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Kingsland, US
Country, Rock, Hip Hop
31.2bn all-time streams (20 Apr '26)

Slayer

Huntington Park, US
Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, Metal
2.4bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

The Black Crowes

Atlanta, US
Country, Rock, Alternative
1.2bn all-time streams (12 Apr '26)

The Jayhawks

Minneapolis, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Alternative, American, Folk
133.0m all-time streams (18 Apr '26)

Skinny Puppy

Vancouver, CA
Rock, Alternative, Electro, Others, Metal
66.8m all-time streams (19 Apr '26)

MC 900 Ft Jesus

Dallas, US
Hip Hop
11.3m all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

Donovan

GB
Pop, R&B, Country, Rock, Kids, Folk
1.2bn all-time streams (17 Apr '26)

Willie Nelson

Abbott, US
Pop, Country, American, Folk
22.5bn all-time streams (13 Apr '26)

System of a Down

Los Angeles, US
Metal
13.1bn all-time streams (21 Apr '26)

Neil Diamond

New York, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
4.2bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

ZZ Top

Houston, US
Country, Rock
5.3bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

Band of Horses

Seattle, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, Blues, Folk
1.2bn all-time streams (15 Apr '26)

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Label: American Recordings

American Recordings

US label.
Label Code: LC 7181/ LC 07181
Originally founded as Def American Recordings in 1988 by Rick Rubin as a label for hip-hop and metal acts, although it has a very eclectic range. In 1993, it was renamed American Recordings. It has gone through many distributors since its founding, including Warner Bros. Records, BMG (Europe), Island Def Jam Music Group and now Sony Music Entertainment since Rick Rubin was hired as co-president of Sony Music's Columbia Records in 2007. In 2012, Rick Rubin, upon his exit from Sony Music Entertainment, signed a new deal with Universal Republic Records (Universal Republic later changed its name to Republic Records) for a new incarnation of American. The first albums to be released under this new deal were ZZ Top's La Futura and The Avett Brothers' The Carpenter


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