Capitol Records Nashville

Capitol Records Nashville
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded
  • Capitol Nashville (1950)
  • EMI Nashville (2010)
Founder
Distributor(s) Universal Music Group Nashville
Genre
Country of origin United States
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Official website capitolnashville.com

Capitol Records Nashville is a major United States-based record label located in Nashville, Tennessee operating as part of the Universal Music Group Nashville. From 1991 to 1995, Capitol Nashville was known as Liberty Records, before returning to the Capitol Nashville name in 1995. While under the Liberty name, the label operated short-lived sister label Patriot Records from 1994 to 1995. In 1999, EMI launched Virgin Records Nashville but by 2001, Capitol absorbed the short-lived label. In 2010, the label launched sister label EMI Nashville. On March 23, 2011, Alan Jackson signed with Capitol's EMI Nashville division in conjunction with his own ACR Records label.

Capitol Nashville was also home to several successful comedy artists.

Artists on Capitol Nashville

Artists on EMI Records Nashville

Former artists

See also

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