In what city was the Motown record label founded?
Motown Motown Motown Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of "motor" and "town", has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned label that achieved significant crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels (including Tamla Motown, the brand used outside the US) were the
Universal Records (defunct record label) with Atlantic Records, and Universal Motown Republic Group (UMRG). Bill Whelan's "Riverdance" was Celtic Heartbeat's first album to sell more than a million copies. Universal Records (defunct record label) Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group. The label has been dormant since 2005, due to Universal Motown and Universal Republic Records being formed and taking all of the artists from it. Those labels were eventually combined to form the latest iteration of Republic Records. Founded in 1995 as Rising Tide Records, the label would ultimately begin