679 Artists

679 Artists (formally known as Sixsevenine and 679 Recordings) was a Warner Music Group-owned record label based in London, England.

679 Recordings
Parent company	Warner Music Group
Founder	Nick Worthington
Distributor(s)	Warner Music Group
Country of origin	England
Location	London, United Kingdom

It was started by Nick Worthington who after leaving XL Recordings in 2001, started the company with Warner Music Group, and holds the position of MD and A&R Director. It is named "679" as this was the address of the Pure Groove record shop on Holloway Road.

The label's first release was The Streets' debut, Original Pirate Material (which was named The Observer's best album of the 2000s).

The label progressed with subsequent albums from artists including Death From Above 1979, The Futureheads, Kano, King Creosote and Mystery Jets, and also included the million-selling second Streets album, A Grand Don't Come for Free.

The label was acquired by Warner Music Group in 2008.^[1]

In 2011, it released Plan B's The Defamation of Strickland Banks which has sold over one million copies.

The founder of 679 has recently formed a new record label called 37 Adventures.

Former artists

• Annie
• Cut Off Your Hands
• Dead Disco
• Death from Above 1979
• The Earlies
• Elro
• Fryars
• The Futureheads
• King Creosote
• Kano
• Little Boots
• Marina
• M. Craft
• MSTRKRFT
• Mystery Jets
• Oh My!
• Plan B
• The Polyphonic Spree
• The Rifles
• Run the Road
• The Secret Handshake
• Secret Machines
• Siren Sirens / Love Letters / Heroine Hearts
• Spark
• The Stills
• The Streets
• The Webb Brothers
• We Smoke Fags
• Wideboys

References

1. Warner U.K. Adds 679. Billboard, January 21, 2008.

External links

• Official website