List of Capitol Records artists

This is a list of current and former artists for Capitol Records or one of its associated labels. An asterisk (*) denotes an artist who no longer records for the label.

A

* Cannonball Adderley*
* Alfamega (Capitol Records/Grand Hustle)
* Trace Adkins (Capitol Nashville)
* America*
* John Anderson* (Capitol Nashville)
* Ray Anthony*
* April Wine*
* Arcadia*
* Tina Arena
* Annie Sleta

B

* The Band*
* Les Baxter, His Orchestra & Chorus
* The Beach Boys*
* Beastie Boys
* The Beatles*
* Ben's Brother
* Dierks Bentley (Capitol Nashville)
* John Berry* (Capitol Nashville)
* bigbang
* Blind Melon*
* Cilla Black*
* Jeanne Black
* Blondie* (Chrysalis/Capitol)
* Suzy Bogguss* (Capitol Nashville)
* Bone Symphony*
* David Bowie* (EMI America)
* Lisa Brokop* (Capitol Nashville)
* Garth Brooks* (Capitol Nashville)
* Peabo Bryson
* The Bugaloos
* T. Graham Brown* (Capitol Nashville)
* Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville)

C

* Chris Cagle (Capitol Nashville)
* Glen Campbell* (Capitol Nashville)
* Rodney Carrington (Capitol Nashville)
* Paulette Carlson* (Capitol Nashville)
* Clyde Carson (Moe Doe Entertainment/Black Wall Street Records/Capitol Records)
* Deana Carter* (Capitol Nashville)
* George Chakiris
* Cherish (Sho'Nuff/Capitol)
* Chingy* (Disturbing Tha Peace/Capitol; Slot-A-Lot/Capitol)
* Eric Church (Capitol Nashville)
* Jameson Clark* (Capitol Nashville)
* Coldplay
* Corinne Bailey Rae
* Nat "King" Cole
* Natalie Cole*
* The Cover Girls
* Billy "Crash" Craddock*
* Crowded House

D

* Bobby Darin*
* David & Jonathan
* Clay Davidson* (Capitol Nashville)
* Martha Davis
* Billy Dean* (Capitol Nashville)
* The Decemberists
* Dem Franchize Boyz
* Kevin Devine
* Dilated Peoples* (ABB/Capitol)
* Dirty Vegas* (North America)
* Amber Dotson* (Capitol Nashville)
* George Ducas* (Capitol Nashville)
* Duran Duran*

E

* Edward Bear
* Emilio* (Capitol Nashville, EMI Latin)
* Ty England* (Capitol Nashville)
* Everclear*
* Skip Ewing* (Capitol Nashville)

F

* Faith Evans
* Ferras
* Tennessee Ernie Ford
* The Fortunes
* Four Freshmen
* Four Preps
* Cleve Francis* (Capitol Nashville)
* Stan Freberg
* The F-Ups

G

* Bobbie Gentry
* Jackie Gleason*
* Grand Funk Railroad
* Ricky Lynn Gregg* (Capitol Nashville)
* Andy Griffith
* Ronnie Grey And The Jets
* Judy Garland
* Garth Brooks (Former)

H

* Hager Twins
* Merle Haggard* (Capitol Nashville)
* Jennifer Hanson* (Capitol Nashville)
* Heart
* Helix
* Milt Herth
* CJ Hilton
* J. Holiday
* The Honeys
* Jedd Hughes* (Capitol Nashville)
* Human Beinz
* Hurt
* Ferlin Husky* (Capitol Nashville)

I

* Ice Cube* (Priority/Capitol)
* Interpol
* Iron Maiden (Harvest)
* Inner Circle (Capitol)

J

* J. Holiday
* Sonny James
* Matthew Jay*
* Dear Jayne
* Freddie Jackson
* Wanda Jackson
* Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella/Priority/Capitol)*
* The Jenkins* (Capitol Nashville)
* Jessi Colter
* Jimmy Eat World*
* The Jodimars
* Josie & The Pussycats*
* Jamie O'Neal
* Jolin Tsai*

K

* Katrina & The Waves
* Katy Perry
* Kudai
* Brandon Kinney* (Capitol Nashville)
* The Knack

L

* Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville)
* LCD Soundsystem
* Chris LeDoux* (Capitol Nashville)
* Peggy Lee
* Sean Lennon
* LeToya (Capitol)
* The Lettermen
* Lil' Romeo* (No Limit/Priority/Capitol)
* Lil' Ru
* Lil' Zane* (Priority/Capitol)
* Lily Allen
* Little Big Town (Capitol Nashville)
* Little River Band (Harvest/Capitol)
* Laurie London
* Less Than Jake*

M

* Mack 10* (Hoo Bangin'/Priority/Capitol)
* Barbara Mandrell* (Capitol Nashville)
* Gordon MacRae
* Meredith MacRae
* Mae (Capitol/Tooth and Nail)
* Magnificent Men
* Marcy Playground*
* Dean Martin
* Al Martino
* Richard Marx
* Tina Mason*
* Paul McCartney & Wings
* Delbert McClinton*
* Dude Mowrey* (Capitol Nashville)
* Mindy McCready* (Capitol Nashville)
* Mel McDaniel* (Capitol Nashville)
* MC Hammer*
* Megadeth*
* Roy D. Mercer (Capitol Nashville)
* Dean Miller* (Capitol Nashville)
* Jody Miller
* Mrs. Miller
* Ned Miller*
* Steve Miller Band
* Mims* (American King Music/Capitol)
* Kylie Minogue (Festival Mushroom Records/Capitol/EMI/Warner Bros.)
* Missing Persons
* The Motels
* Morningwood
* Anne Murray* (Capitol Nashville)
* Mike E. (Capitol/Star Trak)
* Muzikmonsta (Capitol)

N

* Willie Nelson* (Capitol Nashville)
* Juice Newton* (Capitol Nashville)
* Wayne Newton

O

* Don Omar*
* Jamie O'Neal* (Capitol Nashville)
* Otep*
* OK Go
* Johnny Otis Show
* The Outsiders
* Buck Owens

P

* Allison Paige* (Capitol Nashville)
* Les Paul & Mary Ford
* People!
* Pet Shop Boys (EMI America)
* Peter & Gordon
* Liz Phair*
* Pink Floyd (Tower & Harvest)
* The Pipkins
* Lisa Marie Presley
* Pirates of the Mississippi* (Capitol Nashville)
* Poison
* Power Station
* Purple Popcorn* (American King/Capitol)

Q

* Quicksilver Messenger Service

R

* Eddie Rabbitt* (Capitol Nashville)
* Radiohead* (US)
* Bonnie Raitt*
* The Raspberries
* Eddy Raven* (Capitol Nashville)
* Lou Rawls
* Ashley Ray (Capitol Nashville)
* RBD
* Red Café*(Hoo Bangin'/Capitol)
* Red Hot Chili Peppers*
* The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
* Relient K* (Capitol/Gotee)
* Helen Reddy
* Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
* Righteous Brothers (Haven)
* Tex Ritter
* River Road* (Capitol Nashville)
* Don Robertson
* Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville)
* Linda Ronstadt (Festival Mushroom Records/Capitol/EMI)
* Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville)

* Sandi and Salli
* Tommy Sands
* Saosin
* Sawyer Brown* (Capitol/Curb; still signed to Curb)
* Don Schlitz* (Capitol Nashville)
* Jack Scott
* Sean Lennon
* The Seekers
* Bob Seger (also Bob Seger System, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band)
* Selena* (EMI Latin/Capitol)
* Shenandoah* (Capitol Nashville)
* Ryan Shupe & The RubberBand* (Capitol Nashville)
* Silverstein
* Frank Sinatra
* Snoop Dogg* (No Limit/Priority/Capitol; Doggystyle/Priority/Capitol)
* Hurricane Smith
* Jo-El Sonnier* (Capitol Nashville)
* Joe South
* Spandau Ballet*
* Tracie Spencer
* Rick Springfield*
* Billy Squier
* Kay Starr
* Ray Stevens* (was on Capitol and Capitol/Curb on separate occasions)
* Stone Poneys
* Sunday
* The Sweet
* The Sylvers
* Show Luo

T

* A Taste of Honey
* Tavares
* Verlon Thompson* (Capitol Nashville)
* Cyndi Thomson* (Capitol Nashville)
* Ed Townsend
* The Tubes
* Tanya Tucker* (Capitol Nashville)
* Tina & The Mustangs
* Kreesha Turner
* Tina Turner

U

* Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville, formerly on Capitol/EMI)
* The Untouchable DJ Drastic* (American King Music/Capitol)
* Utada Hikaru

V

* Varsity Fanclub
* Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

W

* Steve Wariner* (Capitol Nashville)
* Bob Welch
* Emily West (Capitol Nashville)
* Cheryl Wheeler* (Capitol Nashville)
* Wild Rose* (Capitol Nashville)
* Ann Wilson
* Brian Wilson
* Nancy Wilson*
* Tim Wilson (Capitol Nashville)

Y

* Billy Yates* (Capitol Nashville)
* Faron Young* (Capitol Nashville)