Columbia Records

Columbia Records
Columbia Records
	Logo used since 1999
Parent company	Columbia Graphophone Company (1889–1931); Grigsby-Grunow Company (1931–1934); American Record Corporation (1934–1938); CBS (1938–1988); Sony Corporation of America (1988–1991); Sony Music Entertainment (1991–2004; 2008–present); Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008);
Founded	January 15, 1889 (as Columbia Phonograph Company) in Washington, D.C.
Distributor(s)	Sony Music Entertainment (International); Legacy Recordings (reissues);
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City
Official website	columbiarecords.com

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, an American division of multinational conglomerate Sony. Founded in 1889, Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business,^[1]^[2]^[3] and the second major company to produce records.^[4] It is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels: Epic Records, RCA Records and Arista Records.

^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 17, 1955. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ Ben Sisario (October 30, 2012). "From One Mine, the Gold of Pop History". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ "125 Years of Columbia Records – An Interactive Timeline". Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
^ "Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry: The Gramophone". Archived from the original on August 20, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2016.

[1] Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 17, 1955. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.

[2] Ben Sisario (October 30, 2012). "From One Mine, the Gold of Pop History". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2013.

[3] "125 Years of Columbia Records – An Interactive Timeline". Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2016.

[4] "Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry: The Gramophone". Archived from the original on August 20, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2016.

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