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The Groove

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
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49 United Artists United States of America flagUnited States of America · 18 albums 138.310
50 Fiction United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1978 · 14 albums 137.190
51 London Records United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1947 · 19 albums 128.280
52 Sub Pop Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1979 · 19 albums 127.520
53 Virgin EMI United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 32 albums 126.280
54 Matador United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1989 · 17 albums 125.330
55 Rough Trade United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1978 · 19 albums 123.280
56 Peaceville United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1987 · 18 albums 122.950
57 wea Germany flagGermany · 18 albums 118.620
58 Big Machine Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 2005 · 6 albums 101.810
59 Spinefarm Records Finland flagFinland · founded 1990 · 17 albums 100.410
60 [no label] 16 albums 99.643
61 Mother Records United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 3 albums 99.200
62 Steamhammer Germany flagGermany · 20 albums 97.190
63 Decca Records United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1929 · 13 albums 96.279
64 Nonesuch United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1964 · 15 albums 96.026
65 Nothing Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1992 · 9 albums 95.740
66 EastWest United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1955 · 12 albums 91.920
67 Universal Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1996 · 13 albums 91.508
68 Epitaph United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1980 · 17 albums 89.390
69 Metal Blade Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1981 · 15 albums 89.305
70 I.R.S. Records United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1979 · 11 albums 87.800
71 Earache Records United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · founded 1985 · 18 albums 87.680
72 Wind‐up United States of America flagUnited States of America · founded 1997 · 11 albums 87.470