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La Island Records è un'etichetta discografica fondata nel 1959 da Chris Blackwell in Giamaica. Fu la casa discografica che lanciò il reggae a livello internazionale e divenne presto famosa per il successo di Bob Marley, che la rese l'etichetta di riferimento per tale musica.
Island Records is a Jamaican multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989.
Island Records has spent the past 6 decades blessing the world with truly great artists and incredible music. These artists, from Amy Winehouse and Bob Marley, to U2 and Mumford & Sons have helped define eras and shape the prevailing culture.
Since Chris Blackwell first started Island Records in Jamaica in 1959, it has remained one of the world’s most legendary record labels and a coveted destination for new and established artists across genres. Today, Island is home to a varied roster across the US and UK.
The history and the discography of the Island Records label can conveniently be divided into three phases: The Jamaican Years, covering the label's releases from 1959 to 1966; The New Ground Years, covering 1967 to approximately 1980. The Consolidation Years, covering 1980 onwards.
The history of Island began with a jazz album made in Jamaica. In 1959 – the same year as Berry Gordy was putting together his fledgling Tamla label in Detroit – a young, Jamaican-based Englishman, Chris Blackwell, released an album of jazz standards by blind Bermudan singer and pianist Lance Hayward called At The Half Moon Hotel, Montego Bay.
