Epic has used many logos over the years. These are the first four...
...and this is the current version.
Epic Records is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. It was introduced in 1953 as a Columbia Records imprint that focused on pop, classical, and jazz, but by The '60s was releasing music in all genres.
The 1960s is also when Epic had its first lasting successes, with crooner Bobby Vinton, several British Invasion bands (including Dave Clark Five, The Hollies and The Yardbirds), and Sly and the Family Stone keeping the label on the charts. However, Epic really came into its own in 1983, when its release of Michael Jackson's Thriller became the highest-selling album of all time.
Not to be confused with Epic Rocking.
Epic Records performers, past and present, with TV Tropes pages:
- 3LW
- 21 Savage
- Abba (UK only)
- abingdon boys school
- Accept
- AC/DC
- Alice Cooper
- Alkaline Trio
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Anastacia
- Annihilator
- Apollo 440
- Fiona Apple
- Aquamarine (Soundtrack)
- Asia (South America only)
- Fred Astaire
- Attila
- Audioslave
- Bad Brains
- Bad Religion
- Sara Bareilles
- The Beach Boys
- Jeff Beck
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Black Sabbath
- Blondie
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
- Boston
- Brandy
- James Brown
- The Buggles
- Alexandra Burke
- Busta Rhymes
- The Byrds (a few Spanish releases)
- Camel
- Mariah Carey
- Lynda Carter
- Cheap Trick
- Cheech & Chong (one single)
- Cher
- John Cooper Clarke
- Chevelle
- Ciara
- The Clash
- George Clinton
- Bruce Cockburn
- Sean Combs
- Cradle of Filth
- Creed (Argentina only)
- Culture Club (US and Canada only)
- Danger Danger
- Dead or Alive
- Death Grips
- Joe Diffie
- Céline Dion
- Donovan
- Dope
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Duran Duran
- Ian Dury and The Blockheads (US and Canada only)
- Eazy-E
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Gloria Estefan
- Europe
- Evanescence
- Fifth Harmony
- Fleetwood Mac (the first two albums; US and Canada only)
- Ben Folds
- Franz Ferdinand (outside of Europe)
- The Fray
- Kinky Friedman
- Front 242
- The Go-Go's (South America only)
- Good Charlotte
- Delta Goodrem
- Steve Hackett (US and Canada only)
- Merle Haggard
- Herbie Hancock (reissues in Russia and Brazil)
- David Hasselhoff
- Imogen Heap
- Heart
- Ty Herndon
- The Hollies (US and Canada only)
- Haruomi Hosono
- Incubus
- INXS (US and Canada only)
- Iron Maiden
- The Isley Brothers
- Michael Jackson
- The Jacksons
- Jamiroquai
- Japan (US only)
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- Waylon Jennings
- Joan Jett
- Elton John (South America only)
- Don Johnson
- George Jones
- Tom Jones
- Judas Priest (Japan only)
- Kansas
- Karmin
- DJ Khaled
- Carole King
- Robert Klein
- KONGOS
- Korn
- Kreator
- Kris Kristofferson
- Labelle
- Lamb of God
- Miranda Lambert
- Zara Larsson
- Cyndi Lauper
- Avril Lavigne
- The Lightning Seeds
- Little Richard
- Live
- Living Colour
- Cher Lloyd
- Jennifer Lopez
- Lostprophets
- Patty Loveless
- Loverboy (Japan only)
- Manic Street Preachers
- Bob Marley (some reissues of early material)
- Meat Loaf
- Men at Work (Japan only)
- Metal Church
- Mew
- Midnight Oil (Japan only)
- Modest Mouse
- Janelle Monáe
- Mandy Moore
- Motörhead
- Mudvayne
- National Lampoon
- Rick Nelson
- Willie Nelson
- Night Ranger (Canada only)
- Ted Nugent
- Oasis (US and Canada only)
- The Offspring (Japan only)
- Mike Oldfield (US and Canada only)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (US and Canada only)
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Pearl Jam
- Anthony Perkins
- Phantom Planet
- Emo Phillips
- Pink Cream 69
- Roddy Piper
- Prefab Sprout
- Primal Scream (US and Canada only)
- Puffy AmiYumi
- Quiet Riot
- The Radiators (US)
- Rage Against the Machine
- Ray J
- Collin Raye
- Redbone
- R.E.M. (Spain only)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- REO Speedwagon
- Cliff Richard (US only)
- Riders in the Sky
- Minnie Riperton
- Rick Ross
- Rush (Japan only)
- Sade
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (US, Canada, and UK only at varying points)
- Joe Satriani
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Jill Scott
- Travis Scott
- The Script
- Shakira
- Carly Simon
- Jessica Simpson
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Social Distortion
- Spandau Ballet
- Jim Steinman
- Al Stewart (US only)
- Doug Stone
- The Stranglers
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Donna Summer
- Tears for Fears
- Tenacious D
- The The
- Linda Thorson (France only)
- T.I.
- Tokio Hotel
- Traffic
- Meghan Trainor
- Travis
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Uriah Heep (Mexico and Spain only)
- Hikaru Utada
- Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (one single as "The Four Lovers")
- Luther Vandross
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Wham!
- Barry White
- XTC (US only)
- "Weird Al" Yankovic (Australia, New Zealand and Mexico only)
- The Yardbirds (US only)
- Yellow Magic Orchestra (Europe and Canada only)
- Pia Zadora
- Frank Zappa (Canada only)
