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'''NPG Records''' is a [[record label]] that was owned by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and run by Trevor Guy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/12/prince-interview-paisley-park-studios-minneapolis|title=Prince: ‘Transcendence'Transcendence. That’sThat's what you want. When that happens – Oh, boy'|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=2015-11-12|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref> "NPG" is short for [[The New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]. It was founded to release his music after [[Paisley Park Records]] was shut down by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in 1994.
 
Though the 1994 compilation ''[[1-800-NEW-FUNK]]'' featured several artists, NPG Records never developed into a full label like Paisley Park did: instead, it exclusively released Prince's albums or side-projects.