Republic Records
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| 2024 | Ariana Grande released her album Eternal Sunshine with Republic Records. |
| February 2024 | Republic Records was reorganized under Republic Corps, a new music label unit by Universal Music Group, and aligned with Island Records and Def Jam Recordings under the 'East Coast' banner. |
| December 6 2023 | Republic Records became the first label in 60 years to have the top six albums on the Billboard 200 chart, including albums by Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, and Stray Kids. |
| July 22 2022 | Republic Records launched in Philippines via UMG Philippines, signing domestic artists Darren Espanto, Elha Nympha, and Zack Tabudlo. |
| August 16 2021 | Universal Music Group launched Republic Records in China via its local subsidiary UMG China. |
| April 13 2021 | Brett Alperowitz named EVP of A&R by Republic Records' president of West Coast creative, Wendy Goldstein. |
| March 2021 | Taylor Swift became the first Republic artist to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her album Folklore. In January, the label had five of the top seven albums on the Billboard 200 chart. In November, Jim Roppo and Wendy Goldstein were named co-presidents of Republic Records. |
| March 2021 | Taylor Swift became the first Republic artist to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her album 'Folklore'. |
| January 2021 | Republic Records had five of the top seven albums on the Billboard 200 chart and became the first label to partner with DistroKid for artist discovery. |
| April 8 2020 | Republic Records partnered with South Korean girl group (G)I-dle for their US debut. The label also partnered with JYP Entertainment to distribute for Twice. |
| April 8 2020 | Republic Records partnered with the South Korean girl group (G)I-dle and won 'Label of the Year' at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. |
| 2019 | The Jonas Brothers released the album Happiness Begins with Republic Records. |
| 2019 | Republic Records signed the reunited Jonas Brothers and was named 'Label of the Year' by both Billboard and Variety. The label had five albums in the top 10 of the year-end Billboard 200 chart. |
| April 26 2019 | Taylor Swift released her first single 'ME!' with Republic Records. |
| 2018 | Lewis released 'Dusk', the first EP in a three-part series exploring club culture and his atmospheric electronic music style. |
| 2018 | Taylor Swift's contract with Big Machine Records ended, and she signed with Republic Records. |
| 2018 | Taylor Swift signed to Republic Records, and the label partnered with Sony Pictures to release the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack featuring Post Malone and Swae Lee's hit single 'Sunflower'. |
| March 23 2018 | Kungs performed a live set at the Miami Ultra Music Festival, taking the stage after artists Raiden and Ksuke on the Ultra Main Stage. |
| November 2017 | The company was named Variety's Hitmaker Label of the Year. |
| November 2017 | Republic Records was named Variety's Hitmaker Label of the Year. |
| 2016 | Kungs released his first extended play 'This Girl' after remixing Cookin' on 3 Burners' track, which became a major international hit, reaching number 1 in France, Germany, and Switzerland, and number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. |
| November 4 2016 | Kungs released his debut album 'Layers', which included his three singles from that year. |
| 2015 | SG Lewis released his debut EP 'Shivers', marking his initial breakthrough as a producer and electronic music artist. |
| 2015 | Republic Records signed American rapper and singer Post Malone, and had songs in six of the top-10 spots on the Mediabase Top 40 Chart. |
| 2013 | The Weeknd released his first album 'Kiss Land' through Republic Records. |
| 2013 | Republic Records released Lorde's debut album 'Pure Heroine'. |
| 2013 | Ariana Grande released her debut album Yours Truly with Republic Records. |
| October 2012 | Universal Republic Records returned to the Republic Records moniker and signed Canadian artist The Weeknd through his imprint label, XO. |
| August 2011 | Universal Republic Records signed Ariana Grande to a record contract. |
| June 2011 | Universal Motown Records was shut down, with artists transferred to either Motown Records or Universal Republic Records. |
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