{{Short description|American record label}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Favored Nations | image = | founded = {{start date|1999}} | founder = [[Steve Vai]], Ray Scherr | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | country = United States | location = [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]], California | website = {{URL|favorednations.com}} }}
'''Favored Nations Entertainment''' is a [[record label]] founded in 1999 by guitarist [[Steve Vai]]<ref name="Marshall">{{cite web|last=Marshall|first=Clay|title=Artists Take Control of the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|access-date=21 June 2017|date=29 June 2002|publisher=Billboard|pages=22–}}</ref> and Ray Scherr, former owner of [[Guitar Center]].
The first album released by the label was ''[[Coming to Your Senses]]'' by guitarist [[Frank Gambale]] in 2000. Soon after, a diverse range of artists were signed, such as [[Johnny A.]], [[Larry Carlton]], [[Peppino D'Agostino]], [[Marty Friedman (guitarist)|Marty Friedman]], [[Johnny Hiland]], [[Allan Holdsworth]], [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]], [[Stanley Jordan]], [[Steve Lukather]], [[Novecento (group)|Novecento]], [[John Petrucci]], [[Eric Sardinas]], [[Neal Schon]], [[Andy Timmons]], [[Dave Weiner]], [[The Yardbirds]], and [[Dweezil Zappa]].
The label expanded with the creation of separate branches, Favored Nations Acoustic in 2002 and Favored Nations Cool in 2004. Pro-Found, a sister label, promotes Favored Nations artists through the Favored Nations and ProFound websites.
==Notable artists== ===Favored Nations=== *[[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]] *[[Eric Sardinas]] *[[Andy Timmons]] *[[Steve Vai]] *[[Johnny A.]] *[[The Yardbirds]] *[[Tony Macalpine]] *[[Mattias Eklundh]]
===Favored Nations Acoustic=== *[[Philip Aaberg]] *[[Peppino D'Agostino]] *[[Pierre Bensusan]] *[[Tommy Emmanuel]] *[[Peter Huttlinger]] *[[Adrian Legg]]
===Favored Nations Cool=== *[[Larry Coryell]] *[[Mimi Fox]] *[[Novecento (group)|Novecento]] featuring [[Stanley Jordan]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.favorednations.com/ Official website]
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