EMI

defunct British music recording and publishing company
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EMI was a public limited company[1] headquartered in London[1]. It operated across the music industry, consumer electronics industry, phonographic industry, and media industry[2]. The organization maintained a workforce of 15k employees.

As a business[3][1], EMI functioned under the parent organization Universal Music Group[1]. The company was ultimately dissolved on January 1, 2012.

EMI

Summary

EMI is a business[1]. EMI ranks in the top 0.98% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,154 views/month, #290 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • EMI is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • EMI is in the country of United States[4].
  • EMI's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • EMI's instance of is recorded as privately held company[6].
  • EMI's instance of is recorded as record company[7].
  • EMI's instance of is recorded as holding company[8].
  • EMI's instance of is recorded as record label[9].
  • EMI is owned by Vivendi[10].
  • EMI followed Associated British Picture Corporation[11].
  • EMI was followed by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.[12].
  • EMI was followed by Virgin EMI Records[13].
  • EMI's headquarters location is recorded as London[14].
  • EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI United Kingdom[15].
  • EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI[16].
  • EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI Chrysalis[17].
  • EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI USA[18].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Toshiba EMI Ltd.[19].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as EMI Music Japan[20].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Poko Rekords[21].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Chrysalis Records Ltd.[22].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as EMI Pathé Marconi S.A.[23].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as EMI Records[24].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Carl Lindström A.G.[25].
  • EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Norske Gram[26].
  • EMI is part of major label[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include March 31, 1931[28], January 1, 1931[29], March 29, 1928[30], and January 1, 1973[31]. EMI's location of formation is recorded as London[32].

Identity

EMI's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EMI Records Limited'}[33]. EMI is part of major label[27]. EMI followed Associated British Picture Corporation[11]. Successors include EMI Music Publishing Ltd.[12] and Virgin EMI Records[13].

Operations

EMI's headquarters location is recorded as London[14]. Parent organizations include Universal Music Group[34], a record company[35], in United States[36], founded in 1934[37], headquartered in Santa Monica[38]; Sony (United Kingdom)[39], a business[40], in United Kingdom[41], headquartered in Weybridge[42]; and Warner Music Group[43], a record company[44], in United States[45], founded in 1958[46], headquartered in New York City[47]. Subsidiaries include Toshiba EMI Ltd.[19], a business[48], in Japan[49], founded in 1973[50]; EMI Music Japan[20], a record company[51], in Japan[52], founded in 2007[53], headquartered in akasaka Sacas[54]; Poko Rekords[21], a record label[55], in Finland[56], founded in 1977[57], headquartered in Tampere[58]; Chrysalis Records Ltd.[22], a record company[59], in United Kingdom[60], founded in 1970[61], headquartered in London[62]; EMI Pathé Marconi S.A.[23], a business[63], in France[64], founded in 1986[65]; and EMI Records[24], a record label[66], in United Kingdom[67], founded in 1972[68], headquartered in United Kingdom[69].

Industry

Industries include music industry[70], consumer electronics industry[71], phonographic industry[72], and media industry[73].

Ownership

EMI is owned by Vivendi[10].

Dissolution

EMI was dissolved in January 1, 2012[74].

Why It Matters

EMI ranks in the top 0.98% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,154 views/month, #290 of 29,529).[2] EMI has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[75] EMI is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[76]

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  2. [75] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [76] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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