Purple Feather Records
{{Short description|Independent record label}}
Purple Feather Records is an independent record label started by the members of the rock band The Donnas. In or before May 2006, The Donnas and Atlantic Records "parted ways".{{cite web | url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/06/the_donnas_have.html | title=The Donnas have "parted ways" with Atlantic Records | publisher= brooklynvegan | accessdate=2007-12-10 }} The band then sought a deal with other record companies but was unable to get one with terms that were to their liking{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}, so the following year, they formed their own label. The Donnas announced their decision in Billboard{{'}}s July 2007 'Independents Day' issue, which they were on the cover.[http://agentcooperconcepts.com/?p=81 AGENT COOPER CONCEPTS » Blog Archive » The Donnas On the Cover of Billboard]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The label is distributed by RedEye Distribution in the United States,[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1050614/the-donnas-prep-bitchin-new-album The Donnas Prep 'Bitchin' New Album] and various other distributors around the world.
The first album released on Purple Feather Records was The Donnas' own Bitchin' on September 18, 2007. The album reached #8 on the Independent Albums chart and #89 on the Billboard 200.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the donnas|chart=all}} Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - The Donnas]
The Donnas released a second album (their last to date) through the label entitled Greatest Hits Vol. 16 on July 7, 2009.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060101115701/http://www.thedonnas.com/ The Donnas' official website]
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