| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/polydor.jpeg]] |
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| 3 | Polydor Records is a European record label with a long history. It was founded in 1913 in UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, becoming popular in the late 1940s. A British branch, Polydor Records Ltd., was established in 1954, and an American branch was founded in 1969. |
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| 5 | In 1972, it was reorganized into [=PolyGram=], which merged Polydor with Phonogram [[note]]corporate parent to the Creator/{{Philips|Records}}, Creator/{{Mercury|Records}}, Creator/{{Fontana|Records}} and Creator/{{Vertigo|Records}} labels[[/note]] and increased its influence on the rock and disco scene. Around the same time, it also acquired Creator/MGMRecords. However, Polydor's popularity began to wane in TheNineties. In 1998, [=PolyGram=] was purchased by [=SeaGram=], and later, Creator/UniversalMusicGroup. It was folded into the Creator/{{Interscope|Records}} Creator/{{Geffen|Records}} Creator/AAndMRecords umbrella, which it remains a part of today. |
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| 7 | Polydor is responsible for distributing Interscope's releases in the United Kingdom, while Interscope Geffen A&M in turn distributes Polydor's releases in the US. |
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| 11 | !!Polydor Records artists, past and present, with Website/TVTropes pages: |
| 12 | [[index]] |
| 13 | * Music/TenCc |
| 14 | * Music/The1975 |
| 15 | ** 2013 - ''Music/The1975Album'' |
| 16 | ** 2016 - ''Music/ILikeItWhenYouSleepForYouAreSoBeautifulYetSoUnawareOfIt'' |
| 17 | * Music/AHa |
| 18 | * Music/{{ABBA}} |
| 19 | * Music/AceOfBase |
| 20 | * Music/BryanAdams |
| 21 | * Music/AliProject |
| 22 | * Music/{{Alphabeat}} |
| 23 | * Music/{{Alphaville}} |
| 24 | * Music/{{Angra}} |
| 25 | * Music/ArtOfNoise[[note]]Gained the distribution rights to their China Records output in 1988 and kept them in the UK until 1993. Releases during this time are billed under both China and Polydor's names.[[/note]] |
| 26 | * Music/AshtonGardnerAndDyke |
| 27 | * Music/AzealiaBanks |
| 28 | * Music/TonyBanks (US and Canada only) |
| 29 | * Music/WildWillyBarrett |
| 30 | * Music/TheBeatles, sort of[[note]]An early version of the Fab Four, "The Beat Brothers", backed Polydor singer Tony Sheridan and did a few solo tracks on his album; Polydor reissued these tracks when the Beatles became famous. Later, Polydor issued a double album of Beatle interviews from the late 60s.[[/note]] |
| 31 | * Music/TheBeeGees |
| 32 | * Music/TheBigThree |
| 33 | * Music/{{Bjork}} |
| 34 | * Music/TheBlackEyedPeas |
| 35 | ** Music/WillIAm |
| 36 | * Music/SarahBrightman |
| 37 | * Music/ArthurBrown |
| 38 | * Music/JamesBrown |
| 39 | * Music/TheCardigans |
| 40 | * Music/EricClapton |
| 41 | * Music/LloydCole |
| 42 | * Music/{{Cream}} |
| 43 | * Music/TheCreatures |
| 44 | * Music/TheCureBand |
| 45 | * Music/{{Daya}} |
| 46 | * Music/DeepPurple |
| 47 | * Music/LanaDelRey |
| 48 | * Music/DerekAndTheDominos |
| 49 | * Creator/JasonDonovan (1993 and 2012 albums only) |
| 50 | * Music/DrDre |
| 51 | * Music/TheDubliners |
| 52 | * Music/{{Ian Dury|And The Blockheads}} |
| 53 | * Music/{{Eminem}} |
| 54 | * Music/BrianEno (in partnership with EG Records outside of the US and Canada) |
| 55 | * Music/FairportConvention |
| 56 | * [[Music/FelaKuti Fela and Afrika 70]] |
| 57 | * Music/SamFender |
| 58 | ** 2019 - ''Music/HypersonicMissiles'' |
| 59 | ** 2021 - ''Music/SeventeenGoingUnder'' |
| 60 | * Music/{{Fishmans}} |
| 61 | * Music/GangOfFour |
| 62 | * Music/AndyGibb |
| 63 | * Music/GirlsAloud |
| 64 | ** Music/{{Cheryl}} |
| 65 | * Music/SelenaGomez |
| 66 | * Music/EllieGoulding |
| 67 | * Music/GoldenEarring |
| 68 | * Music/GunsNRoses |
| 69 | * Music/{{Haim}} (Europe only) |
| 70 | * Music/YoshikiHayashi |
| 71 | * Music/IsaacHayes |
| 72 | * Music/TheHollies |
| 73 | * Music/ImagineDragons |
| 74 | * Music/TheJam |
| 75 | * Music/JeanMichelJarre (in partnership with Dreyfus Records outside of France) |
| 76 | * Music/CarlyRaeJepsen |
| 77 | * Music/TomJones |
| 78 | * Music/TobyKeith |
| 79 | * Music/KingCrimson (in partnership with EG Records outside the US and Canada) |
| 80 | ** Music/RobertFripp |
| 81 | * Music/KendrickLamar |
| 82 | * Music/TheLas |
| 83 | * Music/JohnLennon |
| 84 | * Music/DemiLovato |
| 85 | * Music/KirstyMaccoll |
| 86 | * Music/MachineGunKelly |
| 87 | * Music/{{Madonna}} |
| 88 | * Music/TimMaia |
| 89 | * Music/YngwieMalmsteen |
| 90 | * Music/ManfredMann's Chapter Three (US and Canada only) |
| 91 | * Music/Maroon5 |
| 92 | * Music/CWMcCall |
| 93 | * Music/{{MIA}} |
| 94 | * Music/TheMoodyBlues |
| 95 | * Music/VanMorrison |
| 96 | * Music/TheMove |
| 97 | * Music/MutyaKeishaSiobhan |
| 98 | ** Music/MutyaBuena |
| 99 | ** Music/SiobhanDonaghy |
| 100 | * Music/{{OMC}} (Canada only) |
| 101 | * Music/OneRepublic |
| 102 | * Music/{{Outrage}} |
| 103 | * Music/YokoOno |
| 104 | * Music/ProcolHarum (Europe and Japan only) |
| 105 | * Music/JadenSmith |
| 106 | * Music/TheRollingStonesBand |
| 107 | * Music/RoxyMusic (in partnership with EG Records outside the US and Canada) |
| 108 | * Music/{{Saga}} |
| 109 | * Music/{{Santana}} |
| 110 | * Music/TheSaturdays |
| 111 | * Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees |
| 112 | * Music/TroyeSivan |
| 113 | * Music/{{Slade}} |
| 114 | * Music/SonicYouth (Europe only) |
| 115 | * Music/RingoStarr |
| 116 | * Music/GwenStefani |
| 117 | * Music/{{Sting}} |
| 118 | * Music/{{Take That|Band}} |
| 119 | * Music/TalkTalk[[note]]''Music/LaughingStock'' was released on the Polydor-owned Creator/VerveRecords in the UK and on Polydor in the US and Canada, with the two labels splitting duties across various other regions; Mark Hollis' [[Music/MarkHollisAlbum 1998 solo album]] was also released through Polydor[[/note]] |
| 120 | * Creator/LilyTomlin |
| 121 | * Music/{{Traffic|Band}} (Canada only) |
| 122 | * Music/TransX |
| 123 | * Music/{{UK}} |
| 124 | * Music/{{Vangelis}} |
| 125 | * Music/TheVelvetUnderground (through subsidiary Creator/VerveRecords in the 60's; has handled reissues and compilations themselves since the 90's) |
| 126 | * Music/{{Visage|Band}} |
| 127 | * Music/TheWaitresses |
| 128 | * Music/{{Whitesnake}} (Japan only) |
| 129 | * Music/TheWho |
| 130 | * Music/ChelyWright |
| 131 | * Music/{{Yello}} |
| 132 | * [[Music/CatStevens Yusuf]] |
| 133 | * Music/{{Zedd}} |
| 134 | * Music/{{Zucchero}} |
| 135 | [[/index]] |
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