Mercury Records
American record label
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Summary
Mercury Records is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of record label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,676 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Founder: Arthur Talmadge[4], Irving Green[5], Ray Greenberg[6]
- Owned by: Universal Music Group[7], Mercury Record Corporation[8]
- Headquarters location: London[9], New York City[10]
- Child organization or unit: Masterdisk[11]
- Discography: Mercury catalog[12]
- Commons category: Mercury Records[13]
- Inception: 1945[14]
- Location of formation: Chicago[15]
- Parent organization or unit: Universal Music Group[16]
- Distributed by: Island Records[17], Virgin EMI Records[18], The Island Def Jam Music Group[19]
- Official website: http://www.mercuryrecords.com[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mercury Records[21]
- Short name: Mercury[22]
- Social media followers: 56,918[23], 58,634[24], 54,422[25], 54,009[26]
Product Details
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Type: Imprint[27]
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Country: US[28]
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Began / founded: 1945[29]
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Community tags: miracles[30]
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MusicBrainz ID: 995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6[31]
Why It Matters
Mercury Records has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]