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Informally, a vanity label (compare vanity press) is a record label founded as a wholly or partially owned subsidiary of another, larger, and better established (at least at the time of the vanity label's founding) record label, where the subsidiary is (at least nominally) controlled by a successful recording artist, designed to allow this artist to release music by other artists they admire. The parent label handles the production and distribution and funding of the vanity label, but the album is usually released with the vanity brand name prominent. Usually, the artist/head of the vanity label is signed to the parent label, and this artist's own recordings will be released under the vanity brand name. Creating a vanity label can be an attractive idea for the parent label, primarily as a "perk" to keep a successful artist on the label's roster happy and as a venue to bring fellow artists to the public's attention.
Informally, a vanitylabel (compare vanity press) is a record label founded as a wholly or partially owned subsidiary of another, larger, and better established...
compensatory self-enhancement, as vanity sizing promotes a more positive self-image of one upon seeing a smaller label. In the 2000s, American designer...
the corporation's distinction as the "parent" of any sublabels. Vanitylabels are labels that bear an imprint that gives the impression of an artist's ownership...
Compromise" (The VanityLabel, 2006) "Time Bomb" (The VanityLabel, 2006) "Apeman" (The VanityLabel, 2006) "She Doesn't Get It" (The VanityLabel, 2006) "Dog...
to Gucci Mane's 1017 Records. OJ da Juiceman is also the founder of vanitylabel 32 Entertainment. Otis Williams Jr. was raised by a single mother in...
number-one single, "Sicko Mode" (featuring Drake). In late 2019, Scott's vanitylabel imprint, Cactus Jack Records released the compilation album JackBoys...
multi-platinum certification from RIAA. In 1974, the band set up their own vanitylabel, Swan Song Records, which would release the rest of Led Zeppelin's studio...
cassettes until the summer of 1993, when Reznor signed the act to his vanitylabel Nothing Records. Their debut studio album, Portrait of an American Family...
Reznor in 1992. It is considered an example of a vanitylabel, where an artist is able to run a label with some small degree of independence within a larger...
Nails vocalist Trent Reznor, who signed them to his Nothing Records vanitylabel. The album was initially produced by Roli Mosimann at Criteria Studios...
released, and is the second record released on the Airplane's own Grunt vanitylabel, distributed by RCA Records. The album features a picture of their baby...
Vanity 6 was an American female vocal trio that gained popularity in the early 1980s. They were protégées of musician Prince. Led by singer Vanity, they...
Serjical Strike, Serj Tankian's vanitylabel at Universal Republic. There, they released their only major record label album, Fables from a Mayfly, in...
Illinois, Ward was the first artist to sign with American rapper DMX's vanitylabel Bloodline Records (under the stage name Iceberg) in 2001, at the age...
StartYourOwnRebellion, while Dreamville was still in early formation as a vanitylabel imprint. On January 28, 2014, at a show at the Theater at Madison Square...
development company that blended traditional record label and management, based originally on his vanitylabel for Mr. Dream. Sylvester co-wrote and produced...
independent record label founded in 2007 by electronic music producer Deadmau5. The label was formerly a vanitylabel, hosting releases through labels such as Ultra...
Ill Will Records is an American vanity record label founded by Nasir "Nas" Jones. The label was named after Willie "Ill Will" Graham, Nas' childhood neighbor...
was a vanitylabel founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records. Initially created to sign local Bay Area acts, the label later...
and JVC Records in Japan. DRT had one subsidiary label, Brass Tacks Records. It was a vanitylabel founded by the Street Dogs. In 2005, it released Alucard...
existing contract and the inaugural release on the band's Grunt Records vanitylabel. Manager Bill Thompson had struck a deal with RCA to allow Jefferson...
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