| Nippon Crown | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Nippon Columbia (pre-1963) Mitsubishi Electric (1963—2001) Daiichi Kosho Company (2001—present)[1] |
| Founded | September 6, 1963 |
| Distributor(s) | self-distributed |
| Genre | various |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Official website | http://www.crownrecord.co.jp/ |
Nippon Crown Co., Ltd. (日本クラウン株式会社, Nippon Kuraun Kabushikaisha) is a Japanese record label established as Crown Records on 6 September 1963.[2] It is a spin-off of Nippon Columbia and is owned by karaoke maker Daiichikosho. The record label singles which topped the Oricon Singles Chart are Kaze's "22-Sai no Wakare" (1975),[3] and Gackt's "Returner (Yami no Shūen)" (2007).[4]
Artists
Artists signed to Nippon Crown Music include:
- Band-Maid (on sublabel Revolver Records)
- Bis (on sublabel Revolver Records)
- Mao Denda
- Gackt
- Hanaboy
- Haruomi Hosono
- Tomomi Kasai
- Kimeru
- Saburō Kitajima
- Metis
- mizca
- Man With A Mission
- Lovely Doll
- Nightmare
- Mayo Okamoto
- Paradisio
- Predia (on sublabel Revolver Records)
- Psycho le Cému
- Seo In-guk
- Unchain (on sublabel Revolver Records)
- Vidoll
- Zigzo (on sublabel Crown Stones)
See also
- List of record labels
- Daiichi Kosho Company
- Nippon Columbia
- Mitsubishi Electric (Nippon Crown's former shareholder)
References
- ^ "Company" (in Japanese). Nippon Crown. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Nippon Crown". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ 1975年シングル年間ヒットチャート [Japanese Year-End Singles Chart 1975] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ "Gackt、1999年デビュー以来初の1位獲得!" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-06-26. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.
External links
- 日本クラウン株式会社 Official Website
- Nippon Crown at discogs.com