Record label

A record label or record company makes and sells sound and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. The name "record label" is from the paper label at the center of a gramophone record (what is also known as a "phonograph record" in American English).

Most major record labels are owned by a few large multinational companies. They make up most of the global recording industry, although there now more independent record labels.