Victory Records
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| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Tony Brummel |
| Distributor(s) | RED (US), ADA (US), PIAS (UK), BMG (Europe) |
| Genre | Punk rock, heavy metal, alternative rock, pop rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Official website | www |
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels. It has featured many prominent post-hardcore and metalcore artists, and such bands as Thursday, Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, Taking Back Sunday, Bayside, Streetlight Manifesto, and A Day to Remember.
Originally focusing on hardcore punk and post-hardcore bands, Victory later expanded its roster to include emo and pop punk acts. The label has had multiple records exceed the 250,000 sales mark, including gold records The Silence in Black and White by Hawthorne Heights and Taking Back Sunday's Tell All Your Friends and Where You Want to Be.
In early 2002, twenty-five percent of the label was announced to have been sold to Universal Music Group. However, later that year the deal was terminated by Victory. Victory is currently partnered with and distributed by Sony's RED Distribution.
It was announced in April 2014 that the label would be sponsoring a Victory Records stage for the entirety of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival featuring five of their artists: Emmure, Ill Niño, Wretched, Islander and Erimha. They would continue to sponsor the stage through the eighth annual festival with five of their artists to be announced.
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