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Sub Pop

American record label

Also known as Sub Pop Records

Founded: 1986
Founded by: Bruce Pavitt
Headquarters: Seattle
Country: United States
Parent: Warner Music Group
Website: subpop.com

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Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 in Seattle by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are often credited with helping popularize grunge music. The label's roster includes Fleet Foxes, Tad, Beach House, The Postal Service, Sleater-Kinney, Flight of the Conchords, Foals, Blitzen Trapper, Father John Misty, clipping., Shabazz Palaces, Weyes Blood, Guerilla Toss, Bully, La Luz, Low, METZ, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Kiwi Jr., Built to Spill, Sunn O))), TV Priest and The Shins. In 1995, the owners of Sub Pop sold a 49% stake of the label to the Warner Music Group.

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Official name: Sub Pop
Discography: Sub Pop catalog
Social media followers: 942,000(March 22, 2025) youtube channel id: UCsgEkEWaXKQwrhlLHFbcQFw
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718,000(March 17, 2022) youtube channel id: UCsgEkEWaXKQwrhlLHFbcQFw
319,385(January 9, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1391451
652,000(July 2, 2021) youtube channel id: UCsgEkEWaXKQwrhlLHFbcQFw
324,076(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1391451
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324,647(April 24, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1391451
Awards: Libera Award for Label of the Year

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