9.Label

　　　For musician and artists, it is important which record label they choice to become popular or famous. There are many record labels, and each one has own special characteristics. Musicians belong to some label, and it show how the artist like, or what kind of music they play. rebel is means for showing states about themselves. Also, sales style depends on  record labels.


    The name of "record label" is associated with label paper which is recorded the credit of name of music, artist, and company. From that, the word means company that sell the CD, or section of the company. Record labels that have a long and distinguished history have value of brand. Sometimes new label is established for making new image of CDs or artists. Also, for only one musician, new label is often establish.

 
    Sony Music Entertaiment is one of biggest company assosiated with music. The company is sony group that main corporation is SONY, consumer electronics maker. The company were established in Japan, in 1968. This company's label is separated main three part and other some miner parts. Following next labels are the first group. Sony Music Records, which is a company of  making CDs, and it has own label, Sony Music of main label,gr8!re cords of rock music label, VVV Records of visualized band's label and so on. For example, MAN WITH A MISSION, UVERworld, YUI belong to this label.

SME Records is the same as above, mainly rock music as label of SME Records. Galileo Galilei, Poｒnograffiti belong to this label.

Sony Music Associated Records is also the first group label, and mainly treats idol group and J-pop.
     Next labels are second group. EPIC Records Japan, one of label of this group, treats mainly J-POP, and belonged by Aqua Timez, Nothing Carved In Stone, and SCANDAL. E\DefSTAR Records and Ariola Japan also belong this group.
     Third group, Ki/oon Music has many rock, techno pop, abd hip-hop musicians. In the sony group, this label is regarded as orizinal. As artists, NICO Touches the Walls, KANA-BOON, Chatmonchy, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, FLOW, which are very popular in Japanese music scean, belongs this label.

　　
　　　JVC KENWOOD Corporation, audio and sound instruments maker, has label. Victor entertaiment, JVC Entertaiment and Teichiku Entertaiment are that label. Victor has some label, VIctor, INVITATION, SPEEDSTAR RECORDS, FlyingStar Records, and so on. Sakanaktion, Southern All Stars, Kazuyoshi Saitou, THE BACK HORN belong this label.

　　There are many labels. It has own charactaristic. It is intresting that examine which label does the artists that you like belongs to.