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{{short description|British boutique and independent record label}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
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| parent = [[Sony Music Entertainment]]
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| distributor = [[Sony Music
| founded = 1 December 1999
| founder = [[Shabs Jobanputra]], Paul Franklyn
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| country = [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| location =
| url = {{URL|www.
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'''Relentless Records''' is a
== Ownership ==
Relentless Records was formally registered as a company on 1 December 1999.<ref name='relrecs99reg'>{{cite web | url = http://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/03888819 | title = RELENTLESS RECORDS LIMITED | access-date = 2013-11-13 | publisher = Companies House}}</ref> After first working with [[Virgin Records UK|Virgin Records]] in 2003, the label was sold to it in 2009 (when Virgin was at that time a label of [[EMI|EMI Records]]).<ref name='cmurelrecssony'>{{cite web | url = http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/relentless-records-joins-sony-music/ | title = Relentless Records joins Sony Music | access-date = 2013-11-13 | author = Complete Music Update | date = 2012-01-13 | publisher = [[Complete Music Update|CMU]]}}</ref>
Affected by the November 2011 dissolution of [[EMI#Sony.2FUniversal sale|EMI Group]] (the parent company of Virgin Records), Virgin's recorded music business was sold to [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music UK]], a division of Universal Music Group. Propitiously, Jobanputra had departed EMI in April 2011, with a deal returning control of the Relentless name to him whilst leaving the label's roster signed to the major.<ref name='cmurelrecssony' />
In January 2012,<ref name='rm64-rel-to-sony'>{{cite web | url = http://rm64.com/2012/01/12/relentless-records-to-sony-music/ | title = Relentless Records to Sony Music | access-date = 2013-11-13 | date = 2012-01-12 | publisher = Room 64}}</ref> Relentless became part of [[Sony Music UK|Sony Music]] in the UK, reuniting Jobanputra with his former EMI/Virgin colleague Nick Gatfield.<ref name='billboardrelrecssony'>{{cite
== Artists currently signed to Relentless Records ==
* [[Alan Walker (music producer)|Alan Walker]]
* [[Bad Boy Chiller Crew]]
* [[Bryson Tiller]] {{small|(UK only)}}
* [[Headie One]]
* [[Maluma (singer)|Maluma]]
* [[Nicky Jam]]
* [[Professor Green]]▼
* [[Steve Aoki]]
* [[Tom Walker (singer)|Tom Walker]]
* [[Bimini Bon-Boulash]]
== Artists formerly signed to Relentless Records ==
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* [[3 of a Kind (band)|3 of a Kind]]
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* [[Joss Stone]]
* [[Justin Nozuka]]
* [[Kristine Blond]]
* [[KT Tunstall]]
* [[Lethal Bizzle]]
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* [[Not3s]]
* [[Only Boys Aloud]]
▲* [[Professor Green]]
* [[Roll Deep]]
* [[Seth Lakeman]]
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* [[Union of Knives]]
* [[Wiley (musician)|Wiley]]
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.
* [https://soundcloud.com/relentless-records Relentless Records on SoundCloud]
* [http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_ShabsJobanputra.html Interview with Shabs Jobanputra, HitQuarters November 2005]
{{Sony Music}}
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