2. Introduction
As part of my research into music videos I
decided to have look at the major music
institutions to gain a basic understanding about
the foundations of the music industry.
I will be looking at the four major music
institution in the world which are:
Universal Music Group
Sony Music
Warner Music Group
EMI Music Publishing
3. Universal Music Group
Founded in 1934 as “Decca Records”, the music institution now known
as “Universal Music Group” (UMG)is now the largest in the world with a
revenue of $6.552 billion (2013) and employing over 6,000 people
globally.
UMG is highly successful music institution with some of the worlds
highest grossing artists signed to them, as well having as vast array of
music labels
Not only is there Universal Music Group Publishing which
Not only does UMG focus on producing highly acclaimed artist but also
has been involved in modern music consumption today. UMG‘s
partnership with Sony Music Entertainment created VEVO which is a
music video platform with which has over 100,000 music video in HD
and attracts over 5.5 billion monthly views globally.
4. Universal Music Group Labels
Records Republic Records Big Machine Records The Verve Music Group
5. Artists of Universal Music Group
Taylor Swift U2 Mariah Carey
Madonna
Elton John Adele Kanye West Kaiser
Chiefs
6. Sony Music Entertainment (
SME)
Sony Music Entertainment which is the second largest
record company in the world, is a conglomerate of the
Sony Corporation. Sony music was first founded
in1929 as American Record Corporation (ARC)and
was continually renamed after several purchases of
the company its eventual purchase by Sony in 1991,
thus creating Sony Music Entertainment.
7. Sony Music Labels
Columbia Records RCA Records Epic Records
Arista Nashville Masterworks Legacy Recordings
8. Sony Music Artists
Britney Spears Michael Jackson One Direction
Calvin Harris
John Legend Alicia Keys Whitney Houston George
Michael
9. Warner Music Group
Originally founded as Warner Bros. Records in
1958 the Warner music group is now the third
largest music empires in the world, and employees
3,5000 people in 50 countries in the world. It’s
music publishing is also one of the main players in
the music publishing business globally and is a key
element in their goal to redefine the music industry.
10. Warner Music Group Labels
Atlantic Records Warner Bros. Records Parlophone
Warner Music Nashville Rhino Entertainment
11. Warner Music Group Artist
Prince Kylie Minogue Bruno Mars Coldplay
Cher
Ed Sheeran Lily Allen Michael Buble David Guetta
Jason Derulo
12. EMI Music Publishing
EMI Group Limited was a British music recording
and publishing company. And was formed a Electric
Music Industries Ltd in 1931.
It was one of the fourth largest record label in the
world until its break-up in 2012 when it was forced
into it acquisition from Citigroup, after the label had
accumulated over $4 billion in debt. During its time
however, EMI was with the “big four” music labels in
the world and had many successful artists signed to
its name.
