Sony is releasing the album this week, and, as Apple has made clear in interviews, she, not the label, was responsible for the delay.
The label was responsible for debut albums by Vaskular and Motivado as well the release of Chinpancé EP, first solo effort from DeMentira since his introduction as producer and rapper for the trio Iris in 2006.
The Hit Factory show - featuring many of the acts producer Waterman catapulted to fame - was due to reunite Minogue and Donovan, performing their 1989 chart-topping hit Especially For You. Along with his production team of Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, Waterman and his PWL record label were responsible for launching dozens of careers, and their pop tracks were almost instantly recognisable.
In the 1980s, Bert Karlsson's Mariann Grammofon record label was responsible for the prevalence of "easy, memorable tunes".
Along with labels like Britain's Defected, Morillo's Subliminal label was responsible for some of the era's most pivotal anthems.
Back in 2014, the label was responsible for the release of Lockbox's collection of abstracted beatwork Prince Soul Grenade a wonderfully weird highlight of the label's earlier years, and the Denver producer born Jesse Briata's most visible and realized collection to that point.
Six of YouTube's 10 most popular videos of all time are music videos; the measurement firm TubeMogul says musicians and record labels are responsible for at least eight billion views on the site.
The reasons that he's atop the list are pretty unimpeachable: his labels were responsible for four of 2014's biggest breakthrough artists (5 Seconds Of Summer, Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande and Sam Smith); Universal's distribution arms brought to market seven of the year's top 10 albums, including Taylor Swift's blockbuster 1989; and Universal gobbled up 38.7% of market share during 2014.
And major labels are responsible for a lot of these releases, but the indies are not off the hook here, either.
