Record label, division of Universal Music Group

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Republic Records

<p><b>Republic Records</b> is an American <a href="/en/Record_label" title="Record label" class="wl">record label</a> owned by <a href="/en/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group" class="wl">Universal Music Group</a> (UMG). Based in <a href="/en/New_York_City" title="New York City" class="wl">New York City</a>, it was founded by <a href="/en/Avery_Lipman" title="Avery Lipman" class="wl">Avery Lipman</a> and <a href="/en/Monte_Lipman" title="Monte Lipman" class="wl">Monte Lipman</a> as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an imprint of the <a href="/en/Universal_Motown_Records" title="Universal Motown Records" class="wl">Universal/Motown Records Group</a>, and was renamed <b>Universal Republic Records</b> after a reorganization in 2006 before going back to its original name in 2012.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

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mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org notheme" style="background-color: Black"><span style="color:White">Republic Records</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Republic_records_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Republic_records_logo.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Republic_records_logo.svg/200px-Republic_records_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="179" data-file-type="drawing" height="114" width="200" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Republic_records_logo.svg/300px-Republic_records_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Republic_records_logo.svg/400px-Republic_records_logo.svg.png 2x" alt="Republic_records_logo.svg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo in use since November 2012<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group" class="wl">Universal Music Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1995<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>28<span>&nbsp;</span>years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1995</span>)</span> (original)<br>2012<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>11<span>&nbsp;</span>years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2012</span>)</span> (relaunch)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/en/Monte_Lipman" title="Monte Lipman" class="wl">Monte Lipman</a><br><a href="/en/Avery_Lipman" title="Avery Lipman" class="wl">Avery Lipman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2006<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>17<span>&nbsp;</span>years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="dtend">2006</span>)</span> (original)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distributor(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output 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Music Group" class="wl">Universal Music Group</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(International)</span></li><li><a href="/en/Island_Records" title="Island Records" class="wl">Island</a>/<a href="/en/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records" class="wl">EMI</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(UK)</span></li><li><a href="/en/The_Island_Def_Jam_Music_Group" title="The Island Def Jam Music Group" class="wl">Island Def Jam</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(France)</span></li><li><a href="/en/Universal_Music_Enterprises" title="Universal Music Enterprises" class="wl">Universal Music Enterprises</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(reissues)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category">Various</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/en/New_York_City" title="New York City" class="wl">New York City</a>, <a href="/en/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)" class="wl">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://republicrecords.com/" class="external text" target="_blank">republicrecords.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group . Based in New York City, it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an imprint of the Universal/Motown Records Group, and was renamed Universal Republic Records after a reorganization in 2006 before going back to its original name in 2012. 