Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records
Walt Disney Records
Parent company	Disney Music Group
Founded	February 4, 1956 (as Disneyland Records)
Founder	Walt and Roy O. Disney; Jimmy Johnson;
Distributor(s)	Universal Music Group ONErpm BMG Australia/Sony Music Entertainment Australia (1990-1997-Australia only) Warner Music Group (1990-2000s) (global albums)
Genre	Various, predominantly Pop and Soundtrack
Country of origin	United States
Location	500 S. Buena Vista Street,; Burbank, California
Official website	music.disney.com

Walt Disney Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label releases soundtrack albums from The Walt Disney Company's motion picture studios, television series, theme parks, and traditional studio albums produced by its roster of pop, teen pop, and country artists.^[2]

The label was founded on February 4, 1956 as Disneyland Records. Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed to a variety of other labels such as RCA, Decca, Capitol, ABC-Paramount, and United Artists. It was Disney Legend Jimmy Johnson who convinced Walt Disney’s brother Roy O. Disney that Walt Disney Productions (now The Walt Disney Company) should form their own record label.^[3] It adopted its current name in 1988 and is currently distributed by Universal Music Group for physical releases outside of North America and digital releases globally.

^ "Universal Music Group (UMG) & Disney Music Group (DMG) Expand Agreement Globally," PR Newswire, March 20, 2013.
^ Hollis, Tim (2006). Mouse tracks : the story of Walt Disney Records. Greg Ehrbar (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-848-7. OCLC 61309354.
^ Johnson, Jimmy (2014). Inside the whimsy works my life with Walt Disney Productions. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-930-0. OCLC 1228606843.

[1] "Universal Music Group (UMG) & Disney Music Group (DMG) Expand Agreement Globally," PR Newswire, March 20, 2013.

[2] Hollis, Tim (2006). Mouse tracks : the story of Walt Disney Records. Greg Ehrbar (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-848-7. OCLC 61309354.

[3] Johnson, Jimmy (2014). Inside the whimsy works my life with Walt Disney Productions. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-930-0. OCLC 1228606843.

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