EMI

   

For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation).

The Electric and Musical Industries Ltd formed in March 1931 from a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company/HMV. In 1955, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Victor and Columbia Records, EMI entered the American market by acquiring Capitol Records.

Electric & Musical Industries changed its name to EMI Ltd in 1971 and the subsidiary Gramophone Company became EMI Records Ltd in 1973. In February 1979, EMI Ltd. acquired United Artists Records.

In October 1979 THORN Electrical Industries Ltd. merged with EMI Ltd. to form THORN EMI.

In 1989 THORN EMI bought a 50% interest in Chrysalis Records, buying the outstanding 50% in 1991. In one of its highest-profile and most expensive acquisitions, THORN EMI took over Richard Branson's Virgin Records in 1992.

On August 16, 1996, THORN EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerger proposals. The resulting media company has since been known by the name EMI Group PLC.

Under the control of Sir Louis Sterling, EMI opened the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, England in November 1931.

Labels under the EMI banner

Musicians signed, or previously signed, to EMI

The musicians may have been signed under one of EMI's subsidiary labels. The subsidiary is noted next to the artist if this is the case.

Pre-1960

1960s

1970s–Present

Metal bands on EMI during the 1980s included:

The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label in 1976 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry.

See also

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