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Founded
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Notable Artists
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Record Label
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1889
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Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen
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Columbia
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1900
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Kenny Rogers, Lou Reed, Dave Matthews, NSYNC
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RCA
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1931
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Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen
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EMI
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1939
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Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Art Blakey
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Blue Note
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1947
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Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, Coldplay
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Atlantic
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1952
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Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison
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Sun
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1959
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Bob Marley, U2, The Killers, PJ Harvey
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Island
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1960
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Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder
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Motown
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1961
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Otis Redding, Booker T and the M.G.s, Isaac Hayes
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Stax
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1968
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George Harrison, The Beatles
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Apple Corps
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1972
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Sex Pistols, Smashing Pumpkins, Blur, Spice Girls
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Virgin
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1980
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Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The National
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4AD
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1984
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Public Enemy, Kanye West, LL Cool J, Jay-Z
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Def Jam
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1986
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Nirvana, Soundgarden, The Postal Service, Fleet Foxes
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Sub Pop
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1989
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Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Squarepusher
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Warp
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1992
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2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg
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Death Row
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Other labels that came to mind are Epitaph, Kill Rock Stars, and Definitive Jux, but those might be too niche.
I also thought about Astralwerks and Capitol Records, but after some research I learned the former is a division of the latter, and the latter is a subsidiary of one of the extant answers.