Monument Records

Monument Records
Parent companySony Music Entertainment
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
FounderFred Foster
Buddy Deane
Jack Kirby
GenreVarious
Country of originU.S.
Official websitemonument-records.com

Monument Records is an American record label co-founded in 1958 by Fred Foster. Originally founded in Washington, D.C., the label moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1960, and experienced success over the next two decades with a number of artists including Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Ray Stevens, Kris Kristofferson, Charlie McCoy, Boots Randolph, Jeannie Seely and others.

Following financial struggles and bankruptcy, CBS Records acquired the Monument catalog in the 1980s. CBS successor Sony Music reactivated the label in 1997 as a country label, then relaunching the label in 2017.[1]

  1. ^ "Sony Music's Monument Records Revived By Jason Owen, Shane McAnally". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2017.