Christopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell (born 22 June 1937) is an English businessman and record producer, and the founder of Island Recorders,which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels."
Island Recorders was founded in Jamaica on 4 July 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall and Leslie Kong, and partially finance by Stanley Borden from RKO.
As of February 2014,three Island label brands exist in the world:U.K.,USA and Australia.Partially due to the labels significant legacy, Island Recorders artist Melissa Etheridge stated :If you want to look at world music,music of the last fifty years that changed the world,you need look no further than Island records."
Demi Lovato, Fall Out Boy, Nick Jonas,American Authors, Keke Palmer, Brian Fallon, Taio Cruz,the
Vamps,Kiesza,Nikki Williams,Shawn Mendes,Neon Trees,Tove Lo,Avicci,Bon Jovi,and Tom Waits whereas the current UK roster includes Ben Howard,Florence and The Machine,Ariana Grande,Mumford and Sons, John Newman,Hozier,Catfish and the Bottlemen,Disclosure,AlunaGeorge,Leona Lewis, Keane,James Morrison,Mollie King,Annie Lennox and Will Young.
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