This document provides an overview of the modern music industry. It discusses that the music industry consists of companies and individuals that create, perform, and sell music and music videos. It notes that the music industry emerged in the 1930s-1950s and is now dominated by three major corporate labels - Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group. Each section then provides details on the founding year and ownership of each of these three major labels.

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2. Understanding of music
industry
• Basically , music industry consists of the companies and individuals
that make money by creating and selling live music product
performances ,sound recordings and music video of songs also
instrumental pieces.
• The most important individuals and organisations involved in music
industry are : songwriters , composers( who create new music ),the
singers(of course),musisicans ,conductors and bndleaders .Also
includes professionals who assist singers and musicians with their
music careers ; Those who broadcast music;music journalists and
music critics;music educators and instruments as well as many
others .
• Mordern music industry appeared from 1930s-1950s.In
2000s,majority of music market is controlled by three major
corporate labels .(The effect is like the Big 6 )

3. • 1-French-owned Universal Music group.Universal music
group was founded in
1934,is an American-French worldwide music corporation that
operate as a subsidiary of paris-based French media
conglomerate Vivendi and this music group is the largest in the
world

4. Artists in Universal Music Group

5. • 2 Japanese-Owned Soney Music Entertainment (SME) is an
American music corporation managed and operated by Sony
Corporation of America which is the subsidiary of Japanese
Conglomerate Sony compny . Additionaly the music industry
was founded in 1929.

6. See some stars from this company

7. • 3 USA-owned Warner Music Group is an American global record company ,
and its headquarter is in New York .This music is the largest American-owned
music conglomerate worldwide and is also one of the Big 3 (other two are Sony
music entertainment and Universal Music Group ).The company owns and
operates some of the largest recording labels as well such as Warner Bros,
Records, Parlophone Records and Atlantic Records.Additionally it also owns
the Warner music which is one of the largest music-publishing company and
WMG was founded in 1958

8. what stars are in this industry ?