Reprise

Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. Created by a major recording artist, the label’s origin is closely tied to the mid‑century recording industry and to Sinatra’s role as a figure with both artistic and commercial influence.

Reprise is owned by Warner Music Group and operates through Warner Records, one of Warner’s flagship labels. In this structure, Reprise functions as part of a larger corporate label group while retaining its distinct imprint identity within Warner’s operations.

Across its history, Reprise has been associated with a wide range of popular music, reflecting a catalog that spans multiple eras and styles rather than a narrow genre focus. Artists connected with the label include Neil Young, whose work represents a prominent strand of singer‑songwriter and rock music, and Green Day, a band identified with mainstream punk and alternative rock. The label has also released recordings by Michael Bublé and Josh Groban, performers associated with adult contemporary and pop vocal traditions, and by Disturbed, whose recordings align with modern hard rock and metal. Contemporary electronic music is represented in the label’s roster by RÜFÜS DU SOL. This breadth of artists illustrates Reprise’s role as a generalist imprint within a major-label system, accommodating both rock-oriented acts and pop and adult contemporary performers.

Reprise should be distinguished from the use of “Reprise” as a publishing or record-company credit in some discographic contexts; the label itself is Reprise Records.