Mercury records was originally founded in chicago in 1945 and is one of the leading recording labels in the world from black sabbath to elton john to u2 its had some of the biggest names in the world on its books now under the island def jam music group in the us its also home to todays leading acts rihanna kanye west and justin bieber to name just a few this is an official mercury records productour ceramic mugs are all white barring the printed design and are a standard mug size