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The greatest labels of all time

876 labels ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Columbia

United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1887 · 230 albums
1,619.233
Why this number?
The full board · page 12
265 Burning Heart Records Sweden flagSweden · founded 1993 · 3 albums 17.400
266 Priority Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1981 · 2 albums 17.380
267 Noise Records Germany flagGermany · founded 1983 · 4 albums 17.360
268 Apollo Belgium flagBelgium · founded 1992 · 1 albums 17.200
269 Wichita United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 3 albums 17.120
270 Bearsville Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1970 · 4 albums 16.940
271 Extraphone Russia flagRussia · founded 1995 · 3 albums 16.896
272 Neat Records United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 2 albums 16.740
273 ECM Records Germany flagGermany · founded 1969 · 2 albums 16.660
274 Black Lodge Records Sweden flagSweden · founded 2002 · 3 albums 16.640
275 Carrère France flagFrance · 4 albums 16.220
276 KGLW Australia flagAustralia · founded 2020 · 4 albums 16.200
277 Elevator Music United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 2 albums 16.180
278 Korova United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1979 · 4 albums 16.160
279 AJR Productions 3 albums 16.030
280 Brunswick United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1916 · 2 albums 15.790
281 earMUSIC Germany flagGermany · founded 2009 · 4 albums 15.780
282 Warner Music Canada Canada flagCanada · 2 albums 15.720
283 Warner Music Japan Japan flagJapan · founded 2001 · 3 albums 15.610
284 Torso The Netherlands flagThe Netherlands · 4 albums 15.180
285 Nuclear Blast America United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1991 · 2 albums 15.180
286 Dog Show Records founded 2019 · 2 albums 15.050
287 Fontana United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1954 · 3 albums 15.030
288 Cacophonous Records United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1993 · 2 albums 15.010