Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment, formerlyBMLG Records andRepublic Nashville, is a record label established in 2009 byRepublic Records in New York andBig Machine Records in Nashville. It is headquartered onMusic Row and utilizes the combined resources of Big Machine Records and Republic Records.[1] In March 2014, Big Machine announced it will revive defunct record labelDot Records as a sister label for Republic Nashville. Until 2015, the label was owned by theUniversal Music Group; however, in July 2015, theBig Machine Label Group acquired full ownership of the label as part of distribution negotiations.[2]
In August 2016, Republic Nashville was rebranded as BMLG Records.[3] In February 2024, BMLG Records rebranded as Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment.[4]