{{Short description|Copenhagen, Denmark based record label}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox record label | name = Mermaid Records | image_name = MermaidRecords.jpg | image_size = | image_bg = <!-- (background color for logo, should remain empty/white unless required) --> | founded = {{Start date|2005|}} | founder = Mik Christensen<br />Nick Foss | status = | distributor = The Orchard (company) | genre = Pop, rock | country = {{Flag|Denmark}} | location = Copenhagen | website = {{URL|mermaidrecords.dk}} }}
'''Mermaid Records''' is a Copenhagen, Denmark based independent record label<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aktive medlemmer {{!}} Danske Uafhængige Pladeselskaber |url=https://dup.nu/medlemmer |access-date=11 February 2026 |website=dup.nu |language=da}}</ref> founded by Mik Christensen and Nick Foss in 2005.<ref name="sony">Rustrup, S. (27 November 2008). [http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/30004 Sony Music køber sig ind i Mermaid Records] (Sony Music buys into Mermaid Records). GAFFA. {{in lang|da}}</ref> The label publishes distinguished Danish artists.<ref name="sony2">Sony Music Entertainment (Denmark) A/S. (2011). [http://sonymusic.dk/om_sony_music/mermaid_records/ Mermaid Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414163509/http://www.sonymusic.dk/om_sony_music/mermaid_records/ |date=14 April 2011 }}. Retrieved 26 April 2011. {{in lang|da}}</ref>
== History == In 2004, several key figures from EMI-Medley left the label and started Copenhagen Records to give artists more artistic freedom.<ref>Svidt, O. R. (17 December 2003). [http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/3551 EMI-Medley står over for sprængning] (EMI-Medley about to blow up). GAFFA. {{in lang|da}}</ref> Among them were Christensen and Foss, who started Mermaid Records in 2005, but remained with Copenhagen Records until 2008. Since 2008, the label is largely owned by Sony Music Entertainment Denmark<ref name="sony" /> to create more space for Danish music.<ref name="sony2" /> The first album released after Sony became the main shareholder was Tim Christensen's third solo album, ''Superior''.<ref name="sony2" />
Since 2016 the label have been independent once again<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mermaid Music A/S {{!}} Roller og ejerstruktur {{!}} eStatistik |url=https://estatistik.dk/virksomhed/mermaid-music-as/37698644/roller |access-date=11 February 2026 |website=estatistik.dk}}</ref>
== Artists == {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Aura Dione * Big Fat Snake * Bikstok Røgsystem * Thomas Blachman * Black City * {{ill|Martin Brygmann|da}} * Tim Christensen * D-A-D * Niels Brinck * Clemens * Electric Lady Lab * Go Go Berlin * Julie * Mekdes * {{ill|Østkyst Hustlers|da}} * Rasmus Nøhr * Sanne Salomonsen * Hannah Schneider * {{ill|Sko/Torp|da}} * Kira Skov * Turboweekend * {{ill|Kasper Winding|da}} {{div col end}}
== See also == * List of record labels
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.sonymusic.dk/label/mermaid-records/ Mermaid Records on the Sony Music Denmark website] * [http://www.myspace.com/mermaidrecordsdk Mermaid Records on MySpace]
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Category:Danish independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 2005 Category:Sony Music