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Motown
American record label
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Details
Instance of
record label
Inception
12 January 1959
Country
United States
Operator
Motown Record Corporation
Founded by
Berry Gordy
Headquarters
Los Angeles
Owned by
Capitol Music Group
Genre
soul
child organization or unit
Rare Earth Records
,
Soul
,
Tamla
different from
Motown
discography
Motown catalog
distributed by
Capitol Music Group
,
Virgin EMI Records
,
Universal Music Group
parent organization or unit
Universal Music Group
,
Republic Corps
short name
Motown
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topic's main category
Category:Motown
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Subject of
Motown catalog
Motown singles discography
Motown albums discography
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