Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. | |
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Parent company | BMG Rights Management |
Founded | 1979 |
Founder | Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor |
Defunct | 2007 |
Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group[1] (physical) BMG Rights Management (digital) |
Genre | Rock, heavy metal, pop, electronic, hip hop |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and is, as of 2013, a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management solely for reissues.[2] Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest music management company in the world.[3] It was also the world's largest independent owner of music intellectual property rights, with over 160,000 songs.[4]