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The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Brook Green in London, in the United Kingdom. With operations in over 25 other countries, EMI Group is one of the Big Four record labels.
History
The Electric and Musical Industries Ltd formed in March 1931 from a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company. In 1957, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Victor and Columbia Records (Columbia USA cut its ties with EMI in 1951), EMI entered the American market by acquiring 96% of the stock of Capitol Records.
The company established subsidiary operations in a number of other countries in the British Commonwealth, including India, Australia and New Zealand. EMI's Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries dominated the popular music industry in those countries from the 1920s until the 1960s, when other locally-owned labels (such as Festival Records) began to challenge EMI's market near monopoly in those regions.
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Meta Description: [ Offical site for Capitol Music Canada, brought to you by EMI Music Canada ]
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Meta Description: [ EMI Records UK homepage. Includes company infomation, artist rosters, label information, sample media. ]
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Meta Description: [ EMI Classics online provides access to EMI's worldwide catalogue of artists, series, tour information, history, news and new releases. ]
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Meta Description: [ Musichead Australia The Official EMI Music Site - Read Music News, Reviews, and Tour Dates ]
EMI Music Canada - Official site for EMI Music Canada.
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EMI Records UK - Includes company information, artist roster, label information, and sample media.
Meta Description: [ EMI Records UK homepage. Includes company infomation, artist rosters, label information, sample media. ]
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Labels Belgium - Features artist and CD release information of all artists, signed to Virgin Records worldwide.
Meta Description: [ features artist and CD release information of all artists,
signed to Virgin Records worldwide, with exciting contests,
photos, sound, clips, tour news, what's on, ... ]
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Meta Description: [ The best in new instrumental, jazz and world music. Narada's instrumental music influenced by jazz, world, folk, pop, and classical music occupies a distinctive position on the contemporary musical landscape. Our label group offers a diversified catalog of music and a roster of talented artists. ]
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Meta Description: [ Offical site for Virgin Music Canada, brought to you by EMI Music Canada ]
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Meta Description: [ Official music news and downloads, exclusive video, mobile merchandise andringtones, competitions, gig guides and freebies, all way ahead of release and direct from a huge selection of artists and labels ]
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