- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- LaFace Records
- Creator:
- Miller, Matthew L.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Adams, Tiffany Boyd
- Date of Original:
- 2005-09-09
- Subject:
- LaFace Records
Sound recording executives and producers--Georgia--Atlanta
Sound recording industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Popular music--United States
Rap (Music)
Rhythm and blues music
Babyface (Musician)
Reid, Antonio - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about LaFace Records. The Atlanta-based LaFace Records was home to some of the top-selling pop, rhythm-and-blues, and rap artists of the 1990s and helped establish Atlanta's reputation as the new Motown. Founded in 1989 by Antonio "L.A." Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds as a joint venture with Arista Records in New York, the label produced thirty-three number-one singles by such artists as TLC, OutKast, Usher, and Toni Braxton. The songwriting and producing pair have earned numerous awards, including three Grammy Awards.
GSE identifier: SS8E2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/laface-records/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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