Research into similar products: Record Labels for CDs.

Record Label: Hut

VC Recordings trading as Hut Records was a British record label brand which was started in 1990 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Virgin Records. It was often regarded as an independent label due to the independent distribution, which was used by Virgin as a means of gaining exposure for new acts via the attention surrounding the UK Indie Chart, and the 'credibility' associated with indie labels.

Record Label: Cooking Vinyl 

Cooking Vinyl is a UK based independent record company, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt, who remains the current owner and managing director, and distribution manager Pete Lawrence.The company is based in Acton, London.

Record Label: JIVE

JIVE Records (stylized as JIVE) was an American record label under the RCA Music Group formed in 1981 by Zomba Records. Formerly headquartered in New York City, known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and also in teen pop and boy bands during the late 1990s/early 2000s.

JIVE Records operated as an independently managed label until 2003, when Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) acquired the remainder of its parent company Zomba for US $2.74 billion, which at the time was the largest-ever acquisition of an independent label with major-label distribution.

Record Label: Frenchkiss

Frenchkiss Records is an independent record label based in New York, New York. The label was started in 1999 by Syd Butler, bassist and founder of Les Savy Fav.

In early 2012 Frenchkiss Records launched the distribution company Frenchkiss Label Group, which is "focused on growing visibility for indie labels in the spirit of communities such as Dischord, Rough Trade and Touch & Go."

Record Label: Island

Island Records is a major record label that operates as a division of Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica and has been based in the United Kingdom since 1962.

Record Label: Domino

Domino Recording Company, generally known as Domino, is a British independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France.

Record Label: Nonesuch

Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records, and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, Nonesuch Records has developed into a label that records critically acclaimed music from across a wide range of genres.

Record Label: Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records, Inc. is an American record label. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records label. Hollywood Records’ genre-spanning roster includes Demi Lovato, R5, Bea Miller, Lucy Hale, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Holt, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Bridgit Mendler, ZZ Ward, Marvel movie soundtracks, the iconic rock band Queen and more.

Research Conclusion:

Surprisingly, alternative and indie rock bands don't often assign to independent, small record labels. For example, Virgin Records supports indie bands, but it still remains part of a $4.9 billion dollar company. Similarly, Nonesuch is part of the Warner Brothers label which makes 12.5 billion in profit every year. The creator of Island Records is worth $180 million. As well as this, I have found that Placebo have previously worked with Virgin Records. 

This information was very helpful to me. I have decided to use Virgin Records because it is a famous label that supports alternative and indie bands, and would also be able to give Placebo enough recognition due to the significance of the label. I believe it will be most suitable to place onto my Placebo CD cover.