Imperial Records

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Imperial Records
Parent company	Liberty Records (1963–1970) United Artists Records (1970–1979) Thorn EMI (1979–1996) EMI (1996–2012) Universal Music Group (2012–present)
Founded	1947 (1947)
Founder	Lew Chudd
Distributor(s)	Republic Records
Genre	Various (historic), urban (later)
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Hollywood, California

Imperial Records is an American record company and label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd.^[1] The label was reactivated in 2006 by EMI, which owned the label and back catalogue at the time. Imperial is owned by Universal Music Group.