The name Champion Records has been used by at least four record labels.

An early Champion lavel was produced by Gennett Records as an inexpensive label that featured country or "hillbilly" artists. Gene Autry recorded for Gennett on the Champion label and it is said that his horse, Champion, was named for the label.

Another Champion label was started by Johnny Vincent.

A third Champion label (along with its sister labels Calvert and Cherokee) was started in the mid-1950s by legendary songwriter/producer Ted Jarrett, in partnership with Alan and Reynolds Bubis (formerly of the Tennessee & Republic labels). This Nashville, TN-based label released records by Christine Kittrell, Gene Allison, The Fairfield Four, Earl Gaines, Larry Birdsong, Shy Guy Douglas, Jimmy Beck and Charles Walker, among others. Champion was out of business by 1960, but other Jarrett labels like Valdot, Poncello, Spar and Ref-O-Ree followed. All of these companies were acquired by Bluesland Productions in the mid 1990s.

A fourth label based in the UK, mainly soul & dance orientated, was begun by Mel Medalie in 1980.

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• List of record labels

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• Champion Records UK