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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 07:16, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Prod declined with suggested merge to Universal Music Group, but no non-Wikipedia sources seem to suggest that this was ever under their ownership. The generic name makes it hard to search, but I could only find passing mentions to the label at best.

The label doesn't ever seem to have actually been anything other than a shell distributor for other artists, as search results for "Icon Records" "Duane Steele" show that his albums were actually independent releases for which Icon was a distributor. This was the only source I could find that said anything about the label, and it's just a PR piece about one artist signing. Furthermore, the "DaSilva Group" turns up no further results. Little Big Town and Dwight Yoakam's pages don't even mention Icon as a label to which they were signed, further showing that they were only a distributor for other labels.

Furthermore, the inbound links suggest that there may have even been more than one label by this name, as many predate the label's foundation date of 2006. Given that Big Machine Records also has a Nash Icon imprint, and given that the label was only a distributor, this seems like an unlikely candidate for merging or redirection. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 16:46, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 16:46, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 16:46, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies and Alberta. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:04, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete lack of significant coverage, mentions that I can find are surface-level or are about working with other artist. Brayan ocaner (talk) 09:05, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I am unable to locate any deep or significant coverage with in-depth information on the company and containing independent content, references to date fail the criteria for establishing notability, topic therefore fails WP:NCORP. HighKing⁺⁺ 14:44, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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