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. UMGs 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. Its 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.
13. EMI Music Publishing Lables
14. EMI Music Publishing Artists Paul McCartney Avicci Norah
Jones Usher Cliff Richard Snoop Dogg Robbie Williams Jared Leto
John Lennon Kate Bush