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Avex Trax
Avex Trax
Parent company	Avex Inc.
Founded	September 1990; 34 years ago
Founder	Max Matsuura
Distributor(s)	Avex Music Creative (Avex Inc.) (since 1997); Former distributors SOHBI Corporation [ja] (1990–1992) ; Nippon Crown Co. Ltd. (1992–1997) ; ;
Genre	Various (mostly J-pop and Dance)
Country of origin	Japan
Location	Minato, Tokyo
Official website	www.avexnet.jp

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Avex Trax (Japanese: エイベックストラックス, Hepburn: Eibekkusu Torakkusu) is a record label owned by Japanese entertainment conglomerate Avex Inc. The label was launched in September 1990, and was the first label by the Group.^[1]

History

Two years after Max Matsuura began a career distributing studio albums from other countries, he and his two Avex co-founders, Tom Yoda and Ken Suzuki, decided to found their own label. Aiming to compete with more established labels such as Nippon Columbia, Nippon Crown, BMG Victor, Victor Musical Industries, Toshiba-EMI, CBS/Sony, Teichiku Records, King Records, Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K.K., they created the Avex Trax label.

The first artist to sign to the label was the band TRF, which became a success. This led to Avex Trax becoming a "house of refuge" for artists who had left their former labels (e.g. Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, Ami Suzuki).^[2]^[3]^[4] It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels (e.g. Gackt).^[5]

Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label, excluding several early releases from 1990 to 1992 which were distributed by Sohbi Corporation [ja],^[6] in 1997 Avex became a self-distributed label together with Cutting Edge, which was formerly distributed by Toshiba-EMI.

Sub-labels

Current

B-ME – joint venture with BMSG [ja]
Bluestar Records (Since 2019) – formerly a sub-label of Cutting Edge
Love Life Records – Hitomi's private label
motorod (Since 2002) – formerly a sub-label of Cutting Edge
影別苦須虎津苦須 – Kishidan's vanity label

Defunct

J-Friends Project (1997–2003) – joint venture with Johnny & Associates

Notable artists

Groups

Soloists

Labels

Former artists

Groups

Soloists

J-Friends Project

J-Friends

motorod

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Japanese distribution

References

^ "Avex Group | About Avex Group | History". Avex Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
^ "なぜ浜崎あゆみは平成で最も売れた女性歌手になったのか...ファンの心を一気につかんだラジオ番組での告白若さ特有の孤独や不安を､歌に昇華させた". President Online (プレジデントオンライン) (in Japanese). 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
^ "業界は冷ややか...安室奈美恵"エイベックス移籍"の全舞台裏". 日刊ゲンダイDigital. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
^ "鈴木亜美のプロフィール・作品情報". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
^ "Gackt、エイベックスへの移籍を発表". BARKS (in Japanese). 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
^ "SOHBI Corporation (Label)". Discogs. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Parent Company website (in Japanese)
Avex Trax discography at Discogs
Avex Trax at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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[JD-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Japanese distribution

[1] "Avex Group | About Avex Group | History". Avex Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2010.

[2] "なぜ浜崎あゆみは平成で最も売れた女性歌手になったのか...ファンの心を一気につかんだラジオ番組での告白若さ特有の孤独や不安を､歌に昇華させた". President Online (プレジデントオンライン) (in Japanese). 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2024-10-17.

[3] "業界は冷ややか...安室奈美恵"エイベックス移籍"の全舞台裏". 日刊ゲンダイDigital. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2024-10-17.

[4] "鈴木亜美のプロフィール・作品情報". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.

[5] "Gackt、エイベックスへの移籍を発表". BARKS (in Japanese). 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2024-10-17.

[6] "SOHBI Corporation (Label)". Discogs. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

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-{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
+{{Infobox record label
-| name        = Avex Trax
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+| distributor = {{Unbulleted list
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-| distributor = [[Avex Inc.|Avex Entertainment]]
+  | Avex Music Creative ([[Avex Inc.]]) (since 1997)
+  | {{Collapsible list|title=Former distributors
+    | {{illm|SOHBI Corporation|ja|創美企画}} (1990–1992)
+    | [[Nippon Crown|Nippon Crown Co. Ltd.]] (1992–1997)
+    }}
+  }}
 | genre       = Various (mostly [[J-pop]] and [[Dance music|Dance]])
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+| url         = {{Official URL}}
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 Two years after [[Max Matsuura]] began a career distributing [[studio album]]s from other countries, he and his two Avex co-founders, [[Tom Yoda]] and Ken Suzuki, decided to found their own label. Aiming to compete with more established labels such as [[Columbia Music Entertainment|Nippon Columbia]], [[Nippon Crown]], [[BMG Victor]], [[Victor Musical Industries]], [[Toshiba-EMI]], [[Sony Music Japan|CBS/Sony]], [[Teichiku Records]], [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]], [[Universal Music Japan|Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K.K.]], they created the Avex Trax label.
-The first artist to sign to the label was the band [[TRF (group)|TRF]], which became a success. This led to Avex Trax becoming a "house of refuge" for artists who either ended contracts with their former labels (e.g. [[Namie Amuro]], [[Ami Suzuki]]). It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels (e.g. [[Gackt]]).
+The first artist to sign to the label was the band [[TRF (group)|TRF]], which became a success. This led to Avex Trax becoming a "house of refuge" for artists who had left their former labels (e.g. [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], [[Namie Amuro]], [[Ami Suzuki]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=なぜ浜崎あゆみは平成で最も売れた女性歌手になったのか...ファンの心を一気につかんだラジオ番組での告白 若さ特有の孤独や不安を､歌に昇華させた |url=https://president.jp/articles/-/75520 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=President Online (プレジデントオンライン) |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-15 |title=業界は冷ややか...安室奈美恵"エイベックス移籍"の全舞台裏 |url=https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/geino/156396 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=日刊ゲンダイDigital}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=鈴木亜美のプロフィール・作品情報 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/artist/137 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja}}</ref> It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels (e.g. [[Gackt]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-17 |title=Gackt、エイベックスへの移籍を発表 |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000060280 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=BARKS |language=ja}}</ref>
-Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label excluding several early releases from 1990 to 1992 which were distributed by {{illm|SOHBI Corporation|ja|創美企画}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/287358-SOHBI-Corporation|title=SOHBI Corporation (Label)|website=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}</ref> in 1997 it became a self-distributed label together with [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]], which was formerly distributed by Toshiba-EMI.
+Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label, excluding several early releases from 1990 to 1992 which were distributed by {{illm|Sohbi Corporation|ja|創美企画}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/287358-SOHBI-Corporation|title=SOHBI Corporation (Label)|website=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}</ref> in 1997 Avex became a self-distributed label together with [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]], which was formerly distributed by Toshiba-EMI.
 ==Sub-labels==
 ===Current===
-* B-ME - [[joint venture]] with {{illm|BMSG|ja|BMSG}}
+* B-ME – [[joint venture]] with {{illm|BMSG|ja|BMSG}}
-* Love Life Records - [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]]'s [[vanity label|private label]]
+* Bluestar Records (Since 2019) – formerly a sub-label of [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]
+* Love Life Records – [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]]'s [[vanity label|private label]]
-* motorod (Since 2002) - formerly a sub-label of [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]
+* motorod (Since 2002) – formerly a sub-label of [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]
-* 影別苦須 虎津苦須 - [[Kishidan]]'s vanity label
+* 影別苦須 虎津苦須 – [[Kishidan]]'s vanity label
 ===Defunct===
-* J-Friends Project (1997-2003) - joint venture with [[Johnny & Associates]]
+* J-Friends Project (1997–2003) – joint venture with [[Johnny & Associates]]
-==Artists==
+==Notable artists==
 {{see also|Category:Avex Trax artists|List of artists under the Avex Group}}
+{{col-begin}}
-===Current===
+{{col-2}}
-* [[Beverly (singer)|Beverly]] (Since 2016)
+;Groups
-* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] (Since 1998)
-* [[Ai Otsuka]] (Since 2003)
+* [[Bridear]]
+* [[Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu]]
+* [[Da-ice|DA-ICE]]
+* [[Do As Infinity]]
+* [[Every Little Thing (band)|Every Little Thing]]
+* [[Exo]]{{efn|name = JD|Japanese distribution}}
+* GENIC
+* [[Kamen Rider Girls]]
+* [[Ketsumeishi]]
+* [[Kolme (group)|kolme]]
+* [[lol (Japanese group)|lol]]
+* [[Mameshiba no Taigun]]
+* [[NCT (group)|NCT]]{{efn|name = JD}}
+* [[@onefive]]
+* [[Red Velvet (group)|Red Velvet]]{{efn|name = JD}}
+* [[SKE48]]
+* [[Super Junior]]{{efn|name = JD}}
+* [[TRF (group)|TRF]]
+* [[TVXQ|Tohoshinki]]{{efn|name = JD}}
+* [[Tokyo Girls' Style]]
+{{col-2}}
+;Soloists
+* [[Aina the End]]
+* [[Shinjiro Atae]]
+* [[Beverly (singer)|Beverly]]
+* [[BoA]]{{efn|name = JD}}
+* [[Che'Nelle]]
+* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
+* [[Chiaki Ito]]
+* [[Hitomi Kaji]]
+* [[Keiko (singer, born 1985)|Keiko]]
+* [[m.c.A.T]]
+* [[Michael Fortunati]]
+* [[Takahiro Nishijima|Nissy]]
+* [[Seiko Oomori]]
+* [[Ai Otsuka]]
+* [[Daimaou Kosaka|Piko Taro]]
+* [[Shuta Sueyoshi]]
+* [[Misako Uno]]
+* [[Naoya Urata]]
+* [[Takuro Yoshida]]
+{{col-end}}
+===Labels===
 ====B-ME====
-* [[Be First]] (Since 2021)
+* [[Be First]]
-* Novel Core (Since 2020)
+* Novel Core
-* [[Mitsuhiro Hidaka|Sky-Hi]] (Since 2013-2020 at the main label and 2020-present; co-founder)
+* [[Mitsuhiro Hidaka|Sky-Hi]]
+====Bluestar Records====
+* {{ill|MASH (musician)|lt=MASH|ja|MASH (ミュージシャン)}}
 ====Love Life Records====
-* [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]] (Since 1994-2005 at the main label and 2005-present)
+* [[Hitomi (singer)|Hitomi]]
 ====motorod====
-* [[Nanase Aikawa]] (Since 1995)
+* [[Nanase Aikawa]]
 ====影別苦須 虎津苦須====
-* [[Kishidan]] (Since 2009)
+* [[Kishidan]]
+==Former artists==
+;Groups
+* [[AAA (band)|AAA]]
+* [[After School (group)|After School]]
+* [[Sweets (group) |SweetS]]
+;Soloists
+* [[Sae Ōtsuka]]
+* [[Hitomi Shimatani]]
+* [[Namie Amuro]]
+===J-Friends Project===
+* [[J-Friends]]
+===motorod===
+* [[Dead End (band)|Dead End]]
+* [[Janne Da Arc]]
+* [[Oblivion Dust]]
-===Former===
+==Notes==
+{{notelist}}
-* [[Hitomi Shimatani]] (1999-2021; now under AI.R LAND RECORD/[[Daiki Sound]])
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-<references/>
 ==External links==

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Avex D.D., Inc. → Avex Inc. → Avex Group Holdings Inc. → Avex Inc. Max Matsuura - founder and CEO
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Avex International Holdings	Avex Asia Avex China Avex Hong Kong Avex Taiwan Avex USA
Other assets	Avex Trax Avex & CJTV Influencer
Affiliations	IFPI RIAJ
Related articles	A-Nation Avex Group & J-pop Channel A albums compilation live remix video extended plays singles people music artists list tarentos Super Eurobeat Tatsumi "Tom" Yoda Velfarre
Avex Group

Latest revision as of 19:07, 9 December 2024

History

Sub-labels

Current

Defunct

Notable artists

Labels

B-ME

Bluestar Records

Love Life Records

motorod

影別苦須 虎津苦須

Former artists

J-Friends Project

motorod

Notes

References

External links

影別苦須虎津苦須