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 was a major British music company founded in 1931 that owned numerous well-known record labels including Capitol Records, Virgin Records, and Parlophone, making it one of the four largest record companies in the world. The company was acquired by Universal Music in 2012 and subsequently broken up, with most of its assets being distributed to Universal and other buyers.

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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