Who owns Chrysalis Records?
Chrysalis Records is owned by Reservoir (the United States, NASDAQ: RSVR).[1]
Evidence: Reservoir Media, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-28, SEC EDGAR, 28 May 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Reservoir Media, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Music › Record labels
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: RSVR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records is the London record label Reservoir Media acquired in 2019 together with Blue Raincoat Music, which gave the company its first recorded music operations. Its catalogue includes recordings by Sinead O'Connor, The Specials, Generation X and The Waterboys. Reservoir says the label's current new releases are distributed through Secretly Distribution, and its filing lists Chrysalis Records Limited and Ensign Records Limited as wholly owned subsidiaries.
What Reservoir's annual report says about Chrysalis Records
Sentences about Chrysalis Records from Reservoir's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We acquired London-based Blue Raincoat Music Ltd and its label platform Chrysalis Records in 2019, thereby adding recorded music operations to our business, as well as the sound recordings of Sin ad O'Connor, The Specials, Generation X, and The Waterboys.
Within our Recorded Music business, we have completed and integrated the acquisitions of entire labels, including Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy and New State, and believe we are well-positioned to ingest additional master recordings into our platform resulting in additional operating leverage as we scale.
How often Reservoir names Chrysalis Records in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Chrysalis Records
Where Chrysalis Records sits in Reservoir
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Reservoir
Reservoir controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in record labels, and who owns them
The 18 brands in record labels on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Universal Music, with 5; Reservoir has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Capitol Records | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Atlantic Records | Warner Music | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Columbia Records | Sony | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BMG | Bertelsmann | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| VAP | Nippon TV Holdings | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Def Jam Recordings | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Interscope Records | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Motown | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: Reservoir
Reservoir is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States, founded in 2007. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: RSVR.
Reservoir Media is a New York music company that runs a music publishing business, a recorded music business and a management business. In the year to 31 March 2026 publishing brought in about $117 million of revenue and recorded music about $52 million. Its recorded music side releases from label teams in London and New York under Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Music, New State and Reservoir Recordings, which also markets and distributes older catalogue labels it holds such as Philly Groove, Amherst, AVCO, Jamdown, Off Road and Easy Street. Its 10-K records board-level takeover proposals received in 2026.
🇬🇧 Chrysalis Records and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Chrysalis Records among them.
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- BelfastLive — Reach 🇬🇧
- Celtic FC Women — Celtic plc 🇬🇧
- Country Life — Future 🇬🇧
- Eventim Apollo — CTS Eventim 🇩🇪
- Formula 1 — Liberty Media 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Chrysalis Records?
The parent company of Chrysalis Records is Reservoir, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Chrysalis Records British or American?
Chrysalis Records originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Reservoir, which is headquartered in the United States. So Chrysalis Records is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Chrysalis Records still owned by Reservoir?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Chrysalis Records is still owned by Reservoir. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Reservoir Media, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 28 May 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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