Editing Interscope Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
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| name        = {{color|white|Interscope Records Inc.}}
| image       = [[file:Interscope Records.svg|frameless|upright=0.46|class=skin-invert]]
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| parent      = [[Universal Music Group]] (UMG)
| founded     = {{start date and age|1990}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Interscope|website=[[Complex Networks]]|url=https://www.complex.com/tag/interscope|access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref>
| founder     = {{hlist|[[Jimmy Iovine]]|[[Ted Field]]}}|
| fate        = 
| defunct     = 
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| distributor = {{ubl|[[Interscope Capitol Labels Group]]|(United States)|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|(United Kingdom and France)|[[Universal Music Group]]|(International)}}
| genre       = Various
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| url         = {{official website|name=interscope.com}}
}}

'''Interscope Records''' is an American [[record label]] based in [[Santa Monica, California]], owned by [[Universal Music Group]] through its [[Interscope Geffen A&M Records|Interscope Geffen A&M]] imprint. Founded in late 1990 by [[Jimmy Iovine]] and [[Ted Field]] as a $20&nbsp;million joint venture with [[Atlantic Records]] of [[Warner Music Group]] and [[Interscope Communications]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Interscope: Inside the Hit Factory|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 3, 1997|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/interscope-records-inside-the-hit-factory-118720/|access-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref> it differed from most record labels by letting [[Artists and repertoire|A&R staff]] control decisions and allowing artists and producers full creative control.<ref name="NYT Shunned 1995">{{cite news|last1=Foege|first1=Alec|title=Shunned, Scorned, and Doing Quite Nicely|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/03/arts/pop-music-scorned-shunned-and-doing-quite-nicely.html|access-date=September 19, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=December 3, 1995}}</ref> Interscope's first hit records arrived in under a year, and it achieved profitability in 1993.<ref name="1993 Hilburn LA Times">{{cite news|last1=Hilburn, Robert and|first1=Phillips, Chuck|title=They Sure Figured Something Out : Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field have broken all the rules at Interscope|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-ca-49148-story.html|access-date=August 1, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 24, 1993}}</ref> Chair and [[CEO]] until May 2014, Iovine was succeeded by [[John Janick]].<ref name="Janick HR">{{cite news|last1=Christman|first1=Ed|title=John Janick Replaces Jimmy Iovine Atop Interscope Geffen A&M|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-janick-replaces-jimmy-iovine-707662|access-date=September 23, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

In 1992, Interscope acquired the exclusive rights to market and distribute releases from [[hardcore hip hop]] label [[Death Row Records]], a decision that ultimately put the label at the center of the mid-1990s [[Gangsta rap#Criticism and debate|gangsta rap controversy]]. As a result, [[Time Warner]], then the parent of Warner Music Group, severed ties with Interscope by selling its 50 percent stake back to Field and Iovine for $115&nbsp;million in 1995. In 1996, 50% of the label was acquired for a reported $200&nbsp;million by [[MCA Inc.]],<ref name="1993 Hilburn LA Times"/><ref name="NY Times MCA buys 50%">{{cite news|last1=Fabrikant|first1=Geraldine|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS;MCA Agrees to Buy Stake in Interscope Record Label|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/22/business/the-media-business-mca-agrees-to-buy-stake-in-interscope-record-label.html|access-date=August 1, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=February 22, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-19-fi-26268-story.html|title=MCA Offers $200 Million to Acquire a 50% Stake in Interscope Records|last=PHILIPS|first=CHUCK|date=January 19, 1996|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 20, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> later known as Universal Music Group.

Interscope's artist roster includes [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Eminem]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[OneRepublic]], [[Dermot Kennedy]], [[Blackpink]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[DaBaby]], [[Billie Eilish]], [[Finneas O'Connell|Finneas]], [[Imagine Dragons]], [[Olivia Rodrigo]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Camila Cabello]], [[Playboi Carti]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Jennifer Hudson]], [[Ken Carson]], [[GloRilla]], [[Destroy Lonely]], [[Jay Rock]], [[ScHoolboy Q]], [[Lana Del Rey]], [[JID]], [[Maroon 5]], [[Moneybagg Yo]], [[Gwen Stefani]], [[Rae Sremmurd]], [[Gracie Abrams]],  [[Zedd]], [[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]], [[U2]], [[Yeat]], [[Yungblud]], [[Cuco (musician)|Cuco]], [[Juice Wrld]], [[d4vd]], [[Homixide Gang]], [[Reneé Rapp]], [[Nettspend]], [[2hollis]], [[J. Cole]], [[Iván Cornejo|Ivan Cornejo]] and [[Karol G]].