EMI

Also known as EMI Music, EMI (United Kingdom), EMI Records, EMI Records Limited, EMI Records Ltd., EMI Records, Ltd., EMI Records Inc.

EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its acquisition by Universal Music in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the "Big Four" record companies (later the "Big Three"). Its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records. Following EMI's breakup, most were acquired by Universal

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EMI, also known as Electric and Musical Industries, EMI Group Limited, EMI Music, and EMI Records, was a company and funder based in Stockport, United Kingdom. The organization was established in 1931 and operated until its dissolution in 2012. It employed 15,000 people and maintained a social media following of 7,340,000.

The entity has been associated with various inception dates, including 1928-03-29, 1931-01-01, 1931-03-31, and 1973-01-01, and was active during 1985. Its official website is listed as part of the Universal Music Group label directory. The organization is referenced by 10,448 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Company.fate: Broken up: EMI Music Publishing acquired by a consortium led by Sony Music Publishing comprising Sony Corporation of America The estate of Michael Jackson Mubadala Development Company PJSC Jynwel Capital Limited The Blackstone Group's GSO Capital Partners LP David Geffen(later wholly owned by and absorbed into Sony/ATV) Warner Music Group acquired Parlophone, Chrysalis Records (UK artists and Ramones catalogue until 2016), EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, 2CD Originals Series and EMI's Belgian, Czech/Slovak, Danish, French, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish operations (including Russian EMI partner SBA/Gala and Chinese EMI partner Gold Typhoon) Universal Music Group acquired Capitol Records, Virgin Records, The Blue Note Label Group, Positiva Records and most of the international operations amongst the bulk. BMG Rights Management acquired Mute Records and Virgin Music Publishing Blue Raincoat Music (parent since 2019 is Reservoir Media Management) in 2016 acquired the Chrysalis British catalogue (except 3 artists and Ramones)
Company.predecessors: Columbia Graphophone CompanyGramophone CompanyThorn EMI
Company.location: Westminster
Company.location_city: London
Company.location_country: England, United Kingdom
Company.key_people: Founding CEO Lenard John Brown Roger Faxon (Former CEO) Ruth Prior (Former CFO)
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.industry: Music
Company.revenue: £1.072 billion (2009)$1.65 billion (2009)
Company.operating_income: £163 million (2009)(EMI Music)£135 million (2009)(EMI Music Publishing)
Company.num_employees: 5,500 (2008)
Company.name: EMI Group Limited
Company.logo: 200px
Company.image: Emi_building.jpg
Company.image_caption: EMI's former building in London, since owned by Warner Music UK
Company.former_names: Electric and Musical Industries Ltd. (1931–1971)EMI Ltd. (1971–1979)Thorn EMI PLC (1979–1996)EMI Group PLC (1996–2007)
Company.type: Private
Company.traded_as: LSE: EMI (until 2007)

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Company, Funder
Founded: 1931
Location: Stockport, United Kingdom
Also known as: EMI Group Limited, EMI Music, EMI Records, Electric and Musical Industries
Status: Active

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