includes
Paper Crows, Blonde, Oliver Heldens, Disciples, and Icarus. The original incarnation of FFRR featured
releases from such groundbreaking artists as Orbital, The Brand New Heavies, Shakespear’s Sister, Salt
‘N’ Pepa, Lil Louis, LTJ Bukem, All Saints, Jay-Z, Smith & Mighty, Armand Van Helden, Carl Cox, and Tong
himself. The name FFRR originally stood for Full Frequency Range Recording, an improved high-fidelity
recording technique.
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4. SUB LABELS - WMG
• ATLANTIC
• The Atlantic sub-label is considered ‘one of the most iconic and enduring labels in music history’. Atlantic is
over 70 years old and continues to produce and release a broad and diverse range of chart-topping music.
• Artists including Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, and WizKhalifa. Atlantic was founded in New York City in 1947 by
Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.
• Atlantic began as an ‘independent, one-room operation dedicated to finding, recording, and promoting R&B
and jazz’. Names such as Jerry Wexler, Nesuhi Ertegun, Tom Dowd, and Arif Mardin soon joined the duo.
• ‘A rarity in the music industry, the Atlantic of today can trace its legacy in an unbroken line back to its very first
days, its rich history distinguished by an array of legendary artists who broke new ground and set new musical
standards – from Ray Charles to Led Zeppelin, from John Coltrane to Aretha Franklin, from Otis Redding to
Genesis. Today, the Atlantic Records Group encompasses the Atlantic, Asylum, Big Beat, Elektra, Fueled By
Ramen, and Roadrunner labels.’
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