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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%95%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%81" title="Екс Ел Рекордингс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Екс Ел Рекордингс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B2" title="ایکس‌ال رکوردینگز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایکس‌ال رکوردینگز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_%EB%A0%88%EC%BD%94%EB%94%A9%EC%8A%A4" title="XL 레코딩스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="XL 레코딩스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%A1-%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A1" title="אקס-אל רקורדינגס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אקס-אל רקורדינגס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9" title="XLレコーディングス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="XLレコーディングス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Recordings" title="XL Recordings – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="XL Recordings" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" 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.ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">XL Recordings</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:XL_Recordings_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/XL_Recordings_Logo.svg/220px-XL_Recordings_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/XL_Recordings_Logo.svg/330px-XL_Recordings_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/XL_Recordings_Logo.svg/440px-XL_Recordings_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="210" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Music & Entertainment</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category">Various</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1989<span class="noprint">; 35 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1989</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Tim Palmer and<br />Nick Halkes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England, United Kingdom</li><li><br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, United States <span style="font-size:85%;">(satellite)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_(XL_Recordings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Russell (XL Recordings)">Richard Russell</a> <small>(CEO)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beggars_Group" title="Beggars Group">Beggars Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://xlrecordings.com">xlrecordings<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>XL Recordings</b> is a British <a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">independent record label</a> founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Halkes" title="Nick Halkes">Nick Halkes</a>. It has been run and co-owned by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_(XL_Recordings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Russell (XL Recordings)">Richard Russell</a> since 1996. It forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Beggars_Group" title="Beggars Group">Beggars Group</a>. </p><p>It releases an average of six albums a year. The label releases albums worldwide and operates across a range of genres.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_and_1990s">1980s and 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1980s and 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally launched in 1989<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to release <a href="/wiki/Rave" title="Rave">rave</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_dance_music" title="Electronic dance music">dance music</a>, the label began as an imprint of Beggars Banquet's more commercial dance label Citybeat, which was known for records by acts such as <a href="/wiki/Freeez" title="Freeez">Freeez</a>, Rob Base & EZ Rock, Starlight, Dream Frequency and the <a href="/wiki/Ultramagnetic_MCs" title="Ultramagnetic MCs">Ultramagnetic MCs</a>. However, with the success of acts such as <a href="/wiki/The_Prodigy" title="The Prodigy">the Prodigy</a> and <a href="/wiki/SL2_(musical_group)" title="SL2 (musical group)">SL2</a>, XL superseded Citybeat in its lineup. </p><p>During the early 1990s, XL releases were dance-oriented, ranging from Belgian <a href="/wiki/Techno" title="Techno">techno</a> (<a href="/wiki/T99" title="T99">T99</a>'s "Anasthasia") to <a href="/wiki/Breakbeat_hardcore" title="Breakbeat hardcore">breakbeat hardcore</a> (SL2's "<a href="/wiki/On_a_Ragga_Tip" title="On a Ragga Tip">On a Ragga Tip</a>")<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinDM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinDM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jonny_L" title="Jonny L">Jonny L</a>'s "I'm Leavin'"). This period of XL's history has been recorded on the <i><a href="/wiki/XL_Recordings_Chapters" title="XL Recordings Chapters">XL Recordings Chapters</a></i> compilation series. In 1993, Halkes left XL to form the <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>-owned commercial dance label <a href="/wiki/Positiva_Records" title="Positiva Records">Positiva</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinDM_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinDM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subsequently his own independent commercial dance label <a href="/wiki/Incentive_Records" title="Incentive Records">Incentive</a>. After Palmer retired in 1996, Russell took over the business.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell later broadened the label's musical horizons, whilst maintaining a credo of working with artists he saw as original and inventive.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian2007_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, the label released <a href="/wiki/The_Prodigy" title="The Prodigy">the Prodigy</a>'s second album, <i><a href="/wiki/Music_for_the_Jilted_Generation" title="Music for the Jilted Generation">Music for the Jilted Generation</a></i> which debuted atop the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>, and in 1997 it released the group's third album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fat_of_the_Land" title="The Fat of the Land">The Fat of the Land</a></i> which entered atop the British and American charts and went on to be number one in 26 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian2007_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>June 2000 saw the release of <a href="/wiki/Badly_Drawn_Boy" title="Badly Drawn Boy">Badly Drawn Boy</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hour_of_Bewilderbeast" title="The Hour of Bewilderbeast">The Hour of Bewilderbeast</a></i> which won the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Music_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercury Music Prize">Mercury Music Prize</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Metacritic_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metacritic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, <a href="/wiki/The_White_Stripes" title="The White Stripes">the White Stripes</a>' third album <i><a href="/wiki/White_Blood_Cells_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="White Blood Cells (album)">White Blood Cells</a></i> was released together with reissues of the band's previous albums, <i><a href="/wiki/The_White_Stripes_(album)" title="The White Stripes (album)">The White Stripes</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/De_Stijl_(album)" title="De Stijl (album)">De Stijl</a></i>. In 2003, XL Recordings won the <i><a href="/wiki/Music_Week" title="Music Week">Music Week</a></i> A&R award,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also released the White Stripes' fourth album <i><a href="/wiki/Elephant_(album)" title="Elephant (album)">Elephant</a></i> which was their first UK number one album and eventually reached double <a href="/wiki/Platinum_album" class="mw-redirect" title="Platinum album">platinum</a> certification in Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, XL released <a href="/wiki/Dizzee_Rascal" title="Dizzee Rascal">Dizzee Rascal</a>'s first solo album, <i><a href="/wiki/Boy_in_da_Corner" title="Boy in da Corner">Boy in da Corner</a></i> for which Dizzee was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Prize" title="Mercury Prize">Mercury Prize</a> for the best album of 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2005, <a href="/wiki/M.I.A._(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="M.I.A. (artist)">M.I.A.</a>'s debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Arular" title="Arular">Arular</a></i> was released after several months' delay.<sup id="cite_ref-Metacritic_Arular_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metacritic_Arular-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thom_Yorke" title="Thom Yorke">Thom Yorke</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Radiohead" title="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, released his first solo record, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eraser" title="The Eraser">The Eraser</a></i>, on the label in July 2006. In October 2007, Radiohead completed negotiations to sign with XL for physical release of their seventh studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/In_Rainbows" title="In Rainbows">In Rainbows</a></i>. Radiohead subsequently went on to release through XL, and have so far released everything since their eighth studio album <i><a href="/wiki/The_King_of_Limbs" title="The King of Limbs">The King of Limbs</a></i> on the label. As director of XL Recordings, Richard Russell was included in a 2007 <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Standard" title="Evening Standard">Evening Standard</a></i> list of the most influential people in London,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in August of that year M.I.A.'s second album <i><a href="/wiki/Kala_(album)" title="Kala (album)">Kala</a></i> was released—<a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> named it the ninth best album of the decade.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2008, XL added <a href="/wiki/Friendly_Fires" title="Friendly Fires">Friendly Fires</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Horrors" title="The Horrors">the Horrors</a>. In 2009 the label won the "<a href="/wiki/Music_Week" title="Music Week">Music Week</a>" Best Independent Label award;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adele won the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a>, and at the same ceremony Radiohead won Best Alternative Album for <i>In Rainbows</i> as well as Best Boxed or Special Edition Album.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2009, <a href="/wiki/The_xx" title="The xx">the xx</a>'s debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Xx_(The_xx_album)" title="Xx (The xx album)">xx</a></i> was released on XL Recordings partner label <a href="/wiki/Young_(record_label)" title="Young (record label)">Young</a>, and in September <a href="/wiki/Giggs_(rapper)" title="Giggs (rapper)">Giggs</a> was signed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 11 January 2010, XL Recordings released <a href="/wiki/Vampire_Weekend" title="Vampire Weekend">Vampire Weekend</a>'s second album <i><a href="/wiki/Contra_(album)" title="Contra (album)">Contra</a></i>, the band's first album to top the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> chart.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" title="Gil Scott-Heron">Gil Scott-Heron</a>'s thirteenth studio album <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_New_Here" title="I'm New Here">I'm New Here</a></i> was released in February; it was Scott-Heron's first release of original material in sixteen years and would ultimately be his last studio album before his death the following May. Recording sessions for the album took place between 2007 and 2009 and production was handled by XL Recordings-owner <a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_(XL_Recordings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Russell (XL Recordings)">Richard Russell</a>. </p><p>In July, XL signed <a href="/wiki/Jai_Paul" title="Jai Paul">Jai Paul</a>, who was shortlisted for BBC's <a href="/wiki/Sound_of..." title="Sound of...">Sound of 2011</a>, and in September <a href="/wiki/The_xx" title="The xx">the xx</a>'s eponymous debut album won the Barclaycard <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Prize" title="Mercury Prize">Mercury Prize</a>, acquiring best British and Irish album of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 January 2011, XL Recordings released the album <i><a href="/wiki/21_(Adele_album)" title="21 (Adele album)">21</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a>. In February the (then) 19-year-old <a href="/wiki/OFWGKTA" class="mw-redirect" title="OFWGKTA">OFWGKTA</a> member <a href="/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator" title="Tyler, the Creator">Tyler, the Creator</a> was signed for a one-album deal for his debut studio album and commercial debut <i><a href="/wiki/Goblin_(album)" title="Goblin (album)">Goblin</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singer Gil Scott-Heron died in May and his final recordings, <i>I'm New Here</i> (produced by Richard Russell), and the remix album, "<a href="/wiki/We%27re_New_Here" title="We're New Here">We're New Here</a>" made with <a href="/wiki/Jamie_xx" title="Jamie xx">Jamie xx</a> were released on XL Recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The label also released new albums by <a href="/wiki/Radiohead" title="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Friendly_Fires" title="Friendly Fires">Friendly Fires</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Horrors" title="The Horrors">the Horrors</a> and singles by <a href="/wiki/Jai_Paul" title="Jai Paul">Jai Paul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portishead_(band)" title="Portishead (band)">Portishead</a>, as well as the Adele Blu-ray/DVD, <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Royal_Albert_Hall_(Adele_album)" title="Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele album)">Live at the Royal Albert Hall</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 April 2012, XL released <i><a href="/wiki/Blunderbuss_(album)" title="Blunderbuss (album)">Blunderbuss</a></i>, the debut solo record by <a href="/wiki/Jack_White_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack White (musician)">Jack White</a>. It entered the UK album charts at number one, displacing <i><a href="/wiki/21_(Adele_album)" title="21 (Adele album)">21</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, XL Recordings was named 'Label of the Year' at the Music Week Awards in London. XL also won awards for 'Best A&R' and 'Best Artist Campaign'. Label head, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_(XL_Recordings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Russell (XL Recordings)">Richard Russell</a>, became the youngest ever recipient of the lifetime achievement 'Strat Award'.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sales of Adele's <i>21</i> helped increase XL Recordings' bank balance from £3 million to £32 million over 12 months.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of March 2011, XL Recordings had released three albums that had sold over a million copies in the UK: <a href="/wiki/The_Prodigy" title="The Prodigy">The Prodigy</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fat_of_the_Land" title="The Fat of the Land">The Fat of the Land</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/19_(Adele_album)" title="19 (Adele album)">19</a></i>, and Adele's <i><a href="/wiki/21_(Adele_album)" title="21 (Adele album)">21</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2016, <a href="/wiki/Radiohead" title="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Parlophone" title="Parlophone">Parlophone</a> albums transferred to XL Recordings. A month later, on 8 May, the band released their ninth studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Moon_Shaped_Pool" title="A Moon Shaped Pool">A Moon Shaped Pool</a></i>, through XL to critical acclaim. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="XL_Studio">XL Studio</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: XL Studio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 2008, Russell transformed the rear garage of the label's <a href="/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove" title="Ladbroke Grove">Ladbroke Grove</a> headquarters into a small, in-house recording and mixing studio called <b>XL Studio</b>. It served as a makeshift studio space for the label's various artists and his own projects until producer <a href="/wiki/Rodaidh_McDonald" title="Rodaidh McDonald">Rodaidh McDonald</a> was assigned in September of that year to manage and properly equip it in preparation for <a href="/wiki/The_xx" title="The xx">the xx</a> to record their <a href="/wiki/Xx_(The_xx_album)" title="Xx (The xx album)">self-titled debut album</a>. According to McDonald, "before Richard brought me in to be Studio Manager, it was just a bit of a free-for-all. Artists could come in and rehearse, demo or write here and things like that ... but it was good idea and we decided we should be stepping it up and making records here."<sup id="cite_ref-Frost_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frost-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell and McDonald were inspired by the success of modest studios such as <a href="/wiki/Hitsville_U.S.A." title="Hitsville U.S.A.">Hitsville U.S.A.</a> and wanted to create an economic, non-<a href="/wiki/Commercial_property" title="Commercial property">commercial</a> space.<sup id="cite_ref-XlStudio_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XlStudio-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Set up specifically with the xx in mind, XL Studio features little <a href="/wiki/Outboard_gear" title="Outboard gear">outboard gear</a> and is equipped with a Neotek Élan custom 24-channel <a href="/wiki/Mixing_console" title="Mixing console">mixing console</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_NS10" class="mw-redirect" title="Yamaha NS10">Yamaha NS10</a> studio monitors, and instruments that include an <a href="/wiki/Upright_piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Upright piano">upright piano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roland_Juno-60" title="Roland Juno-60">Roland Juno-60</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moog_Prodigy" title="Moog Prodigy">Moog Prodigy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vox_Continental" title="Vox Continental">Vox Continental</a> organ, and <a href="/wiki/Sequential_Circuits_Pro-One" class="mw-redirect" title="Sequential Circuits Pro-One">Sequential Circuits Pro-One</a> synthesizer.<sup id="cite_ref-Frost_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frost-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell and McDonald augmented the studio to twice its original size after the xx's album, which was done in what became the studio's <a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">control room</a>; they incorporated an adjacent office as the studio's live room for musicians.<sup id="cite_ref-XlStudio_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XlStudio-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/John_Storyk" title="John Storyk">WSDG</a> completed the construction of a new recording studio in the basement of the XL Recordings offices in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roster">Roster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_artists">Notable artists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2024, XL Recordings is home to a range of artists including:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_(XL_Recordings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Russell (XL Recordings)">Everything Is Recorded / Richard Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fontaines_D.C." title="Fontaines D.C.">Fontaines D.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibeyi" title="Ibeyi">Ibeyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pe%C3%B1ate" title="Jack Peñate">Jack Peñate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jai_Paul" title="Jai Paul">Jai Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Orbison" title="Joy Orbison">Joy Orbison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Beats" title="Kenny Beats">Kenny Beats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Krule" title="King Krule">King Krule / Archy Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makaya_McCraven" title="Makaya McCraven">Makaya McCraven</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overmono" title="Overmono">Overmono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Gou" title="Peggy Gou">Peggy Gou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiohead" title="Radiohead">Radiohead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratatat" title="Ratatat">Ratatat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostam_Batmanglij" title="Rostam Batmanglij">Rostam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigur_R%C3%B3s" title="Sigur Rós">Sigur Rós</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smerz" title="Smerz">Smerz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Woolford_(DJ)" title="Paul Woolford (DJ)">Special Request</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Smile_(band)" title="The Smile (band)">The Smile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thom_Yorke" title="Thom Yorke">Thom Yorke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaeji" title="Yaeji">Yaeji</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Legxacy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Legxacy (page does not exist)">Jim Legxacy</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alumni">Alumni</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atoms_for_Peace_(band)" title="Atoms for Peace (band)">Atoms for Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azealia_Banks" title="Azealia Banks">Azealia Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Avalanches" title="The Avalanches">The Avalanches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basement_Jaxx" title="Basement Jaxx">Basement Jaxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badly_Drawn_Boy" title="Badly Drawn Boy">Badly Drawn Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Be_Your_Own_Pet" title="Be Your Own Pet">Be Your Own Pet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beck" title="Beck">Beck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Womack" title="Bobby Womack">Bobby Womack</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Roses_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Roses (musician)">Blue Roses / Laura Groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_K" title="Capitol K">Capitol K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dizzee_Rascal" title="Dizzee Rascal">Dizzee Rascal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_(band)" title="Discovery (band)">Discovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India_Youth" class="mw-redirect" title="East India Youth">East India Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Six" title="Electric Six">Electric Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyedress" title="Eyedress">Eyedress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendly_Fires" title="Friendly Fires">Friendly Fires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giggs_(rapper)" title="Giggs (rapper)">Giggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" title="Gil Scott-Heron">Gil Scott-Heron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Silvers" title="Golden Silvers">Golden Silvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotan_Project" title="Gotan Project">Gotan Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Miranda" title="Holly Miranda">Holly Miranda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Horrors" title="The Horrors">The Horrors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Pain" title="House of Pain">House of Pain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceage" title="Iceage">Iceage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_White" title="Jack White">Jack White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_(band)" title="Jungle (band)">Jungle</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Elson" title="Karen Elson">Karen Elson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaytranada" title="Kaytranada">Kaytranada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirin_J_Callinan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirin J Callinan">Kirin J Callinan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwes" title="Kwes">Kwes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leila_Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Leila Arab">Leila</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lemon_Jelly" title="Lemon Jelly">Lemon Jelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liquid_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquid (band)">Liquid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrates_(band)" title="Magistrates (band)">Magistrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)" title="M.I.A. (rapper)">M.I.A.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsta_Boy" title="Monsta Boy">Monsta Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nines_(rapper)" title="Nines (rapper)">Nines</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novelist_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Novelist (rapper)">Novelist</a><sup id="cite_ref-Joseph_JP_Patterson_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joseph_JP_Patterson-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu-Birth" class="mw-redirect" title="Nu-Birth">Nu-Birth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peaches_(musician)" title="Peaches (musician)">Peaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratking_(group)" title="Ratking (group)">Ratking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigy" title="The Prodigy">The Prodigy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QT_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="QT (musician)">QT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RJD2" title="RJD2">RJD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Davis_Jr." title="Roy Davis Jr.">Roy Davis Jr.</a> feat. <a href="/wiki/Peven_Everett" class="mw-redirect" title="Peven Everett">Peven Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamir_(musician)" title="Shamir (musician)">Shamir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SL2_(musical_group)" title="SL2 (musical group)">SL2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Furry_Animals" title="Super Furry Animals">Super Furry Animals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Larrikin" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Larrikin">Sunless '97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cool_Kids" title="The Cool Kids">The Cool Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theoretical_Girl" title="Theoretical Girl">Theoretical Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_Andronicus_(band)" title="Titus Andronicus (band)">Titus Andronicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Streets" title="The Streets">The Streets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator" title="Tyler, the Creator">Tyler, the Creator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Various_Production" class="mw-redirect" title="Various Production">Various Production</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vampire_Weekend" title="Vampire Weekend">Vampire Weekend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiki_(rapper)" title="Wiki (rapper)">Wiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiley_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiley (rapper)">Wiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Earl_Beal" title="Willis Earl Beal">Willis Earl Beal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zomby" title="Zomby">Zomby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zongamin" title="Zongamin">Zongamin</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div 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labels/imprints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kaya Kaya Records</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrible_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrible Records">Terrible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locked_On_Records" title="Locked On Records">Locked On</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inactive_affiliated_labels/imprints"><span id="Inactive_affiliated_labels.2Fimprints"></span>Inactive affiliated labels/imprints</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Inactive affiliated labels/imprints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abeano_XL" class="mw-redirect" title="Abeano XL">Abeano</a></li> <li>Concept In Dance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Charity_(record_label)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Charity (record label)">HXC Recordings</a></li> <li>Merok Records</li> <li>New Gen</li> <li>Ore Music</li> <li>Platinum Projects</li> <li>Rex Records</li> <li>Salvia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XL_Recordings&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_electronic_music_record_labels" title="List of electronic music record labels">List of electronic music record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_independent_UK_record_labels" title="List of independent UK record labels">List of independent UK record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_record_labels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of record labels">List of record labels</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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