CBS Records (2006)

CBS Records was a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006^[1] to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists: rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J. Olsson.^[2]

Parent companyCBS Corporation

Founded2006

FounderLes Moonves

Defunct2017

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CBS Records
Parent company	CBS Corporation
Founded	2006
Founder	Les Moonves
Defunct	2017
Distributors	RED Distribution (Sony Music Entertainment)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	Los Angeles, California CBS Television City

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The label relied primarily on digital distribution such as iTunes and on direct sales from its own website. However, it signed a deal to distribute compact discs through RED Distribution, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment which CBS Inc. formerly owned. CBS Records was headquartered at Television City in Los Angeles.^[3]

The "CBS Records" name was also used in the 1960s to release Columbia Records products outside the US and Canada. This was necessary because EMI owned another record label called Columbia, which operated in every market except North America, Spain and Japan. CBS sold the record company in 1988 to Sony. In 1991, the CBS label was officially renamed Columbia Records and the company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment.^[4]