The phrase "a number of record" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "a number of records"? If this is the case, you can use it when referring to multiple items or entries in a database or collection.
Example: "The report includes a number of records that detail the sales data for the past year."
Alternatives: "several records" or "multiple records".
Over the years Reem approached a number of record companies about producing the CD, but with no success.
Even Radiohead licensed their In Rainbows album, noted for its pay-what-you-like release, to a number of record labels around the world.
In the 18 months since Williams's deal with EMI ended, his management has held talks with a number of record companies and also investigated innovative ways to drive the singer's career, including looking at backing from financial investors.
Reports last month said that the EC was contacting a number of record labels and other groups to investigate the deals that the company had made in advance of the launch of the service.
He's dallied with a number of record labels since his legendary 90s dispute with Warner Brothers, but he's still given to describing record business contracts as "slavery", protesting that the industry gives black artists a rough deal – "I think history speaks for itself.
During the nineteen-fifties and sixties, a number of record companies in England and America had a practice — questionable but nodded and winked at — of repackaging LPs by established artists as the work of fictitious performers and selling the recordings at a deep discount.
Louisianans are more familiar than most Americans with the immediate effects of climate change, having lived through a number of record-breaking rainstorms and hurricanes in recent decades.
During his tenure, the Justice Department announced a number of record-breaking antitrust fines, recouping nearly $2 billion in total, an unparalleled sum for one of the department's smaller divisions.
He broke a number of records, winning all four slams, what was it, 30 consecutive grand slam matches?
When "Gospel" was up to seven songs, Mr. Telson taped them in his studio and pressed a number of records.
Though the song is available on a number of records, it is a long time between face-to-face tellings.
