Zomba Records
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Zomba Records was a prominent music company and record label group best known for managing and releasing work by major pop and R&B artists, including through its flagship Jive Records imprint.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zomba Records canonical | 15 |
| Zomba Music Group | 4 |
| Zomba Recording Corporation | 3 |
| Zomba Recording | 2 |
| Jive Zomba Recording Corporation | 1 |
| Zomba Recording Corporation Australia | 1 |
| Zomba Recording Corporation Germany | 1 |
| Zomba Recording Corporation UK | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4521439 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zomba Records Context triple: [Rock Your Body, label, Zomba Records]
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A.
Malaco Records
Malaco Records is an American independent record label best known for its influential soul, blues, and gospel releases, particularly from Southern artists.
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B.
Kemosabe Records
Kemosabe Records is an American record label founded by producer Dr. Luke, known for signing prominent pop and hip-hop artists such as Doja Cat.
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C.
Alligator Records
Alligator Records is a renowned independent American blues and roots music label known for championing influential artists and preserving traditional blues styles.
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D.
Octone Records
Octone Records is the record label known for launching and releasing early music by the pop-rock band Maroon 5.
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E.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zomba Records Target entity description: Zomba Records was a prominent music company and record label group best known for managing and releasing work by major pop and R&B artists, including through its flagship Jive Records imprint.
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A.
Malaco Records
Malaco Records is an American independent record label best known for its influential soul, blues, and gospel releases, particularly from Southern artists.
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B.
Kemosabe Records
Kemosabe Records is an American record label founded by producer Dr. Luke, known for signing prominent pop and hip-hop artists such as Doja Cat.
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C.
Alligator Records
Alligator Records is a renowned independent American blues and roots music label known for championing influential artists and preserving traditional blues styles.
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D.
Octone Records
Octone Records is the record label known for launching and releasing early music by the pop-rock band Maroon 5.
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E.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music company
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record label ⓘ |
| businessModel | combination of publishing, management, and recording services ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| distribution |
Arista Records
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RCA Records ⓘ Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ |
| fate |
acquired by Bertelsmann Music Group
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integrated into Sony BMG Music Entertainment ⓘ operations absorbed into Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ |
| flagshipLabel | Jive Records ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
R&B music
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dance music ⓘ hip hop music ⓘ pop music ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing contemporary R&B artists
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developing teen pop acts in the late 1990s ⓘ successful global pop marketing through Jive Records ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Aaliyah
ⓘ
Backstreet Boys ⓘ Britney Spears ⓘ Chris Brown ⓘ Ciara ⓘ DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ⓘ
linked to:
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Justin Timberlake ⓘ Kris Kross ⓘ
linked to:
Kriss Kross
NSYNC ⓘ Outkast ⓘ Pink ⓘ R. Kelly ⓘ TLC ⓘ Usher ⓘ |
| ownedImprint |
Battery Records
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Jive Afrika ⓘ Jive Electro ⓘ Jive House ⓘ Jive Records ⓘ Jive Records Nashville ⓘ
linked to:
Jive Records
Jive Zomba Recording Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Records
LaFace Records ⓘ Silvertone Records ⓘ So So Def Recordings ⓘ Verity Records ⓘ Volcano Entertainment ⓘ Zomba Enterprises ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Group of Companies
Zomba Film & Television ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Productions
Zomba Gospel ⓘ Zomba Management ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Management and Publishers
Zomba Music Publishers ⓘ Zomba Productions ⓘ Zomba Recording Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Label Group
Zomba Recording Corporation Australia ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Records
Zomba Recording Corporation Germany ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Records
Zomba Recording Corporation South Africa ⓘ Zomba Recording Corporation UK ⓘ
linked to:
Zomba Records
Zomba Screen Music ⓘ Zomba Songs ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Bertelsmann Music Group
ⓘ
Sony BMG Music Entertainment ⓘ
linked to:
Sony BMG
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zomba Records Description of subject: Zomba Records was a prominent music company and record label group best known for managing and releasing work by major pop and R&B artists, including through its flagship Jive Records imprint.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Zomba Records
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linked to: Zomba Records
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linked to: Zomba Records
linked to: Zomba Records
"Señorita" (Justin Timberlake) music video
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Zomba Recording Corporation
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subject linked to:
“Señorita” (Justin Timberlake) music video
linked to: Zomba Records
linked to: Zomba Records
linked to: Zomba Records
linked to: Zomba Records
linked to: Zomba Records
subject linked to:
"Cotton Eye Joe"
subject linked to:
"Hands of Time" by Groove Armada