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Atlantic Records Group

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Umbrella label owned by Warner Music Group

Atlantic Music Group (formerly known as Atlantic Records Group until October 2024) is an umbrella label owned by Warner Music Group. It consists of three major labels: 300 Entertainment, 10K Projects, and Atlantic Records. The CEO is Elliot Grainge.2 Its chief executive is Craig Kallman (since 2005).1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1

Atlantic Music Group (formerly known as Atlantic Records Group until October 2024) is an umbrella label owned by Warner Music Group. It consists of three major labels: 300 Entertainment, 10K Projects, and Atlantic Records. The CEO is Elliot Grainge. In total, the label group has nearly three hundred artists on its roster.2

Corporate structure

Atlantic Records Group is part of a group headed by Access Industries. 514 entities, 42 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In 2004, Time Warner sold Warner Music to a group of private investors. As a cost-cutting maneuver, the new owners of Warner Music Group merged Atlantic Records with its sister, Elektra Records, to form The Atlantic Records Group. Upon the merger, Elektra became largely dormant, with most of its retained roster absorbed by Atlantic. In the years to follow, Atlantic Records Group would add a host of other labels to its umbrella, including: Roadrunner Records, Fueled by Ramen, Custard Records and Maybach Music Group. Elektra was reactivated as a brand of Atlantic Records Group in 2009. The same year Atlantic's dance and hip hop imprint Big Beat Records, which scored notable success for most of the 1990s (but had been in hibernation since 1998) was also relaunched.

On June 18, 2018, Warner Music Group announced the formation of Elektra Music Group to be launched as a stand-alone, independently managed primary label at WMG on October 1. Splitting off from Atlantic Records Group, EMG will take with it five labels that previously operated under the Atlantic group (including Elektra Records), three label staff, and a handful of major artists. Elektra's independence renews the WEA (Warner-Elektra-Atlantic) triad that had for decades mark the original company organization. Elektra co-presidents, however, will answer to Atlantic Records Group Chairman/CEO Craig Kallman and Chairman/COO Julie Greenwald.

In 2020, Atlantic Records announced the relaunching of its original subsidiary label Atco Records, under the authority of its A&R President Pete Ganbarg. This reactivation of Atco Records marks the first time in over 25 years that the label has actively operated under the Atlantic Records umbrella.

In 2024, Elliot Grainge become CEO. Atlantic Records Group was renamed to Atlantic Music Group. 300 Elektra Entertainment was dissolved, with imprints remaining under Atlantic Records. The three boutique labels from Oct 1 2024 to present day are 300 Entertainment, 10K Projects, and Atlantic Records

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Leadership

Who has led Atlantic Records Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • Atlantic Records Germany

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Timeline

  1. 2005New chief executive Craig Kallman becomes CEO1
  2. 2004Founded Founded1

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