An American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is internationally known as WEA International.

WBR was founded in 1958, next to the film studio in Burbank, California.

In 1960, the company signed the Everly Brothers with the first million-dollar contract in history. In 1963, WBR bought Frank Sinatra's label, Reprise Records. The acquisition proved very lucrative and Reprise remains in the WBR fold to this day and has become its strongest imprint.

In 1964, the label negotiated with Disques Vogue for the right to distribute Petula Clark's recordings in the US, beginning with Downtown. In 1972, Dionne Warwick was brought to the label after leaving Scepter Records in a deal that was the biggest contract at the time for a female artist.

In 1967, Warner Bros. (including WBR) was sold for $85m to Seven Arts Productions. Two years later, the company was sold to Kinney National Company (later renamed Warner Communications) and the label became Warner Bros. Records again, reviving the WB shield as its logo. In 1971, Warner Communications established WEA - the pooling together of WBR, Elektra and Atlantic to form a larger umbrella for its music entities under which they could operate. In 1990, Warner Communications merged with Time Inc. to form Time Warner. In 1991, WEA was renamed Warner Music. In 2000, Time Warner merged with AOL creating AOL Time Warner. Finally, in March 2004, a group of private investors led by Edgar Bronfman Jr. bought the Warner Music Group from Time Warner. Today Warner Bros. Records remains one of Warner Music Group's most dominant labels.