Capitol Records Nashville

Capitol Records Nashville
Capitol Records Nashville
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	Capitol Nashville (1950); EMI Nashville (2010);
Founder	Johnny Mercer; Buddy DeSylva;
Distributor(s)	Music Corporation of America
Genre	Country; comedy;
Country of origin	United States
Location	Nashville, Tennessee
Official website	capitolrecordsnashville.com

Capitol Records Nashville is a major United States–based record label located in Nashville, Tennessee, operating as part of the Music Corporation of America. Its origins go back to 1950 when Capitol Records established its country music office there.^[1] From 1991 to 1995, Capitol Nashville was known as Liberty Records. While under the Liberty name, the label operated short-lived sister label Patriot Records from 1994 to 1995. In 1999, EMI launched Virgin Records Nashville but by 2001, Capitol absorbed the short-lived label. In 2010, the label launched sister label EMI Nashville. On March 23, 2011, Alan Jackson signed with Capitol's EMI Nashville division in conjunction with his own ACR Records label.

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Capitol Nashville was also home to several successful comedy artists.

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Capitol Records Nashville

Artists on Capitol Nashville

Artists on EMI Records Nashville

Former artists

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