Rajon Music Group
Parent company	Sony Music & Big Records Big Records Big Records is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Paul Paoliello, former Managing Director of Zomba Records' Australasian affiliate from its inception in 1999 until its sale to Rajon Music Group in 2003. Its artists include Tina Cousins, The Teenage Idols,...  in Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
Founded	July 2000
Founder(s)	John Evans John Evans - Academics :*Sir John Evans , English archaeologist and geologist*John Davies Evans , English archaeologist specialising in the prehistory of the Mediterranean and Malta, former Director of the Institute of Archaeology, London...
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Genre(s)	Various
Country	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
Web address	http://www.rajon.com.au/

The Rajon Music Group was formed in July 2000

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 by John Evans after the merger of 3 leading independent record labels (Rajon Entertainment, Redx Entertainment and Startel Entertainment). Consequently, the group became one of the largest independent record label

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Rajon’s core business was TV compilations; budget, mid price and catalogue marketing and concepts; single artist development, third party licensing; synchronisations for TV and film, and premium CD’s. The company has also expanded into the DVD/Video market with the launch of Rajon Vision in December 2001.

Rajon owned and controlled a very successful catalogue of artists, which has earned many awards including 32 gold records, 6 platinum records and 42 major industry awards.

Rajon Music Group was distributed by Sony Music in Australia who supplies product to major music and DVD retailers such Sanity, HMV, Blockbuster, K-Mart, Target, Myer/Grace, Leading Edge. The company has recently expanded the operation into New Zealand, Asia and the UK. Distribution is handled by Sony Music in Asia and Zomba/BMG in New Zealand.

Rajon was a member of ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) and AMCOS (Australasian Mechanical Copyrights Owners Society).

Rajon acquisition of Big Records

Through an acquisition of 90% Rajon has taken control of new label Big Records

Big Records

Big Records is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Paul Paoliello, former Managing Director of Zomba Records' Australasian affiliate from its inception in 1999 until its sale to Rajon Music Group in 2003. Its artists include Tina Cousins, The Teenage Idols,...

that will give the opportunity to explore exciting new areas of music.

Prior to the acquisition, BIG Records was an independent record company established by Paul Paoliello and Peter “Reggie” Bowman.

New artists that now fall under the Rajon umbrella include include Tina Cousins, The Teenage Idols, 888, Melissa Tkautz, Groove Armada, Ashanti, Melanie C, and Hanson.

Rajon was sold to digital media and marketing firm destra in 2005. destra's purchase of these sorts of businesses over three years failed to produce a media empire where all the business units integrated with each other. destra collapsed in 2008.