![]() ![]() From 2011 to 2014, it was a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group division of Universal Music. ![]() Motown spent much of the 2000s headquartered in New York City as a part of the UMG subsidiaries Universal Motown and Universal Motown Republic Group. PolyGram purchased the label from MCA in 1993, followed by MCA successor Universal Music Group, which acquired PolyGram in 1999. It was an independent company until MCA Records bought it in 1988. Motown expanded into film and television production. During the 1960s, Motown achieved 79 records in the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100 between 19.įollowing the events of the Detroit Riots of 1967, and the loss of key songwriting/production team Holland–Dozier–Holland that year over pay disputes, Gordy moved Motown to Los Angeles, California. Motown was the most successful soul music label, with a net worth of $61 million. In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels (including Tamla Motown, the brand used outside the US) were the most of the Motown sound, a style of soul music with a mainstream pop appeal. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned label that achieved crossover success. Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. ![]()
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