Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Jazz
410.0m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Ike and Tina Turner

St. Louis, US
Pop, R&B
523.5m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Chris Montez

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock
169.3m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Wes Montgomery

Indianapolis, US
Jazz
772.0m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Jimmie Rodgers

Meridian, US
Pop, Jazz, Country, Others, Folk
296.2m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Rio de Janeiro, BR
Pop, Jazz, Classical, Latin
4.4bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Phil Ochs

El Paso, US
Folk
142.0m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Louis Armstrong

New Orleans, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Classical
48.7bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Fairport Convention

London, GB
Country, Rock, Folk
137.3m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Procol Harum

London, GB
Rock, Folk
250.7m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

J.J. Johnson

Indianapolis, US
Jazz
10.0bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Paul Desmond

San Francisco, US
Jazz
1.5bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Melvin Van Peebles

Chicago, US
R&B, Others
770.4k all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Dillard & Clark

US
Country, Rock, Folk
18.1m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Spooky Tooth

Carlisle, GB
Pop, Rock, Blues
13.8m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Blodwyn Pig

GB
Rock, Blues
6.7m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Joe Cocker

Sheffield, GB
Rock
7.4bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Cat Stevens

GB
Rock, Folk
11.1bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

The Move

Birmingham, GB
Pop, Rock, Electro, Blues, Folk, Punk
9.3m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Humble Pie

Essex, US
Country, Rock, Blues, Folk
67.3m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Waylon Jennings

Littlefield, US
Country
10.9bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Carole King

New York, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
6.5bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Billy Preston

Houston, US
R&B, Rock
22.1bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Gene Clark

Tipton, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Alternative, American, Folk
1.6bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Peter Frampton

Beckenham, GB
Country, Rock, Blues, Folk
4.0bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Gerry Mulligan

New York, US
Jazz
1.8bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Stealers Wheel

London, GB
Pop, Rock, Folk
2.4bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Joan Baez

Staten Island, US
Folk
1.0bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Springfield, US
Country, Rock, Folk
93.7m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Kris Kristofferson

Brownsville, US
Country, Rock, Folk
7.2bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Supertramp

GB
Rock
7.0bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Dave Brubeck

Concord, US
Jazz, Classical
14.6bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Peggy Lee

Jamestown, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz
15.6bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Chris de Burgh

GB
Pop, Rock
3.2bn all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Styx

Chicago, US
Rock, Folk
2.2bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Captain & Tennille

Los Angeles, US
Pop
204.0m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Joan Armatrading

Basseterre, KN
Pop, Rock, American, Folk
511.9m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Kim Carnes

Los Angeles, US
Pop
3.9bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Gram Parsons

Winter Haven, US
Country, Rock, Alternative, American, Folk
949.8m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Chet Baker

Yale, US
Pop, Jazz
10.0bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

38 Special

Jacksonville, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
617.6m all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Squeeze

London, GB
Pop, Rock
386.2m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Hugh Masekela

Witbank, ZA
Pop, Jazz, Electro, Others
663.6m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

The Police

London, GB
Rock
7.5bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Joe Jackson

Burton-upon-Trent, GB
Pop, Rock, Folk
1.1bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

The Dickies

Los Angeles, US
Rock, Alternative, Punk
17.4m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Atlantic Starr

White Plains, US
Pop, R&B
228.3m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

Bryan Adams

CA
Pop, Rock, Folk
30.4bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

The Neville Brothers

New Orleans, US
R&B, Rock, Blues
62.8m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Oingo Boingo

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
395.6m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

John Cale

Garnant, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Alternative, Hip Hop, Others, Folk
4.7bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Robert Fripp

Wimborne Minster, GB
Jazz, Rock, Electro, Others, Instrumental
5.0bn all-time streams (11 Apr '26)

The Human League

Sheffield, GB
Pop, Rock, Electro
1.9bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Janet Jackson

Gary, US
Pop, R&B
38.2bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

The Blue Nile

Glasgow, GB
Pop, Rock, European, Others
106.8m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

The Dream Syndicate

Los Angeles, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Punk
10.7m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Sting

Wallsend, GB
Pop, Rock
31.9bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Al Green

Forrest City, US
R&B, Blues
3.2bn all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Suzanne Vega

Santa Monica, US
Pop, Rock, American, Folk
634.9m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Iggy Pop

Muskegon, US
Rock, Alternative, Punk
6.8bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

John Hiatt

Indianapolis, US
Country, Rock, Alternative, American, Blues, Folk
1.1bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

The Feelies

Hoboken, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Instrumental, Folk
45.0m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

UB40

Birmingham, GB
Reggae
1.8bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Soul Asylum

Minneapolis, US
Rock, Alternative
481.8m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

The Mekons

GB
Rock, Alternative, Punk
10.4m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Soundgarden

Seattle, US
Rock, Alternative, Metal
5.0bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Sun Ra

Birmingham, US
Jazz, Rock, Others, African
90.6m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Matthew Sweet

Lincoln, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Others, Folk
422.4m all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

Don Cherry

Oklahoma City, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Others
85.2m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

David Crosby

Los Angeles (LA), US
Country, Rock, American, Folk
21.8bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Temple of the Dog

Seattle, US
Rock, Alternative, Metal
753.6m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Stan Getz

US
Pop, Jazz
4.7bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Blues Traveler

Princeton, US
Rock, Alternative
525.4m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

US
Jazz
152.3m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Aaron Neville

New Orleans, US
R&B
405.2m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Gin Blossoms

Tempe, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative
747.7m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Stewart Copeland

Alexandria, US
Rock, Others
5.4bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Jann Arden

Calgary, CA
Pop, Rock, American
156.1m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Paw

US
R&B, Rock, Alternative, Hip Hop, Electro
7.7m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Dodgy

London, GB
Rock, European
51.2m all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Sheryl Crow

Kennett, US
Pop, Rock, American
11.7bn all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

CUD

GB
Alternative, European
4.1m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

The Bluetones

Hounslow, GB
Rock, Alternative, European, Blues
61.3m all-time streams (14 Apr '26)

Chris Cornell

Seattle, US
Rock, Alternative, Metal
5.5bn all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Billy Crystal

US
147.5m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Richie Havens

Brooklyn, US
Rock, Folk
605.2m all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

The Pussycat Dolls

Los Angeles, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
2.8bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Fergie

US
Pop, R&B
15.1bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Emitt Rhodes

Decatur, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
56.3m all-time streams (16 Apr '26)

Courteeners

GB
Pop, Rock, Alternative, European
490.3m all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

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Label: A&M Records

A&M Records

A&M Records ([l74446]) was started in 1962 by partners Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, hence the A&M (Alpert & Moss).
Their first release (following two singles released under the label name Carnival Records (4)) was "The Lonely Bull" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, which sold around 700,000 copies. Sixteen of the first 25 albums were certified gold by the RIAA and helped A&M become a major label and ultimately the world's largest independent record company.

Label code for royalty payments: LC 0485 / LC 00485

One method of identifying pressings is by a single-letter code printed on the center labels:
A = Sonic Recording Products, Inc. (until ca. 1975) or [l344965] (1975-1980s)
B = [l285745]
C = [l264380] (through 1984) or [l473670] (1985–1986)
R = [l406973]
W = [l442751]
X = [l447694]
Y = [l403953]
Z = [l376197]

A&M label history https://www.onamrecords.com/labels/a-m-records/146447/history

European A&M releases started using the PolyGram xxxxxx-x catalogue numbers at the end of 1984. Any release with such a number is after that date.

In Japan, the A&M Records imprint is managed by Universal Sigma and is independent of Interscope.

Some notable events over the years, courtesy of On A&M Records.com:
1967: Started distributing CTI Records in a deal that ran until 1970.
1967: The A&M Studios were installed in Hollywood, California. The label first appeared in the UK, distributed by Pye.
1969: A&M Records Ltd. opened in Great Britain.
1970: A&M Records Of Canada Limited was established.
1977: A&M opened an office in Europe. It was called A&M Records Europe S.A. and based in Paris. Titles were manufactured and distributed by CBS in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
1979: Started distributing I.R.S. Records. This deal continued until 1985.
1982: Started distributing the folk/new age label Windham Hill Records. This deal continued until 1989.
1987: Started distributing Twin Tone Records (selected titles) and Nimbus Records.
1988: Launched sub-label Vendetta Records in NYC. It was shut down in 1990.
1989: A&M was sold to PolyGram, but operated under Alpert and Moss's leadership until 1993. The sale included A&M of Canada and Britain and was effective January 1, 1990.
1991: Agreement signed with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to launch Perspective Records. It was shut down in 1996.
1993: Unhappy with the increased integration of the label into the PolyGram corporate structure, Alpert & Moss left A&M and start a new label, Almo Sounds.
1995: Three year agreement signed with producer Ric Wake to form DV8 Records.
1999: PolyGram becomes part of the international Universal Music Group.
1999: A&M is made part of the Interscope Geffen A&M division of Universal.
2004: Universal Sigma begins using the A&M Records imprint for domestic Japanese releases (operating independently of Interscope/Geffen/A&M).
2006: A&M Records is made a frontline label in the UK.
2007: Universal merges A&M with Octone Records and places Octone's management in charge of combined label as A&M/Octone Records (except in Japan and the UK).
2013: A&M/Octone is absorbed by Interscope.

Despite the label's absorption, its core artist Sting managed to release his music for Interscope Geffen A&M (now Interscope Capitol Labels Group) post-2013 under the A&M name; his recent release under the defunct imprint was 2021's The Bridge.


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