Atlantic

Headquarters: New York, NY

Founded: 1947

Founded by: Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson

Link: Official Site

Genre(s):
 * R&B
 * Rock
 * Pop
 * Dance
 * Jazz

Active Roster

 * Apartment 26
 * Audiovent
 * Bump J
 * Cham
 * Cold
 * Craig David
 * Death Cab For Cutie
 * Dream Theater
 * Duncan Sheik
 * Elephant Man
 * Ellie Lawson
 * Fabolous
 * Fat Joe
 * Funeral For A Friend
 * Geddy Lee
 * Gratitude
 * Handsome Boy Modeling School
 * Hard-Fi
 * INXS
 * James Blunt
 * Jason Mraz
 * Jawbox
 * Jet
 * Jewel
 * Jimmy Page
 * Joe Firstman
 * John Gregory
 * Junior Senior
 * Kevin Lyttle
 * Kid Rock
 * Kill Hannah
 * Kon Kan
 * Laura Pausini
 * Leslie Mills
 * Lil' Kim
 * Lina
 * Lucy Woodward
 * Lupe Fiasco
 * M2M
 * Major Harris
 * The Manhattan Transfer
 * Marion Raven
 * Matchbox Twenty
 * Melvins
 * Missy Elliott
 * MC5
 * Charles Mingus
 * Moments In Grace
 * Nate Dogg
 * Nappy Roots
 * New Blood Revival
 * P.O.D.
 * Pajama Party
 * Psychefunkapus
 * Poison The Well
 * Pulseultra
 * Quan
 * The Rascals
 * Robert Plant
 * Roberta Flack
 * Rupee
 * Saigon
 * Sean Paul
 * Shadows Fall
 * Shinedown
 * Sparta
 * Staind
 * Sugar Ray
 * Sunshine Anderson
 * T.I.
 * Taproot
 * The Corrs
 * The Darkness
 * The Donnas
 * The Format
 * The Red West
 * The Stills
 * The Streets
 * Tracy Chapman
 * Trick Daddy
 * Trina
 * Tweet
 * Twista
 * Wayne Wonder
 * Whitestarr
 * Will Hoge

Inactive Roster

 * ABBA
 * AC/DC
 * Aretha Franklin
 * Bush
 * Ray Charles
 * Chic
 * The Coasters
 * Ornette Coleman
 * John Coltrane
 * Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
 * Duke Ellington
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer
 * Firefall
 * Foreigner
 * Genesis
 * Dusty Springfield
 * Led Zeppelin
 * Neil Young
 * Nu Shooz
 * RuPaul
 * Rush
 * Silverchair
 * Sister Sledge
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * The Temptations
 * The Velvet Underground
 * Wilson Pickett
 * Yes

Key Releases
Too many to list

Biography
Atlantic was started in 1947, primarily as an R&B label, although over time it became a major label with many pop, jazz and rock releases. It became a major in the early 1960s, and was bought by Warner Brothers in 1967. It's one of the major Warner Brothers labels, along with Elektra that make up WEA.