Big Machine Records
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| Parent company | Big Machine Label Group |
| Founded | September 1, 2005 |
| Founder | Scott Borchetta |
| Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Official website | bigmachinerecords.com |
Big Machine Records, LLC is an independent American record label specializing in country and pop artists. Big Machine is based on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee, and is distributed by Universal Music Group (UMG). The label was launched in September 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive, Scott Borchetta, and initially became a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith. As of November 2014, the music company consists of 88 employees—in the areas of music publishing, management, and merchandising—and four office buildings. The business also oversees numerous imprints, including Valory Music, that are under Big Machine Label Group.
Among the artists signed to the label is Taylor Swift, whose most recent studio album, 1989, was released in October 2014. Swift's father owns a stake in the record label. Other artists include Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, and Rascal Flatts.
Borchetta is originally from Los Angeles, California's San Fernando Valley area ("The Valley"), and he played bass guitar in punk rock bands in his younger years. Borchetta's father, Mike Borchetta, worked in Nashville as a country promoter who courted radio stations with music he transported in the trunk of his car. Mike Borchetta was married to an aspiring country singer at the time, as he had divorced Scott's mother. Borchetta did not leave Nashville after a 1981 visit.
Borchetta worked in the mailroom of his father's music company and eventually became a promotions staff member in 1991 for Universal’s MCA Records label. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Borchetta was an "involved manager" at MCA, "choosing singles and dispensing advice." After he was fired from MCA in 1997, Borchetta accepted a role at the Nashville division of DreamWorks Records, but later decided to start his own label after Universal acquired the division.
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