Swedish record company and label
Logo of Metronome Records from 1961
Warner Music Sweden AB
(previously
Metronome Records
)
[1]
is a Swedish
record company
and label,
[2]
a subsidiary of
Warner Music Group
.
[1]
Metronome Records was established in 1949 by Anders Burman, Lars Burman, and Borje Ekberg
[3]
and was based in Stockholm.
[1]
It concentrated on pop and
jazz
and had operations in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. The label signed
Alice Babs
,
Bent Fabric
,
Sonya Hedenbratt
,
Nina & Frederik
,
Ola Magnell
,
Charlie Norman
,
Pugh Rogefeldt
,
Kalle Sandare
,
Bernt Staf
,
Owe Thornqvist
, and
Cornelis Vreeswijk
During 1949?65, Metronome's jazz catalogue also included
Arne Domnerus
,
Rolf Ericson
,
Lars Gullin
,
Bengt Hallberg
,
Zoot Sims
, and
Toots Thielemans
.
[4]
In 1979, it was purchased by
Warner Music Group
. In 1998, Anderson Records was merged with Warner Music Sweden.
[1]
In February 2013, Warner Music Group acquired most european EMIcatalogue including the Swedish Back catalogue of
EMI
(renamed as "Parlophone Music Sweden") from
Universal Music Group
EMI Trademark still own by UMG.
[5]
In June 2016, Warner Music acquired the Swedish compilation label
X5 Music Group
.
[6]
Artists
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The list contains artists signed directly to Warner Music Sweden.
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See also
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References
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Bibliography
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- Hakan Lahger, Lasse Ermalm:
De legendariska aren: Metronome Records
(Premium Publishing)
ISBN
978-91-89136-17-5
External links
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