music lables

1. Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment; commonly known as Sony Music is an
American music corporation owned and organised by Sony
Corporation of America and known internationally as the largest
music company. As of 2012, Sony was known as one of the main
publishing companys in the world with over 2 million songs under
management. Sony have published songs from many different artists
including The Beatles, Jessie J, Kasabian, Oasis and Whitney Houston. In
1929, the company was founded as American Record Corporation (ARC)
yet renamed in1938 as Columbia Recording Corporation. In 1966, the
company was reorganized to become Columbia Broadcasting System
Records. Then again in 1991, the company was renamed Sony Music
Etertainments (SME) being considered the world's second largest music
company. In 2004, SME and Bertelsmann Music Group merged as Sony BMG
Music Entertainment. Later, SME is a middle-sized and one of the "Big Three"
record companies, with Universal Music Group (the largest) and Warner
Music Group.
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest American music company also
owning Universal Music Publishing Group. Throughout the years many
agreements had been made for Universal Music Group to be merged with
other comapnies such as Time Warner, Warner Music Group, General
Electric NBC, Decca Records yet many had then been dropped after a
short period. From 2010 till present, the chairman of the company similarly
was constantly changing bringing in new ideas to the company such as
making an agreement every winner of American Idol series’ to keep the
lable fresh with new artists and would be sign the artists to produce music.
Once at 2012, UMG had expanded its company hugely and it now includes
many different companies within such as Mute Records, Roxy Records, EMI
classics etc. having a great range of music within the music industry. The
company of Universal Music Group is an oligopoly in the music industry
owning or part owning many other companies having a range and control
of the industry.

2. Virgin EMI Records
Virgin EMI Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group,
founded in March 2013 through the company that merged Mercury Records
and Virgin Records together. Virgin EMI became one of Universal Music UK’s
leading labels producing some of the most popular british music along with
Polydor Records, Decca Records and the newly established Capitol Records
UK. This new label has replaced Mercury as the official releasing label in the
UK. Virgin EMI's artists include Arcade Fire, Justin Bieber, Jake Bugg, Chase &
Status, Elton John, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Emeli Sande, Taylor Swift, Paul
McCartney, Cage the Elephant, Alice In Chains and Kanye West.
Universal Republic Records
Universal Republic Records is a record label owned by Universal Music
Group. The company was based on the label Republic Records founded by
brothers Monte and Avery Lipman. In 2011, changes were made at one of
the three Universal Music Group labels having Universal Motown Republic
Group and Motown Records separated. This causing it to shut down and
transfer all artists to either Motown Records or Universal Republic Records
merging into The Island Def Jam Music Group making Universal Republic
stand alone. This company includes names such as Amy Winehouse, Ariana
Grande, Florence and the Machine and Owl City. In mid-2012, the label
reverted to its original Republic Records name, making this label defunct.