This is the record company that our artist Paolo Nutini is signed up.
Atlantic Records is an American record label, and over the first 20 years in business it earned a reputation as one of the most important American independent recording labels.
Craig Kallman is currently the Chairman of Atlantic Records.
The label also has a number of deals with previously independent labels such as Must Destory and VP Records in Jamaica, home to reggae artists such as Sean Paul.
In recent years, Warner Communications merged with Time Inc. in 1990, forming Time Warner. That same year, Jimmy Lovine founded Interscope Records, which Atlantic owned a 50% stake in. Interscope release notable gangsta rap titles. Later partner company Time Warner's decided to sell Atlantic's stake in the label to MCA in 1995.
A country music division, which was founded in the 1990s, was closed in 2001 however The Atlantic Nashville division was reviewed in 2008 with Zac Brown Band and Jesse Lee being signed to it.
In 2007, Atlantic reached a milestone for major records: "More than half of its music sales in the United States are now from digital products..."
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