Marian Records
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Marian Records is a Nashville
-based record label
specializing in pop music
with an initial emphasis in electronic
and dance music
including commercial crossover, house
, trance
and progressive styles. Formed in 2005
, Marian Records' exclusive distributor is RED Distribution (a unit of SONY/ BMG Entertainment). Marian Records' artists include Ella, Siria, Barcera, Volare, Jaymen, Joey Peate, and Sarah Taylor. Marian Records is also home to the MAX brand of dance compilations. Marian Records has enjoyed 3 singles thus far on the Billboard charts.
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
-based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
specializing in pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
with an initial emphasis in electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
including commercial crossover, house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
and progressive styles. Formed in 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
, Marian Records' exclusive distributor is RED Distribution (a unit of SONY/ BMG Entertainment). Marian Records' artists include Ella, Siria, Barcera, Volare, Jaymen, Joey Peate, and Sarah Taylor. Marian Records is also home to the MAX brand of dance compilations. Marian Records has enjoyed 3 singles thus far on the Billboard charts.