| Aegean Records | |
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| Parent company | Nobby's Hobbies Holdings |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | George Michael and Andros Georgiou |
| Status | Active Independent |
| Distributor(s) | Pinnacle Entertainment[1] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Official website | Aegean Records |
Aegean Records is an independent record label founded by George Michael and Andros Georgiou in January 1991.[2] The label was set up after Michael broke from Sony Music after his court case, which he eventually lost.[3] Andros Georgiou became the managing director of the label.[4]
The artists either signed or previously signed to Aegean Records include:
Georgiou and Michael founded Aegean Net Ltd on 15 November 1996,[5] which was the internet business of Aegean Records. Michael and Georgiou were directors of the business, although Georgiou resigned as a director on 25 January 2000, he then became managing director of mezzmusic.com.[6] In May 1997 Aegean became the first European record label to adopt the Liquid Audio secure electronic music-delivery system via www.aegean.net,[7] which was launched one year before BowieNet,[7] and 11 years before Spotify.[7]
Aegean.net was the first artist-owned website to allow fans to:
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