Columbia Records

Columbia Records
Logo since 1999
Parent company
FoundedJanuary 15, 1889 (1889-01-15) (as Columbia Phonograph Company) in Washington, D.C.
FounderEdward D. Easton
Distributor(s)
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.
Official websitewww.columbiarecords.com

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company.[not verified in body][3] Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business,[4][5][6] and the second major company to produce records.[7] From 1961 to 1991, its recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels: Epic Records, and former longtime rivals, RCA Records and Arista Records as the latter two were originally owned by BMG before its 2008 relaunch after Sony's acquisition alongside other BMG labels.[8]

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  3. ^ Bilton, Lynn. The Columbia Graphophone and Grafonola -A Beginner's Guide. Intertique.com website, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
  4. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 17, 1955. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ Ben Sisario (October 30, 2012). "From One Mine, the Gold of Pop History". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "125 Years of Columbia Records – An Interactive Timeline". Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  7. ^ "Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry: The Gramophone". Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Labels - Sony Music".

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