{"id":31658,"date":"2024-08-14T20:10:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/?post_type=label&#038;p=31658"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:35:50","slug":"epic-records","status":"publish","type":"label","link":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, was founded in 1953. Since its launch, the label has become one of the most successful and influential record companies in history, releasing seminal albums by C\u00e9line Dion, Fiona Apple, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Korn, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Sade, Shakira, and Sly &amp; the Family Stone, to name a few. Celebrating over 70 years of music, it defines the beat of culture today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, the legendary record label Epic Records UK was relaunched with the ambition to champion global music and British culture. Epic today counts some of the biggest artists in the world among its ranks, including Valiant and Skepta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/sony-music-relaunches-epic-records-with-sarah-lockhart-as-president\/\">Epic Records&#8217; President is Sarah Lockhart.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, was founded in 1953. Since its launch, the label has become one of the most successful and influential record companies in history, releasing seminal albums by C\u00e9line Dion, Fiona Apple, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Korn, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Sade, Shakira, and Sly &#038; the Family Stone, to name a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":31673,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"labeltype":[6],"class_list":["post-31658","label","type-label","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","labeltype-labels"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Epic Records - Sony Music UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Epic Records launched in the UK back in 1971. It has signed some of the UK&#039;s biggest artists, including Sade, Sir Cliff Richard, Lulu, Oasis, Wham!, and George Michael.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Epic Records - Sony Music UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Epic Records launched in the UK back in 1971. It has signed some of the UK&#039;s biggest artists, including Sade, Sir Cliff Richard, Lulu, Oasis, Wham!, and George Michael.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sony Music UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SonyMusicUK\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T13:35:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sonymusicuk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/\",\"name\":\"Epic Records - Sony Music UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-14T19:10:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T13:35:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Epic Records launched in the UK back in 1971. It has signed some of the UK's biggest artists, including Sade, Sir Cliff Richard, Lulu, Oasis, Wham!, and George Michael.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Epic Records logo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Epic Records\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Sony Music UK\",\"description\":\"Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sonymusic-logo-vertical-knowledgepanel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sonymusic-logo-vertical-knowledgepanel.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SonyMusicUK\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sonymusicuk\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/SonyMusicUK\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sony-music-entertainment\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/SonyMusicUK\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sony_Music#Sony_Music_UK\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Epic Records - Sony Music UK","description":"Epic Records launched in the UK back in 1971. It has signed some of the UK's biggest artists, including Sade, Sir Cliff Richard, Lulu, Oasis, Wham!, and George Michael.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Epic Records - Sony Music UK","og_description":"Epic Records launched in the UK back in 1971. It has signed some of the UK's biggest artists, including Sade, Sir Cliff Richard, Lulu, Oasis, Wham!, and George Michael.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/","og_site_name":"Sony Music UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SonyMusicUK\/","article_modified_time":"2025-07-02T13:35:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@sonymusicuk","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/","name":"Epic Records - Sony Music UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png","datePublished":"2024-08-14T19:10:21+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T13:35:50+00:00","description":"Epic Records launched in the UK back in 1971. It has signed some of the UK's biggest artists, including Sade, Sir Cliff Richard, Lulu, Oasis, Wham!, and George Michael.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Epic-Records-1.png","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"Epic Records logo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/label\/epic-records\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Epic Records"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/","name":"Sony Music UK","description":"Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.","url":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sonymusic-logo-vertical-knowledgepanel.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/005297e5d91d4996984e966fac4389ea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sonymusic-logo-vertical-knowledgepanel.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SonyMusicUK\/","https:\/\/x.com\/sonymusicuk","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/SonyMusicUK\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sony-music-entertainment","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/SonyMusicUK","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sony_Music#Sony_Music_UK"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/label\/31658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/label"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/label"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/label\/31658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36105,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/label\/31658\/revisions\/36105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"labeltype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/labeltype?post=31658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}