Avex Trax (Japanese: エイベックス トラックス, Hepburn: Eibekkusu Torakkusu) is a record label owned by Japanese entertainment conglomerate Avex Inc. The label was launched in September 1990, and was the first label by the Group.[1]
The first artist to sign to the label was the band TRF, which became a success. This led to Avex Trax becoming a "house of refuge" for artists who either ended contracts with their former labels (e.g. Namie Amuro, Ami Suzuki). It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels (e.g. Gackt).
Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label excluding several early releases, in 1997 it became a self-distributed label together with Cutting Edge, which was formerly distributed by Toshiba-EMI.
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avex, trax, japanese, エイベックス, トラックス, hepburn, eibekkusu, torakkusu, record, label, owned, japanese, entertainment, conglomerate, avex, label, launched, september, 1990, first, label, group, parent, companyavex, foundedseptember, 1990, years, september, 1990, f. Avex Trax Japanese エイベックス トラックス Hepburn Eibekkusu Torakkusu is a record label owned by Japanese entertainment conglomerate Avex Inc The label was launched in September 1990 and was the first label by the Group 1 Avex TraxParent companyAvex Inc FoundedSeptember 1990 32 years ago September 1990 FounderMax MatsuuraDistributor s Avex EntertainmentGenreVariousCountry of originJapanLocationMinato TokyoOfficial websitewww wbr avexnet wbr jp Contents 1 History 2 Artists 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Two years after Max Matsuura began a career distributing studio albums from other countries he and his two Avex co founders Tom Yoda and Ken Suzuki decided to found their own label Aiming to compete with more established labels such as Nippon Columbia Nippon Crown BMG Victor Victor Musical Industries Toshiba EMI CBS Sony Teichiku Records King Records Nippon Phonogram and PolyGram K K they created the Avex Trax label The first artist to sign to the label was the band TRF which became a success This led to Avex Trax becoming a house of refuge for artists who either ended contracts with their former labels e g Namie Amuro Ami Suzuki It also appealed to artists not content with their current labels e g Gackt Formerly distributed by the Nippon Crown label excluding several early releases in 1997 it became a self distributed label together with Cutting Edge which was formerly distributed by Toshiba EMI Artists EditSee also Category Avex Trax artists and List of artists under the Avex Group Some of their artists include Japanese artists such as Da iCE AAA Ai Otsuka Dream Namie Amuro Do As Infinity KEIKO Every Little Thing Gackt Wagakki Band Girl Next Door 2 Ayumi Hamasaki 3 Mai Oshima 4 Seikima II Dream5 SKE48 Yoji Biomehanika S2nd Beverly and Tokyo Girls Style 5 as well as foreign artists such as BoA TVXQ After School Super Junior O Zone 6 U KISS f x Exo NCT Red Velvet and Lights Over Paris They also released all the mix albums of the Juliana s Tokyo DJs References Edit Avex Group About Avex Group History Avex Inc Retrieved May 22 2010 GIRL NEXT DOOR初ライブをインターネットで生中継 ナタリー livedoor ニュース Natalie in Korean Livedoor July 17 2008 Archived from the original on March 13 2012 Retrieved May 22 2010 Channel NewsAsia Singer Ayumi Hamasaki implicated in drug scandal channelnewsasia com MediaCorp Channel NewsAsia January 12 2010 Archived from the original on April 11 2010 Retrieved May 22 2010 大島麻衣が人気109ブランドとコラボ モデル業も本腰 meVIEWsa radio メビューサ Neji News in Korean Meviewsa May 13 2010 Archived from the original on 2010 05 07 Retrieved May 22 2010 謎のガールズグループ東京女子流 ついにベールを脱いだ in Korean Barks January 6 2010 Archived from the original on 24 March 2010 Retrieved March 10 2010 O Zone Official Japanese Website Archived from the original on 15 May 2010 Retrieved 2010 06 03 External links EditOfficial website in Japanese Parent Company website in Japanese Avex Trax at Anime News Network s encyclopedia This article related to the music of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Avex Trax amp oldid 1134024435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
