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TVT Records is an American record label (and the nation's largest independent label)founded by Steve Gottlieb, who initially launched the label from his New York City apartment in 1985 with the release of "Television's Greatest Hits". It was an album featuring theme songs from various TV shows; hence the label's acronym, TVT (Tee Vee Toons). The album proved so successful that a total of eight volumes would ultimately be released. TVT then turned its attention to signing new acts of various genres. The label currently has offices in New York, Berlin, and London.

The label's publishing arm, TVT Music Publishing has also had success making the top ten list of Billboard Magazine's Publishers Airplay Chart for each quarter of 2006.

A sub-label, TVT Soundtrax, has released albums to films, TV shows and theater productions. They include Mortal Kombat, Blade, Miss Congeniality, Starsky & Hutch, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer among others.

In 1992, TVT had purchased Chicago-based Wax Trax Records, another independent label which had been successful in the 1980s with the then-new industrial music genre. Wax Trax is credited for helping to bring industrial music to the forefront. Wax Trax would continue to run for several years after being purchased by TVT, but would subsequently be closed.

TVT Records also operates TVT Distribution, an independent distribution company. The distribution arm distributes all TVT Records releases as well as other indie labels. The labels have included Vagrant, Quannum, Battle Axe and others.

TVT was Billboard Magazine's #1 Independent Label for five consecutive years (2001-2006).

TVT lost a ruling when a Florida judge ruled that Miami-based Slip N Slide Records may indeed release material from rapper Pitbull that was recorded before the artist signed with TVT Records. TVT was seeking to block the action.

List of TVT artists

  • 213
  • The A'z
  • Ambulance LTD
  • Baldwin Bros.
  • The Blue Van
  • Bobaflex
  • The Cinematics
  • Da Muzicianz
  • Default
  • Dude N' Nem
  • The Holloways
  • Ina
  • Just Jack
  • Le Meu Le Purr
  • Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz
  • Lumidee
  • Magic
  • Teedra Moses
  • New Years Day
  • O-solo
  • Oliver Black
  • Oobie
  • Paris Bennett
  • Pay the Girl
  • Pitbull
  • The Polyphonic Spree
  • The Strays
  • Towers of London
  • Twisted Black
  • Chyna Whyte
  • Keke Wyatt
  • Ying Yang Twins
  • Yo Gotti


Former artists

  • Mic Geronimo
  • Autechre
  • Bender
  • Birdbrain
  • Bounty Killer
  • Brian Jonestown Massacre
  • Buck-O-Nine
  • Catherine
  • Closure
  • The Connells
  • Cubanate
  • Cords
  • Die Warzau
  • Dayinthelife
  • Doggy's Angels
  • Esham
  • Tha Eastsidaz
  • Fledgling
  • Full Force
  • Gravity Kills
  • Guided by Voices
  • GZR
  • Jacki-O
  • Jurassic 5
  • KMFDM
  • The Kicks
  • Fledgling
  • Full Force
  • Modern English
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Nothingface
  • Jimmy Page
  • Portable
  • Psychic TV
  • Psykosonik
  • Sister Machine Gun
  • Southern Culture on the Skids
  • Spookey Ruben
  • Rise Robots Rise
  • The Saints
  • Gil Scott-Heron
  • Sevendust
  • Speech
  • Three Merry Widows
  • Tsar
  • The Unband
Underworld
  • VNV Nation
  • Vision of Disorder
  • We Are Going To Eat You
  • Cash Money Click (Ja Rule's Old Group)


See also

  • List of record labels


External links



American record labelsRecord labels established in 1985Independent record labelsSynthpop record labelsIndustrial record labels

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