Music video institutions are companies that help produce and fund music videos for their signed artists. The three major music video institutions are Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment. Warner Music Group owns labels like Warner Bros Records and Atlantic Records and has artists like James Blunt, Paramore, and T.I. Universal Music Group is the largest music corporation and has signed artists globally like Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, and Taylor Swift. Sony Music Entertainment is owned by Sony Corporation and includes labels like Columbia Records and Epic Records, representing artists such as Beyoncé, Avril Lavigne, and Britney Spears.

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Music Video Institutions
Danielle Fletcher

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What are Music Video Institutions?
 These are the companies in which help produce and fund
music videos for their signed artists. As an audience, we watch
these music videos nearly everyday as we are intrigued as to
what new music videos are out there.

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Warner Music Group
Warner music is an American major global record company
which is headquartered in New York. It is one of the 'big
three' recording companies along with Universal Music
Group and Sony Music Entertainment. The Warner Music
company operates some of the most successful record
labels in the world: Warner Bros. Records, Parlophone
Records and Atlantic Records etc. They also own Warner/
Chappell Music, which is one of the worlds biggest music-
publishing companies. It is also a leading company in both
national and international repertoire that operates through a
number of international affiliated and licenses in more than
50 countries.
Warner Music Groups artists include: James Blunt,
Paramore, T.I, Plan B, Bruno Mats, B.o.B and lots more!
Through WMG, these artists have all been very successful
and have now published their music to worldwide audiences.

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Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American worldwide music
corporation that operates as a subsidiary of Paris-based
French media conglomerate Vivendi. Out of the 'big
three', it claims to be the largest music corporation in the
world. Its headquarters are located in Santa Monica,
California.
The recorded music business discovers and develops
recording artists, then markets and promotes their music
across a vast array of formats and platforms.
UMG has signed a large amount of artists across the
global, including: Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Taylor
Swift, Adele, Cheryl Cole, Duffy, Nicki Minaj, Mumford
and Sons, and many more!

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Song Music Emtertainment
Sony Music Entertainment is an American music
corporation managed and operated by Sony Corporation
of America, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony
Corporation. This is the worlds second largest music
company. The company was founded in 2004 and is
headquartered in New York.
Sony Music is one of the worlds most well known
companies. It includes ownership and distribution over
music companies including: Columbia Records, Arista
Records, Epic Records etc.
Sonys Music featured artists include: Beyoncé, Avril
Lavigne, Britney Spears, Chris Brown, Foster The People
and loads more!