The document discusses several major record labels including Def Jam Records, founded in 1980 and now owned by Universal Music Group; Universal Records, founded in 1995 and formed through a merger with Motown and Republic records; Island Records, founded in Jamaica in 1959 and now owned by Universal Music Group; RCA Records, originally founded as Victor Talking Machine Company and now a flagship label of Sony Entertainment; Columbia Records, founded in 1888 and now owned by Sony Entertainment; Atlantic Records, founded in 1947 known for rock, jazz and R&B; Jive Records, founded in 1981 known for hip hop in the 1980s and pop and boy bands in the 1990s; and Motown Records, founded in Detroit in the 1960s known for