What is Interscope Records?
{{Infobox record label | image = | parent = [[Universal Music Group]] | founded = 1990 | founder = [[Jimmy Iovine]]<br />[[Ted Field]] | status = Active | distributor = Interscope-Geffen-A&M ([[United States|US]])<br />[[Polydor Records]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) | genre = Various | location = [[Santa Monica, California]] | country = [[United States]] | url = https://interscope.com/ }} '''Interscope Records''' is an [[United States|American]] major [[record label]]. It is owned by [[Universal Music Group]]. Some of their artists include: [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Eminem]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[OneRepublic]], [[Dermot Kennedy]], [[Blackpink]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[DaBaby]], [[Billie Eilish]], [[Finneas O'Connell|Finneas]], [[Imagine Dragons]], [[Olivia Rodrigo]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Camila Cabello]], [[Playboi Carti]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Jennifer Hudson]], [[Ken Carson]], [[GloRilla]], [[Destroy Lonely]], [[Jay Rock]], [[ScHoolboy Q]], [[Lana Del Rey]], [[JID]], [[Maroon 5]], [[Moneybagg Yo]], [[Gwen Stefani]], [[Rae Sremmurd]], [[Gracie Abrams]], [[Zedd]], [[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]], [[U2]], [[Yeat]], [[Yungblud]], [[Cuco (musician)|Cuco]], [[Juice Wrld]], [[d4vd]], [[Homixide Gang]], [[Reneé Rapp]], [[Nettspend]], [[J. Cole]], [[Iván Cornejo|Ivan Cornejo]] and [[Karol G]]. ==History== The label was founded by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field. It was made as a joint venture with Atlantic Records. One of the main features of the company was weak control over the musicians. This allowed them to freely implement their ideas in creativity.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Foege|first=BY Alec|date=1995-12-03|title=POP MUSIC;Scorned, Shunned and Doing Quite Nicely (Published 1995)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/03/arts/pop-music-scorned-shunned-and-doing-quite-nicely.html|access-date=2021-02-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Already in 1993, a year after its founding, the label's profits recouped the $20 million invested in its opening. Until May 2014,