The term ?label? refers to the logo or a picture of a particular company or a brand. Every finished product that we buy from the market carries a label or a logo of its manufacturer or seller. In fact when we go to the market for buying something it is the label that we look for to make sure that we are buying the best product in the market. Same is the case for music industry. Here a label speaks of the company where music of a particular movie or album has been recorded. Commonly known as ?record labels? these logos are also signature marks of companies that do the marketing and promotion of musical records, cassettes, CDs and DVDs. There are hundreds of companies in the global music industry that earn revenues by manufacturing, promoting, marketing and selling audio products and the most popular among those are known as major record labels.

The major record labels in Hollywood are way ahead of the others as far as volume of sales is concerned and some are in this trade for several decades. Today their logo is just enough to capture the market of audio products within days of launch. There are billions of music lovers all over the world who wait for major record labels to launch their products in the market. The quality of the album and the efforts of the artist do not matter to them It is like ?when it is the product of x company, the album will surely be a super hit?. BMG Crescendo is one such major record label which is connected with the sky high popularity of numerous super hit music albums in Hollywood. In India, HMV is a name that enjoys almost the same reputation. The music Industry of India is among the largest in the eastern part of the world and the country is home lot of music companies, but HMV has been an undisputed leader in the market for ages.

As music cassettes and CDs are bought for personal collections, one must make sure that he or she is buying the product of the best brand in the market and the product is genuine. The way

are spreading wings all over the world one cannot rule out the risk of getting cheated. So the best way is to check the label of the company before paying the money.

But the question is, how would you buy a cassette or CD of a major record label? It may happen that you are looking for an album which is not available in your local market. What would you do? Log on to the internet and search for the website of the company that has released the album. It is the age of online marketing and to make maximum profit, all major record labels in the world maintain their

. You can now acquire your desired music album simply by ordering online. Moreover you can get detailed information on all albums released by a particular company in the past as well as those, which are yet to hit the market from its website. You can get to know about all albums in details, information about artists, music directors and lot f other things about the music industry. For students pursuing studies on Hollywood music, the websites of major record labels could be very helpful.

Shopping malls and music stores generally do not keep old stocks. They believe in the popularity of . But what it your way out if you are looking for a cassette or CD which was a best seller few years back? Thanks to internet, there is an easy way out today. You can check the availability of the album in the website of the record label and can have it without roaming from store to store. Just order now and you can have it within a short time.

Names of some of the major record labels in Hollywood are given below:

?Warner Bros. Records

?Virgin Records America

?Sony Music Online

?Angel Records

?American Recordings

?Columbia Records

?Capitol Records

?A&M Records

?Deutsche Grammophon

?Philips Music Group

?Rhino Records

?Universal Music Group