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- Motown abstract "Motown is an American record company. It was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. on January 12, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan, as Tamla Records, and was incorporated as "Motown Record Corporation" on April 14, 1960. The name, a blending of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned record label which achieved significant crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels (including Tamla Motown, the brand used outside the US) were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as the Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence. During the 1960s, Motown achieved spectacular success for a small record company: 79 records in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 record chart between 1960 and 1969.Gordy relocated Motown to Los Angeles in 1972, and there it remained an independent company until June 28, 1988, when Gordy sold the company to MCA and Boston Ventures (which took over full ownership of Motown in 1991). Motown was then sold to PolyGram in 1994, before being sold again to MCA Records' successor, Universal Music Group, when it acquired PolyGram in 1999.Motown spent much of the 2000s as a part of the Universal Music subsidiaries Universal Motown and Universal Motown Republic Group, and headquartered in New York City. From 2011 to 2014, Motown was a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group division of Universal Music. On April 1, 2014, Universal Music Group announced the dissolution of Island Def Jam; subsequently Motown relocated back to Los Angeles to operate under the Capitol Music Group. It now operates out of the landmark Capitol Tower.".
- Motown distributingCompany Capitol_Music_Group.
- Motown distributingCompany Universal_Music_Group.
- Motown distributingCompany Virgin_EMI_Records.
- Motown distributingLabel Capitol_Music_Group.
- Motown distributingLabel Universal_Music_Group.
- Motown distributingLabel Virgin_EMI_Records.
- Motown foundedBy Berry_Gordy.
- Motown foundingDate "1959-01-12".
- Motown foundingYear "1959".
- Motown location Detroit.
- Motown location Los_Angeles.
- Motown location New_York_City.
- Motown parentCompany Universal_Music_Group.
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- Motown wikiPageExternalLink classic.motown.com.
- Motown wikiPageExternalLink motownmuseum.html.
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- Motown wikiPageExternalLink www.motown.com.
- Motown wikiPageExternalLink www.motown.com.
- Motown wikiPageExternalLink www.motownmuseum.com.
- Motown wikiPageExternalLink detroit1.htm.
- Motown wikiPageID "167396".
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- Motown country "United States".
- Motown distributor Capitol_Music_Group.
- Motown distributor Universal_Music_Group.
- Motown distributor Virgin_EMI_Records.
- Motown founded "1959-01-12".
- Motown founder Berry_Gordy.
- Motown genre "Various".
- Motown hasPhotoCollection Motown.
- Motown location Detroit.
- Motown location Los_Angeles.
- Motown location New_York_City.
- Motown parent Universal_Music_Group.
- Motown subject Category:African-American_culture.
- Motown subject Category:African-American_history.
- Motown subject Category:American_record_labels.
- Motown subject Category:Companies_based_in_New_York_City.
- Motown subject Category:History_of_Detroit,_Michigan.
- Motown subject Category:Labels_distributed_by_Universal_Music_Group.
- Motown subject Category:Motown.
- Motown subject Category:Motown_Productions_films.
- Motown subject Category:Motown_albums.
- Motown subject Category:Motown_artists.
- Motown subject Category:Motown_singles.
- Motown subject Category:Music_of_Detroit,_Michigan.
- Motown subject Category:Pop_record_labels.
- Motown subject Category:Record_labels_established_in_1959.
- Motown subject Category:Rhythm_and_blues_record_labels.
- Motown subject Category:Soul_music_record_labels.
- Motown subject Category:Vivendi_subsidiaries.
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- Motown type AmericanRecordLabels.
- Motown type CompaniesBasedInNewYorkCity.
- Motown type Company108058098.
- Motown type Group100031264.
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- Motown type PopRecordLabels.
- Motown type RecordLabelsEstablishedIn1959.
- Motown type RecordLabelsEstablishedIn2011.
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- Motown type SoulMusicRecordLabels.
- Motown type SubsidiaryCompany108003935.
- Motown type VivendiSubsidiaries.
- Motown type YagoLegalActor.
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- Motown type Company.
- Motown type Organisation.
- Motown type RecordLabel.
- Motown type Organization.
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- Motown comment "Motown is an American record company. It was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. on January 12, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan, as Tamla Records, and was incorporated as "Motown Record Corporation" on April 14, 1960. The name, a blending of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned record label which achieved significant crossover success.".
- Motown label "Motown Records".
- Motown label "Motown Records".
- Motown label "Motown Records".
- Motown label "Motown Records".
- Motown label "Motown Records".
- Motown label "Motown".
- Motown label "Motown".
- Motown label "Motown".
- Motown label "Motown".
- Motown label "Motown".
- Motown label "Motown".
- Motown label "UniversalMotown".
- Motown label "Мотаун Рекърдс".
- Motown label "モータウン".
- Motown label "모타운".
- Motown sameAs Motown_Records.