RCA Records

RCA Records Label
RCA Records Label
	RCA logo introduced in 1968
Parent company	Sony Music Entertainment (SME) (2008–present); Previously; Consolidated Talking Machine Company (1900–1901); Victor Talking Machine Company (1901–1929); ; Radio Corporation of America (1929–1986); General Electric Company (1986–1987); Bertelsmann Music Group (1987–2004); Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008);
Founded	January 9, 1900 (as Consolidated Talking Machine Company)
Founder	Eldridge R. Johnson; Emile Berliner;
Distributor(s)	Sony Music Entertainment (International); RCA Label Group (UK); Legacy Recordings (reissues);
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City
Official website	rcarecords.com

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, classical, rock, hip hop, afrobeat, electronic, R&B, blues, jazz, and country. The label's name is derived from the initials of its now defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).^[3]

After the RCA Corporation was purchased by General Electric in 1986, RCA Records was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1987, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG); following the merger of BMG and Sony in 2004, RCA Records became a label of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. In 2008, after the dissolution of Sony/BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music, RCA Records became fully owned by Sony.

RCA Records is the corporate successor of the Victor Talking Machine Company.

^ Cole, Tom (September 30, 2010). "Why Records Are 12 Inches Wide". NPR. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
^ Hoffman, Frank (2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. p. 258. ISBN 1135949506.
^ "RCA (Radio Corporation of America)". EHTW.org. Engingeering and Technology History Wiki. Retrieved August 19, 2015.

[1] Cole, Tom (September 30, 2010). "Why Records Are 12 Inches Wide". NPR. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

[2] Hoffman, Frank (2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. p. 258. ISBN 1135949506.

[3] "RCA (Radio Corporation of America)". EHTW.org. Engingeering and Technology History Wiki. Retrieved August 19, 2015.

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