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Columbia Records, Inc.

US record company established 1954
Organization record_company Q61781821
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Summary

Columbia Records, Inc. is a record company[1]. Columbia Records, Inc. is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Headquarters location: New York City[4]
  • Has organizational division: Harmony[5], Columbia Records[6], Columbia Special Products[7]
  • Inception: October 11, 1954[8]
  • Parent organization or unit: Sony Music[9]
  • Replaces: Columbia Recording Corporation[10]
  • Official name: Columbia Records, Inc.[11]
  • Legal form: corporation[12]
  • Different from: Columbia Records[13]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Holding[14]

  • Began / founded: 1939-05-22[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7b94f338-4985-445c-b65b-1dcf41b80c16[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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