Hear Music
Parent company	Starbucks
Founded	1990 (as catalog company) 2007 (as record label)
Distributing label	Concord Music Group
Genre	Various
Country of origin	U.S.
Official website	Hear Music - The Sound of Starbucks

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Hear Music is the brand name of Starbucks' retail music concept and record label. Starbucks Corporation ( is an international Coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Hear Music began as a catalog company in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1990 before being purchased by Starbucks in 1999. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States.

The Hear Music brand currently has four components: the music that each location plays and accompanying XM radio channel (XM 45 Starbucks XM Cafe); in-store CD sales, including Starbucks exclusives; specially-branded retail stores (which opened shortly after the catalog was formed) and a label distributing their own recordings. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

As of December 2006, there are four Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouses: Santa Monica, California, on the Third Street Promenade; San Antonio, Texas, on the River Walk; Miami, Florida, on the Lincoln Road shopping promenade; and Bellevue, Washington, in Bellevue Square. The Third Street Promenade is a Pedestrian street in Santa Monica California, United States. The San Antonio River Walk (also known as Paseo del Río) is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath downtown San Antonio Lincoln Road runs east and west between 16th Street and 17th Street on Miami Beach. Bellevue ( "BELL-view") is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U Bellevue Square is a Shopping mall in Bellevue, eight miles (13 km east of Seattle. ^[1] The original Hear Music Store was located in Berkeley, California, it is now closed. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Ten Starbucks locations also have Hear Music "media bars," a service which uses tablet-based PCs to allow customers to create their own mix CDs. The media bars are currently located in Seattle and in Austin, Texas. Additionally, the music section in Canadian bookstore chain Chapters was at one time licensed version of the Hear Music concept; however, the company no longer uses the brand name. Chapters is a Canadian Big Box Bookstore chain owned by Indigo Books and Music.

Currently, Starbucks is one of the top 40 music-oriented retailers and has flourished selling music. Its biggest success was Ray Charles' Grammy-winning Genius Loves Company, with total sales of 2. Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Genius Loves Company is a 2004 Album by Ray Charles, consisting of duets between Charles and musicians 86 million records; 25% of those were sold at Starbucks locations.

In 2005, Starbucks announced a partnership with singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette. Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1 1974 is a Canadian-born Singer-songwriter, Record producer, and Actress. In an exclusive six-week deal, Morissette announced that she would retail an acoustic version of Jagged Little Pill in Starbucks stores only. Jagged Little Pill is the third Studio album (and the first to be released internationally by Canadian Singer and Songwriter The acoustic version was released on June 13, 2005 in order to celebrate the album's tenth anniversary. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

On 2007-07-31, The Hear Music XM channel was discontinued, and Starbucks brand was added to channel 45 to become Starbucks XM Café. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently

Creation as a record label

On March 12, 2007 Starbucks and Concord Music Group launched the Hear Music record label. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Concord Music Group is a record company formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. ^[2] The company's first artist signing was considered a huge coup, with former Beatle Paul McCartney lured from his long-time label EMI on March 21, 2007. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in ^[3]

In July 2007, the label signed Canadian musician Joni Mitchell and announced that her first album of new material in nearly ten years, Shine, would be released on September 25, 2007. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and Shine is the seventeenth Studio album by Canadian Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell and was released on September 25 Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[4]

In March 2008, it was announced that Carly Simon had signed with the label, and would be releasing a new album entitled This Kind of Love with them in late April 2008. Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25 1945 is an Oscar, Golden Globe and two time Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter, This Kind of Love is an album by American singer/songwriter Carly Simon, released in April 2008 The album would be her first collection of original songs since 2000's The Bedroom Tapes^[5]. The Bedroom Tapes is Singer-songwriter Carly Simon 's 24th Album, and 20th studio album released in 2000.

Current Artists

• Paul McCartney
• Joni Mitchell
• Sia
• James Taylor
• Hilary McRae
• Carly Simon
• John Mellencamp

References

• "Starbucks Buys Music Retailer for $10 Million", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1999-11-20. Retrieved on April 11, 2007. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

External links

• Hear Music | The Sound of Starbucks