Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury.[1] In the United States, it is operated through Republic Records; in the United Kingdom, it is distributed by EMI Records.


Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1945; 77 years ago (1945)
Founder	Irving Green Berle Adams Arthur Talmadge Ray Greenberg
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Republic Records (US) EMI Records (UK) Mercury France/Barclay Records (France)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	Chicago (1945–1980) New York City (1980–present)
Official website	www.mercuryrecords.com www.mercurykx.com

Since the separation of Island Records, Motown, Mercury Records, and Def Jam Recordings combining the Island Def Jam Music Group, Mercury Records has been placed under Island Records, although its back catalogue is still owned by the Island Def Jam Music Group (now Island Records).

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