Creator / Polydor Records

Polydor Records is a European record label with a long history. It was founded in 1913 in 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.

In 1972, it was reorganized into PolyGram, which merged Polydor with Phonogram ^note corporate parent to the Philips, Mercury, Fontana and Vertigo labels and increased its influence on the rock and disco scene. Around the same time, it also acquired MGM Records. However, Polydor's popularity began to wane in The '90s. In 1998, PolyGram was purchased by SeaGram, and later, Universal Music Group. It was folded into the Interscope Geffen A&M Records umbrella, which it remains a part of today.

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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Polydor Records artists, past and present, with TV Tropes pages:

• 10cc
• The 1975
  • 2013 - The 1975 (Album)
  • 2016 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
• A Ha
• ABBA
• Ace of Base
• Bryan Adams
• Ali Project
• Alphabeat
• Alphaville
• Angra
• Art of Noise^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.
• Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
• Azealia Banks
• Tony Banks (US and Canada only)
• Wild Willy Barrett
• The Beatles, 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.
• The Bee Gees
• The Big Three
• Björk
• The Black Eyed Peas
  • will.i.am
• Sarah Brightman
• Arthur Brown
• James Brown
• The Cardigans
• Eric Clapton
• Lloyd Cole
• Cream
• The Creatures
• The Cure (Band)
• Daya
• Deep Purple
• Lana Del Rey
• Derek and the Dominos
• Jason Donovan (1993 and 2012 albums only)
• Dr. Dre
• The Dubliners
• Ian Dury
• Eminem
• Brian Eno (in partnership with EG Records outside of the US and Canada)
• Fairport Convention
• Fela and Afrika 70
• Sam Fender
  • 2019 - Hypersonic Missiles
  • 2021 - Seventeen Going Under
• Fishmans
• Gang of Four
• Andy Gibb
• Girls Aloud
  • Cheryl
• Selena Gomez
• Ellie Goulding
• Golden Earring
• Guns N' Roses
• Haim (Europe only)
• Yoshiki Hayashi
• Isaac Hayes
• The Hollies
• Imagine Dragons
• The Jam
• Jean-Michel Jarre (in partnership with Dreyfus Records outside of France)
• Carly Rae Jepsen
• Tom Jones
• Toby Keith
• King Crimson (in partnership with EG Records outside the US and Canada)
  • Robert Fripp
• Kendrick Lamar
• The La's
• John Lennon
• Demi Lovato
• Kirsty MacColl
• Machine Gun Kelly
• Madonna
• Tim Maia
• Yngwie Malmsteen
• Manfred Mann's Chapter Three (US and Canada only)
• Maroon 5
• C. W. McCall
• M.I.A.
• The Moody Blues
• Van Morrison
• The Move
• Mutya Keisha Siobhan
  • Mutya Buena
  • Siobhán Donaghy
• OMC (Canada only)
• OneRepublic
• Outrage
• Yoko Ono
• Procol Harum (Europe and Japan only)
• Jaden Smith
• The Rolling Stones (Band)
• Roxy Music (in partnership with EG Records outside the US and Canada)
• Saga
• Santana
• The Saturdays
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Troye Sivan
• Slade
• Sonic Youth (Europe only)
• Ringo Starr
• Gwen Stefani
• Sting
• Take That
• Talk Talk^note Laughing Stock was released on the Polydor-owned Verve Records in the UK and on Polydor in the US and Canada, with the two labels splitting duties across various other regions; Mark Hollis' 1998 solo album was also released through Polydor
• Lily Tomlin
• Traffic (Canada only)
• Trans-X
• U.K.
• Vangelis
• The Velvet Underground (through subsidiary Verve Records in the 60's; has handled reissues and compilations themselves since the 90's)
• Visage
• The Waitresses
• Whitesnake (Japan only)
• The Who
• Chely Wright
• Yello
• Yusuf
• Zedd
• Zucchero

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