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{{Short description|Canadian record label}}
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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Anthem Records
| image       = Anthem records logo.jpg
| parent      = Anthem Entertainment (formerly Ole Media Management)
| founded     = 1977
| founder     = Ray Danniels<br />Vic Wilson
| status      = 
| distributor = Polydor (May 1977 – March 1978)<br />Capitol-EMI  (March 1978 – October 1989)<br />CBS (later Sony) (October 1989 – October 1995)<br />MCA (now Universal) (October 1995 – present)
| genre       = [[Hard rock]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Experiencing Rush: A Listener's Companion |first=Durrell |last=Bowman |date=2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=29 |isbn=978-1442231306 |quote=...Rush's hybrid of heavy metal, hard rock, and progressive rock.}}</ref> [[alternative rock]]
| country     = [[Canada]]
| location    = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| url         = {{URL|anthem.music}}
}}

'''Anthem Records''' is an [[independent record label]] based in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. The company was formed in May 1977 by [[Ray Danniels]] and Vic Wilson with initial recording artists [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[Max Webster]], Liverpool and [[A Foot in Coldwater]]. The three members of Rush ([[Geddy Lee]], [[Neil Peart]] and [[Alex Lifeson]]) became associate directors of Anthem.

==Background==
The label's predecessor was [[Moon Records (Canada)|Moon Records]]. Anthem was formed so that Rush would have more control of their work at home in Canada (their international deal with [[Mercury Records]] initially included Canada), and so other Canadian bands would have a home, as they could not get signed by the major labels' offices in Toronto or Montreal.
Anthem's sister company is SRO Management, also run by Danniels and Wilson, overseeing flagship act Rush and other bands, on and off Anthem.

[[Lawrence Gowan]] had also recorded for the label before joining [[Styx (band)|Styx]] in 1999.

In November 2015, Anthem was acquired by Ole Media Management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/canadas-ole-launches-label-services-division-as-it-acquires-anthem/|title=Canada's ole launches label services division as it acquires Anthem|date=Nov 11, 2015|website=Music Business Worldwide|accessdate=Jan 27, 2021}}</ref> In June 2019, Ole rebranded as Anthem.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8514550/canadian-music-publisher-ole-rebrands-anthem-entertainment|title=Canadian Music Publisher ole Rebrands as Anthem Entertainment|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=Jan 27, 2021}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Anthem Entertainment discography}}

==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.anthementertainment.com}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110808165953/http://www.wellers.demon.co.uk/Rush%20and%20Anthem%20Records.htm Informational essay (archived)]
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[[Category:Rush (band)]]


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