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Blackheart Records
Founded1980 (1980)
FounderJoan Jett, Kenny Laguna
Distributor(s)Legacy Recordings
GenreRock
Country of originU.S.
LocationNew York City
Official websiteblackheart.com

Blackheart Records is an American record label founded by rock musicians Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna. Artists include The Eyeliners, Girl in a Coma, the Cute Lepers, the Dollyrots, The Vacancies, Fea, Jackknife Stiletto, L7, and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.[1]

History

Six of Jett's Top 40 hits were released on Blackheart Records. "I Hate Myself for Loving You" from 1988 placed highest in the charts.

During most of the 1990s, while it was under distribution by Mercury/PolyGram Records, the label ventured into hip hop music and released albums by artists including Big Daddy Kane and Professor Griff.

Studio albums released

Album Year Artist
Joan Jett 1980 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Album 1983 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth 1984 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Good Music 1986 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Up Your Alley 1988 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Notorious 1991 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Hanging in the Balance 1993 Metal Church
The Characters 1994 The Characters
Evil Stig (with The Gits) 1995 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Veteranz Day 1997 Big Daddy Kane
Blood of the Profit 1998 Professor Griff
Muta in Dub 1998 Mutabaruka
H.W.O. Harlem World Order 1999 DJ S&S
Naked 2004 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
No Apologies 2005 The Eyeliners
Sinner 2006 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Because I'm Awesome 2007 The Dollyrots
Both Before I'm Gone 2007 Girl in a Coma
Can't Stand Modern Music 2008 The Cute Lepers
Trio B.C. 2009 Girl in a Coma
Adventures in Coverland 2010 Girl in a Coma
A Little Messed Up 2010 The Dollyrots
Exits & All The Rest 2011 Girl in a Coma
Unvarnished 2013 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
FEA 2016 FEA
Chronicles of Jane, Vol. 1 2017 Jackknife Stiletto
Chronicles of Jane, Vol. 2 2018 Jackknife Stiletto
Scatter the Rats 2019 L7

References

  1. ^ "Blackheart Records". blackheart.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2014-01-11.

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