MySpace Records
{{Short description|Defunct musical record label (2005–2016)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox record label
| bgcolor = #000000
| name = {{color|white|MySpace Records}}
| image = Myspace records-logo.PNG
| image_size = 150px
| parent = Myspace
| founded = {{start date and age|2005}}
| defunct = {{end date and age|2016}}
| founder = Tom Anderson
| distributor = Fontana Distribution
Interscope
| genre = Various
| country = U.S.
| location = Beverly Hills, California
| website = {{URL|www.myspace.com/myspacerecords}}
}}
MySpace Records was a record label founded in 2005 to sign artists who appeared on the social networking site Myspace. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Myspace, operating as a joint-venture between MySpace and Interscope Records.{{cite web
| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-11-03-myspace-records_x.htm
| title=MySpace launches record label
| date=2005-11-03
| agency=Associated Press
| publisher=USA Today
| access-date=2008-11-10
}} Distribution is contracted to Universal Music Group's Fontana Distribution, with manufacturing and external marketing by Universal's Interscope.{{cite web
| url=http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/newsroom/digital/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001433628
| title=MySpace.com Creates Own Label
| author=Morris, Chris
| date=2005-11-03
| work=Hollywood Reporter/Billboard
| publisher=VNU eMedia
| access-date=2006-07-09
}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
MySpace Records operated in Beverly Hills, California. The president was MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson until he left the company in 2009. The company was shut down in December 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.crazedhits.com/exclusive-myspace-records-shuts-down/|title=Exclusive: Myspace Records Shuts Down – Crazed Hits|website=www.crazedhits.com|access-date=2017-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055645/http://www.crazedhits.com/exclusive-myspace-records-shuts-down/|archive-date=2018-12-03|url-status=usurped}}
Milestones
In March 2008, MySpace Records released Pennywise's ninth album, Reason to Believe. A partnership with corporate sponsor Textango meant that MySpace Records provided fans with a free download of the album during a two-week period in exchange for adding the sponsor as a friend on MySpace.com.{{cite web
| url=http://mashable.com/2008/03/23/new-pennywise-album-is-free-for-two-weeks-on-myspace/
| title=New Pennywise Album is Free for Two Weeks on MySpace
| author=Aune, Sean
| date=2008-03-23
| work=Mashable
| access-date=2008-04-16
}}
In 2009, Jeremy Greene released his single "Rain" featuring Pitbull that became the #1 song on MySpace in its prime.
Former artists
- Adventure Galley
- Call the Cops
- Kate Voegele
- Meiko
- Disco Curtis{{cite web|url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=401648932&blogId=524599747|title=Featured Content on Myspace|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view|archive-date=2009-02-07}}
- Zendy Yunoki
- Jeremy Greene
- Jordyn Taylor
- Christina Milian
- Mateo
- Bossman
- Mickey Avalon
- Nico Vega
- Pennywise
- Polysics
- Sherwood
- Dirt Nasty
- Set To Fall
- Tray
Compilations
;MySpace Records: Volume 1
- AFI — "Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37"
- New Years Day — "Ready, Aim, Misfire"
- Socratic — "Lunch for the Sky"
- The Click Five — "Angel to You"
- Say Anything — "Every Man Has a Molly"
- Fall Out Boy — "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner (Acoustic)"
- Dashboard Confessional — "Hands Down"
- Waking Ashland — "I Am for You"
- Weezer — "We Are All on Drugs"
- Hollywood Undead — "No. 5"
- Against Me! — "Don't Lose Touch"
- Tila Tequila — "Straight Up"
- The All-American Rejects — "Stab My Back"
- The Summer Obsession — "Melt the Sugar"
- Plain White T's — "Take Me Away"
- Copeland — "Pin Your Wings"
- Jupiter Sunrise — "Arthur Nix"
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130504223153/http://www.myspace.com/myspacerecords MySpace Records] on Myspace
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Category:American record labels