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EMI Records Ltd. (also known as EMI Music) is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by the music company of the same name in 1972 as its flagship label, and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia and Parlophone record labels. EMI is one of the four biggest record companies with a market share around 70 percent.
Headquarters: London, UK
Link: Official Site
Active Roster[]
- 22-20s
- Auf der Maur
- Beastie Boys
- The Beta Band
- Black Dice
- Blur
- David Bowie
- Kate Bush
- John Cale
- Kim Carnes
- The Chemical Brothers
- Chingy
- Marillion
- Coldplay
- Graham Coxon
- The Dandy Warhols
- Dirty Vegas
- The Divine Comedy
- Doves
- Duran Duran
- Sheena Easton
- Enigma
- Erasure
- Faith Evans
- Neil Finn
- Fischerspooner
- David Gilmour
- Gorillaz
- Ed Harcourt
- Heart
- Idlewild
- Iron Maiden
- J. Geils Band
- Norah Jones
- Junior Senior
- Keren Ann
- King Biscuit Time
- The Knack
- Beverly Knight
- Kraftwerk
- LCD Soundsystem
- The Magic Numbers
- Paul McCartney
- George Michael
- Kylie Minogue
- The Music
- Pet Shop Boys
- Beth Orton
- Maxi Priest
- Suzi Quatro
- Queen
- Radiohead
- Dariani Belle
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Kenny Rogers
- Roll Deep
- The Rolling Stones
- Bob Seger
- Shinchan
- Sigur Rós
- Sparklehorse
- Starsailor
- Steriogram
- Joss Stone
- Supergrass
- Telepopmusik
- KT Tunstall
- Van Hunt
- Robbie Williams
Inactive Roster[]
- Nat King Cole
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- The Kingston Trio
- Dean Martin
- Frank Sinatra
- Gene Vincent
- The Animals
- The Beach Boys
- The Beatles
- Cilla Black
- Joe Cocker
- Deep Purple
- Herman's Hermits
- The Hollies
- Cliff Richard
- Roger Whittaker
- The Yardbirds
- Pink Floyd
- Jane's Addiction
- Hot Chocolate
- Chumbawamba
- George Harrison
Key Releases[]
Too many to list
Biography[]
One of the big four labels, EMI has abosrbed many, many labels. It was started in 1931 from a merger between two other record companies. In the 1950s, they bought Capitol. A list of the labels they own is:
- Apple
- Astralwerks
- BEC
- Blue Note
- Capitol
- Chrysalis
- DFA
- Food
- Forefront
- Harvest
- Heavenly
- HMV
- Hut
- Mosaic
- Mute
- Narada
- Odeón
- Parlophone
- Pathé
- Pomaton EMI
- Positiva
- RAK
- Real World
- Regal Zonophone
- Reliquias
- S-Curve
- SBK Songs
- Siren
- Sparrow
- Sixsteps
- 10
- Virgin