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<div>{{Short description|UK record label}}<br />
{{For|the independent Australian label|Innocent Records (Australia)}}<br />
{{One source|date=May 2007}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}<br />
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}<br />
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --><br />
| name = Innocent Records<br />
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| parent = [[EMI]]<br />
| founded = 1997<br />
| founder = [[Hugh Goldsmith]]<br />
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| defunct = 2007<br />
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
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'''Innocent Records''' was a [[Pop music|pop]] [[record label]] created to cater to for [[EMI]]'s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.com/about/history/1930-1949/ |title=1930–1949 – EMI Music |access-date=11 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606062844/http://www.emimusic.com/about/history/1930-1949/ |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}</ref> [[Virgin Records]] more pop oriented acts. Following the success of the [[Spice Girls]], Virgin Records decided to delve into the pop market. In doing so they poached [[Hugh Goldsmith]] from [[RCA Records]] (famous for steering [[Take That]]'s initial flagging sales, to a multi-platinum act). They let him launch his own Virgin Records offshoot. His first signing was [[Billie Piper]], followed by [[Martine McCutcheon]], along with several dance acts. The label continued to thrive well into the mid-2000s with [[Atomic Kitten]] and [[Blue (English group)|Blue]] achieving Platinum sales.<br />
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In early 2005, Goldsmith returned to [[Sony BMG]] (parent company of [[RCA Records]]) to set up [[Brightside Records]]. Not long after Goldsmith's departure, Innocent Records was shifted from Virgin Records to the newly formed [[Angel Music Group]], EMI's newly created commercial division, which also handles [[EMI Classics]]. For a time in the mid-2000s Angel Music Group also licensed [[Hollywood Records]] for the UK.<br />
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Innocent Records' most notable success during this period was Blue's [[Simon Webbe]]'s double platinum solo album ''[[Sanctuary (Simon Webbe album)|Sanctuary]]''. The Innocent Records imprint seemed to have vanished by the late 2000s (decade) being replaced by the revived [[Charisma Records]] label, itself disappeared after limited success with pop acts such as [[Alphabeat]].<br />
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== Former artists==<br />
* [[Atomic Kitten]] (1999–2004)<br />
* [[Blue (English group)|Blue]] (2001–2005)<br />
* [[Billie Piper]] (1998–2001)<br />
* [[Geri Halliwell]] (2004–2005) (shifted from [[EMI]])<br />
* [[Speedway (band)|Speedway]] (2002–2004)<br />
* [[Martine McCutcheon]] (1999–2003)<br />
* [[Duncan James]] ([[Solo (music)|Solo]]) (2004–2007)<br />
* [[Simon Webbe]] ([[Solo (music)|Solo]]) (2005–2007)<br />
* [[Javine Hylton]] (2003–2004)<br />
* [[VS (band)|VS]] (2004–2005)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of record labels]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:British record labels]]<br />
[[Category:EMI]]<br />
[[Category:Virgin Records]]<br />
[[Category:Pop record labels]]<br />
[[Category:Record labels established in 1997]]<br />
[[Category:Record labels disestablished in 2007]]<br />
[[Category:1997 establishments in the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:2007 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]<br />
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