RCA Records

RCA Records is a subsidiary company of Sony BMG. Some of the big artists and bands which are under RCA Records Include:

• Christina Aguilera
• Foo Fighters
• Avril Lavigne
• Kings of Leon
• Kelly Clarkson

RCA Records was originally called The Victor Talking Machine Company. The Victor Talking Machine Company was back then the world's biggest manufacturers of phonographs including the famous phonograph Victrola and phonograph records which is in the British English the gramophone records. The company was soon after renamed to RCA Victor. RCA Victor needed New World rights to the famous trademark called Nipper. In Shanghai China, RCA Victor was the lead competitor to Baak Doi. The initials of RCA Records stands for Radio Corporation of America, which was then later renamed RCA Corporation which was the parent corporation from 1928 to 1983 and a partner from 1983 to 1986.

RCA is the name of three different co-owned record labels. RCA Records is the pop and rock music and the country music label. RCA Victor is the blues music, world music, jazz musicals and other musical genres which do not fit into the music genre of pop. RCA Red Seal is a well known classical music label with the re-issue of the sub-label called RCA Gold Seal.

RCA also has defunct labels, they are RCA Camden, RCA Victrola and RCA Custom, famed for the issuing of record compilations for the Reader's Digest Association as well as pressing records for other record companies.