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===1990s: Zoe Records, Mercury Records, Music for Little People, Liquid Audio=== Rounder released ''[[I've Got That Old Feeling]]'', Krauss' second solo album, in 1990. It was her first album to hit the ''Billboard'' charts, and earned Krauss a 1991 Grammy Award—her first—in the Best Bluegrass album category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ive-got-that-old-feeling-mw0000316186|title=I've Got That Old Feeling - Alison Krauss {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Over the course of the decade, Krauss would release a second solo album, 1999's ''[[Forget About It]]'', and two albums with Union Station, ''[[Everytime You Say Goodbye]]'' (1992) and ''[[So Long So Wrong]]''. (1997). ''Forget About It'' and ''So Long So Wrong'' were certified gold. Krauss won four Grammys as a solo artist and Union Station won five during the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/alison-krauss|title=Alison Krauss|date=2019-06-04|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> In 1991, producer Ron Levy partnered with Rounder to create and distribute the Bullseye Blues label, releasing music from Lowell Fulson, Smokin' Joe Kubek and Charles Brown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-01-31-9101090712-story.html|title=Charles BrownAll My Life (Bullseye Blues/Rounder) |last=Heim|first=Chris|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref> In the winter of that year, the company merged with Rykodisc distribution's East Side Digital to form REP Co. along with Precision Sound. Rykodisc later restructured to form Distribution North America, which would handle many of Rounder's albums.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxAEAAAAMBAJ&q=ryko+disc+rounder+billboard&pg=PA42|title=Rounder, Ryko Negotiate Distribution|last=Russell|first=Deborah|date=July 25, 1992|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref> Rounder acquired the children's label, Music for Little People, in 1994. Renamed Rounder Kids, it functioned as a separate corporation within the Rounder Records Group.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aggEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22music+for+little+people%22+acquired+by+Rounder&pg=PA97|title=Child's Play|last=McCormick|first=Moira|date=November 26, 1994|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref> Artists including [[Raffi]] released records through Rounder Kids, which distributed labels 250 labels and 2200 titles.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Rounder+Kids+kasty+thomas&pg=PA48-IA15|title=Rounder Kids|last=Thomas|first=Kasty|date=May 6, 1995|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref> Rounder bought the Chicago-based Flying Fish Records in fall of 1995. The label, founded in 1974 by Rounder associate Bruce Kaplan, had a catalog of over 500 records by artists including [[Sweet Honey in the Rock]], [[Pete Seeger]], and [[Doc Watson]] at the time of its acquisition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-12-17-9204240796-story.html|title=BRUCE KAPLAN OF FLYING FISH RECORDS|last=Kening|first=Dan|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref> That same year, Krauss released the career retrospective, ''[[Now That I've Found You: A Collection | Now That I've Found You]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22915-windy-city/|title=Alison Krauss: Windy City|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> The album charted at #2 on the country charts, and hit the top fifteen on the pop charts. It sold two million copies and received two Grammy Awards.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Debbie+Galante+Block+Narm+97+Music+is+Back&pg=PA94|title=Featured Artists: NARM 97|last=Galante|first=Debbie|date=March 15, 1997|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> In 1997, the founders appointed Rounder's first president and CEO, John Virant, who had been the label's general counsel since 1992.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wkEAAAAMBAJ&q=john+virant+first+president+of+rounder&pg=PA54-IA3|title=Nashville Scene|last=Fillipo|first=Chet|date=October 25, 1997|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Among other initiatives, Virant conceived of and oversaw the creation of a pop music imprint, Zoë, named for his daughter. Artists including [[Blake Babies]], [[Juliana Hatfield]], [[Kay Hanley]] and [[Sarah Harmer]] released records on the imprint.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22John+Virant%22%2C+Zoe&pg=PA22|title=Well Rounded Labels|last=Henderson|first=Richard|date=February 10, 2001|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> A distribution agreement with [[Polygram Records|Polygram's]] [[Mercury Records]] was signed in 1998. Expected to increase the sales of new releases of artists such as [[Juliana Hatfield]], the PolyGram Group Distribution affiliate handled more than a third of Rounder's titles. Less prominent titles were sold through distributors DNA and Bayside.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-w0EAAAAMBAJ&q=1998+rounder+polygram+mercury&pg=PA75|title=DNA Confab Leaves One Wondering About Rounder|last=Morris|first=Chris|date=June 20, 1998|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In April 1999, the company signed an agreement with Liquid Audio, Inc. for digital distribution of its music over the Internet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/10/business/a-strong-debut-for-liquid-audio-stock.html|title=A Strong Debut for Liquid Audio Stock|date=1999-07-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-27|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> By then, Mercury's parent company PolyGram had been acquired by Universal. Universal Music and Video Distribution unit sold Rounder's bigger titles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MUtxhgV37lsC&q=rounder+liquid+audio&pg=PA6|title=Top Stories|last=Glen|first=Sansone|date=July 5, 1999|website=CMJ New Music Report|access-date=June 12, 2019}}</ref>
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