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Other nominally "independent" labels are started (and sometimes run) by major label artists but are still owned at least in part by the major label parent. Examples of this include Madonna 's Maverick Records , Death Row Records and many others.

Independent labels have existed for almost as long as there has been a market for recorded music. Even as the music industry has become more centralised, independent labels have continued to be a significant, if small, part of the overall market. In a number of cases, independent labels have assembled rosters of recording artists that rival those of the majors. The 1960s and 1980s are regarded as having been particularly fruitful periods for independent labels. Independent labels are no longer simply business entities but since the early 1980s (and exploding in the 1990s) have formed the core of the cultural indie music "scene".

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