Mercury Records

Summary

Mercury Records is a record label^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,678 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mercury Records is in the country of United States^[3].
• Mercury Records's instance of is recorded as record label^[4].
• Mercury Records's founder is recorded as Arthur Talmadge^[5].
• Mercury Records's founder is recorded as Irving Green^[6].
• Mercury Records's founder is recorded as Ray Greenberg^[7].
• Mercury Records is owned by Universal Music Group^[8].
• Mercury Records is owned by Mercury Record Corporation^[9].
• Mercury Records's headquarters location is recorded as London^[10].
• Mercury Records's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[11].
• Mercury Records's child organization or unit is recorded as Masterdisk^[12].
• Mercury Records's discography is recorded as Mercury catalog^[13].
• Mercury Records's Commons category is recorded as Mercury Records^[14].
• 1945 marks the founding of Mercury Records^[15].
• Mercury Records's location of formation is recorded as Chicago^[16].
• Mercury Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group^[17].
• Mercury Records's distributed by is recorded as Island Records^[18].
• Mercury Records's distributed by is recorded as Virgin EMI Records^[19].
• Mercury Records's distributed by is recorded as The Island Def Jam Music Group^[20].
• Mercury Records's official website is recorded as http://www.mercuryrecords.com^[21].
• Mercury Records's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mercury Records^[22].
• Mercury Records's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mercury'}^[23].
• Mercury Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+56918'}^[24].
• Mercury Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+58634'}^[25].
• Mercury Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+54422'}^[26].
• Mercury Records's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+54009'}^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Imprint^[28]

• Country: US^[29]

• Began / founded: 1945^[30]

• Community tags: miracles^[31]

• MusicBrainz ID: 995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6^[32]

Body

Founding

Founders include Arthur Talmadge^[5], Irving Green^[6], and Ray Greenberg^[7]. 1945 marks the founding of Mercury Records^[15]. Its location of formation is recorded as Chicago^[16].

Identity

Mercury Records's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mercury'}^[23].

Operations

Headquarters locations include London^[10], a metropolis^[33], in Roman Empire^[34], founded in 0047^[35] and New York City^[11], a global city^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1624^[38]. Mercury Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group^[17]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Masterdisk^[12].

Ownership

Owners include Universal Music Group^[8], a record company^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1934^[41], headquartered in Santa Monica^[42] and Mercury Record Corporation^[9], a record company^[43], in United States^[44], founded in 1945^[45], headquartered in Chicago^[46].

Why It Matters

Mercury Records ranks in the top 2% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,678 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]