Independent and major record labels

Domino Recording Company is an independent record label based in London which was founded in 1993 by Laurence Bell and his partner Jacqui Rice.

They established American rock and unusual British music which marginalised during the Britpop era but the steady streaming of new signings gave the label increasing credibility. 

Simply Red made his own independent record label called simplyred.com as he was fed up with the way sony was taking all the money which revolutionised the way music was consumed by the demographic. 

SYCO is a major record label founded by Simon Cowell in 2002 in the UK. It is a subsidiary of SYCO entertainment. This company owns artists such as Little Mix, James Arthur and Susan Boyle and used to own artists such as Garith Gates and George Sampson. 

EMI was a major British multinational music recording and publishing company but was bought over by Sony. They owned artists such as The Beatles, Eliza Doolittle, Gorillaz and 30 seconds to Mars.