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36: 1001: 152: 383:. In 2001, Warner Music Group ended its joint venture with Giant, which was absorbed into Warner Bros. Records. Since then, BMG no longer repressed and distributed any previous releases of Giant. Distribution of current reissues are done by Warner Music's reissue division, 390:
In February 2015, Warner Music Sweden announced that it would reactivate Giant's name; the first single released under the new Giant Records banner was Simon Erics' "Waiting for the Sun."
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to distribute its recordings outside the U.S. By the mid- to late 1990s, the company had replaced most of its staff and launched a subsidiary label called Revolution Records;
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Artists on Giant Records were primarily distributed by Warner Bros. Records. Giant recording artists marked with (#) were distributed by
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was released and went on to become a Top 5 single. In the months that followed, Giant Records released the soundtrack album for the film
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On June 9, 2022, Azoff relaunched a rebranded and independent version of the label with no connections to Warner called
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In 1993, Giant became dissatisfied with Warner Music Group's practice of international affairs, so it made a deal with
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The company later reverted to its original name and distributed Paladin Records, which included singer-songwriter
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In 1992, Irving Azoff expanded the Giant brand into film production. Giant Pictures only produced one film,
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Warner Music Sweden for Swedish releases since 2015
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