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{{Short description|US record label}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = 143 Records | image = | image_size = <!-- size --> | parent = [[Warner Music Group]] | founded = 1994 | defunct = 2001 | founder = [[David Foster]] | status = Defunct | distributor = [[Warner Records]]<br />[[Atlantic Records]] | genre = Various | country = U.S. | location = <!-- headquarters city and state --> | url = {{URL|www.143records.com}} }} '''143 Records''' was the [[record label]] of producer [[David Foster]]. 143 was a sub-label of [[Warner Records]] and [[Atlantic Records]]. The numbers 1-4-3 are derived from the words "I (1 letter) love (4 letters) you (3 letters)."{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} ==History== When record producer David Foster signed a deal with Warner Bros. in 1995, it enabled him to start 143 Records.<ref name="hitquarters.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_BrianAvnetInterview.html |title=Interview with Brian Avnet |publisher=HitQuarters |date=16 Feb 2004 |access-date=21 Dec 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703171215/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_BrianAvnetInterview.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to manager Brian Avnet.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> One of the label's first signing was Irish folk-rock band [[the Corrs]].<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> In 1997 Foster and Avnet concluded "logo labels" like 143 were in a "bad spot". Foster sold the label back to Warner and then became senior vice-president at the corporation.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> On September 20, 2001, Warner Music Group announced it was shutting down the label.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-09-20 |title=Warner Music to Close 143 Records Label |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-20-fi-47699-story.html |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Roster== * [[Michael Bublé]] * [[Peter Cincotti]] * [[The Corrs]] * [[Jackie Evancho]] * [[Josh Groban]] * [[Beth Hart]] * [[Jordan Hill (singer)|Jordan Hill]] (through [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]) * [[William Joseph (musician)|William Joseph]] * [[Lace (band)|Lace]] * [[Ezekiel Lewis]]<sup><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |date=2023-06-01 |title=Ezekiel Lewis Promoted to President of Epic Records |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ezekiel-lewis-promoted-president-epic-records/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref></sup> * [[Renee Olstead]] * [[Plus One (band)|Plus One]] * [[Jake Zyrus]] * [[TheStart (band)|theSTART]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.143records.com/ Official site] {{Authority control}} [[Category:Vanity record labels]] [[Category:Warner Music labels]] [[Category:American country music record labels]] {{US-record-label-stub}}
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