679 Artists

{{Short description|Record label owned by Warner Music Group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{more sources | date=April 2026 | reason=The article is basically unsourced. }} {{Infobox record label | name = 679 Recordings | image = | image_bg = | parent = Warner Music Group | founded = | founder = Nick Worthington | defunct = | distributor = Warner Music Group | genre = | country = England | location = London, United Kingdom }}

'''679 Artists''' (formally known as '''Sixsevenine''' and '''679 Recordings''') was a Warner Music Group–owned record label based in London, England.

It was started by Nick Worthington who after leaving XL Recordings in 2001, started the company with Warner Music Group, and held the position of MD and A&R Director.{{cn |date=April 2026}} It was named "679" as this was the address of the Pure Groove record shop on Holloway Road.

The label's first release was The Streets' debut, ''Original Pirate Material'', released in March 2002. At the end of 2009 it was named best album of the 2000s by ''Observer Music Monthly''.

The label released subsequent albums from various artists including Death From Above 1979, The Futureheads, Kano, King Creosote and Mystery Jets, and also included the million-selling second Streets album, ''A Grand Don't Come for Free''.

The label was acquired by Warner Music Group in 2008.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/warner-uk-adds-679-1314016/ Warner U.K. Adds 679]. ''Billboard'', 21 January 2008.</ref>

In 2011, it released Plan B's ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks'' which has sold over one million copies.

The founder of 679 has recently{{when |date=April 2026}} formed a new record label called 37 Adventures.{{cn |date=April 2026}}

==Former artists== {{unsourced section |date=April 2026}} * Annie * Cut Off Your Hands * Dead Disco * Death from Above 1979 * The Earlies * Fryars * The Futureheads * King Creosote * Kano * Little Boots * Marina * M. Craft * MSTRKRFT * Mystery Jets * Oh My! * Plan B * The Polyphonic Spree * The Rifles * The Secret Handshake * Secret Machines * Spark * The Stills * The Streets * The Webb Brothers * Wideboys

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100715082056/http://679artists.com/ Archived copy of official website] (from July 2010)

Category:British record labels Category:Electronic music record labels Category:Indie rock record labels Category:Warner Music labels Category:Record labels established in 2001