Uptown Records

This article is about the hip hop label. For the jazz record label, see Uptown Records (jazz).
Uptown Records
Parent companyUniversal Music Group
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986)
FounderAndre Harrell
StatusActive
Distributor(s)
GenreR&B, hip hop
Country of originU.S.
LocationNew York City

Uptown Records is an American record label, based in New York City, founded in 1986 by onetime rapper Andre Harrell.[1] From the late 1980s into the early 1990s, it was a leader in R&B and hip hop.[1]

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 355/6. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.