Below you will find example sentences with "major label". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Major Label in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: label
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.5 words

Words in this phrase

major label

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • major can mean: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. Common word
  • label can mean: A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

to a major label 2× a major label deal followed 1× and more major label artists got 1× as a major label artist was 1× banks last major label deal ended 1× from her major label debut album 1× have her major label s muscle 1× her first major label meeting last 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a deal with 1× a major label 1× as demand increased 1× background flood was 1× banks last major 1× but it doesn 1×

Common sentence endings:

a major label 2× major label debut 2× and a championship 1× annual music issue 1× any major label 1× back in 1970 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

debut 8× first 5× deal 4× release 4× album 3× year 3× 1995 2× records 2× mac 2× things 2× now 2× pop 2×

Related phrases

major league major roads major hurricane major suit record label major general major scale major parties major retailers private label

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around label:

record label 11× private label 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

major hurricane major general maj gen maintenance work maintain healthy mainstream media

Just after it in the phrase index:

major league major metropolitan major parties major retailers major roads major scale

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

major league major roads major hurricane major suit major general major scale

Same ending:

record label private label

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "major label" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as to a major label, a major label deal followed, debut, first and deal stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with major league, major roads, major hurricane, record label and private label, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with major label

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Banks' last major label deal ended in 2014. (8 words)

A deal with a major label that went nowhere. (9 words)

Nation’s partnership to release her major label debut. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

In America, although raved about in places like Austin, San Francisco, and New York City, Johnston often remained under-the-radar, although his brief major label tenure at Atlantic Records lifted him into a larger limelight during the 1990s. (39 words)

I had just finished a 10-year record deal on a major label and decided that I wanted to spend some time making movies and writing scripts and looking at the more visual side of things. (36 words)

Lizzo is one of the hottest new artists on the scene right now and all of the buzz surrounding her major label debut has landed her on the cover of magazine’s annual music issue. (35 words)

Exclamation examples

And he's just dropped major label debut for them! (10 words)

Example sentences (20)

Major label career (1991–1995) As numerous bands from the seminal SST label and other kindred punk-oriented indies had before them, Meat Puppets grappled with the decision to switch to a major label.

Moving to Warner Bros. Records and releasing the acclaimed with the label in 2015, fans probably wondered how the transition of Backpack Mac to Major Label Mac would play out.

Things might be different now – but in 2009, Katy Perry was on top of the pop world, with a run of major hits from her major label debut album One of the Boys.

A deal with a major label that went nowhere.

As demand increased and more major label artists got in on the action, production turnaround times grew.

In basketball terms, Cardi B’s debut as a major label artist was like a first-year player winning Rookie of the Year, MVP, and a championship.

A major label deal followed and with the release of their self-titled debut album in 1995 and a flurry of promotion, the rest of the world was singing their praises.

I had just finished a 10-year record deal on a major label and decided that I wanted to spend some time making movies and writing scripts and looking at the more visual side of things.

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Nation’s partnership to release her major label debut.

In America, although raved about in places like Austin, San Francisco, and New York City, Johnston often remained under-the-radar, although his brief major label tenure at Atlantic Records lifted him into a larger limelight during the 1990s.

Lizzo is one of the hottest new artists on the scene right now and all of the buzz surrounding her major label debut has landed her on the cover of magazine’s annual music issue.

Referencing Incubus and the Red Hot Chili Peppers as heroes, these alt-rockers released their 2013 major label debut EP Love Songs Drug Songs.

The indie pop songwriter has officially arrived with her major label debut.

And he's just dropped major label debut for them!

Banks' last major label deal ended in 2014.

But it doesn’t hold your hand through the hooks like the biggest radio hits do, and this mixtape doesn’t seem to have her major label’s muscle fully behind it.

Nite recalls that when she went to her first major label meeting last month — a dream come true — the first question asked was her age.

The band is credited with being the first all-female rock group to be signed and to release a full album on a major label back in 1970.

At this time the group decided to capitalise on their success by signing to a major label.

Background Flood was They Might Be Giants' first release on any major label.

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