Nixa Record Company Ltd. was founded in 1950 by . Nixa was the second company, after Decca, to release LP records in Britain (at the time, EMI was attempting to promote 45 rpm records over 33 LP records). The record label, which traded as Nixa Records, was acquired by Pye Records in 1953. Their primary artist was Petula Clark, who recorded for the label in both English and French from 1955 to 1962. Many of her releases for the label were top ten hits in both the UK and France, with three of them charting at number one. In 1987, the Nixa name was used again as a classical imprint by PRT Records.