Music Institutions

The Big FourThe Big Four are the largest recording music companies in the industry. As well as promoting music they also promote other entertainment such as Magazines, Television and Films. They have the authority over other companies that as smaller who also provide music of all genres

The Four Companies are:

Warner Music Group

Universal Music Group

Sony EntertainmentEMI Music Publishing

The Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. The group was founded in 1958 and was first known as the Warner Bros, however in 1967 it then got sold to Seven Arts Productions, and in this year the group gained a strong status and had its first bureau in Australia as well as Canada. As the success increased the company remained it self to WEA Corp which stood for the three biggest labels, Warner Bros, Electra and Atlantic. In mid 2004 the company renamed the Warner Bros to Warner Music Group as it became and independent company.

Artist such as Ashley Tinsdale, Coolio and Paramore have worked along side the Warner Music Group and have been very successful. Labels that belong to the Warner Music Group are Bad Boy Records, Electra Records, and Warner Bro Records.

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Warner Music Group

UniversalThe Universal Music Group is the largest music business in the industry, and is a part f the big four. The universal was founded in 1934, however it was called DECCA Records USA but It was changed and developed in 1990 and became MCA Music Entertainment Group. Si years on the first UMG incarnation was created, and then got developed to what it is now Universal Music Group. The headquarters of this music group is New York City (NYC)

The group shares music label's with companies such as:

Interscope Records

Polydor Recordss and

Geffen Records

They have assisted artists such as:

50 Cent

Kayne West and

Rihanna

http://www.universalmusic.com/

Sony MusicSony music entertainment s a global recording music company which was once joint with Bertelsmann AG in 2004. Being 1 business led to a negative effect on both companies, world wide. In 2008 The song corporation of America brought the half belonging to Bertelsmann AG and there success rose to $1.2 billion.. Now they owned the whole company they changed the name to Sony Music Entertainment Inc, as it still stands now.

The Sony music is also a part of the Big Four, and their headquarters are in New York City (NYC) As well as Universal Music Group.

Sony Control Labels such as:

Epic Records

Columbia Records and

Syco Music

People that have worked with Sony are artists such as:

Michael Jackson

Avril Lavine and

Rebecca Ferguson http://www.sonymusic.com/

Emi Music PublishingEMI Music Publishing is a British Music Company and is the 4th largest music company in the recoding industry. It as well also is part of the Big Four. Was founded in 1931 and the Electric and Music Industries ltd. It had a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company. The Graphophone company was well known in 1931 for its record label, His Masters Voice.

Its headquarters are not only set in New York But London, England too.

Music Labels:Blue Note Records

Circa Records and

Angel records

Some artist’s that the EMI company have worked with are:

Robbie Williams

Janet Jackson and

Jay Sean

http://www.emimusicpub.com/