Mateus Honrado's Blog

  These two major were once part of the big six until 1999. EMI (founded March 31, 1931 as Electric and Musical Industries and folded into Universal Music Group on September 28, 2012) Predecessor companies, 1898-1931 Gramophone Company (founded April 1898) Independent, 1898-1929 Radio Corporation of America, 1929-1931 Columbia Graphophone Company (founded February 13, 1917) Columbia Phonograph Company, 1917-1922 Independent, 1922-1931 Radio Corporation of America, 1931-1935 Independent, 1935-1979 (as Electric and Musical Industries until 1971 and as EMI from 1971 onwards) Thorn EMI, 1979-1996 EMI Group, 1996-2007 Terra Firma Capital Partners, 2007-2011 Citigroup, 2011-2012 Polygram (founded 1962 as Grammophon-Philips Group and folded into Universal Music Group on December 10, 1998) Predecessor companies, 1898-1962 Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (founded 1898) Independent, 1898-1941 Siemens, 1941-1962 Philips Phonografische Industrie (founded 1929 as Hollandsche Decca Distributie)...

This focuses on the big four - Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and BMG Rights Management as well as the defunct EMI and Polygram. Sony Music Entertainment Albums Thriller  by Michael Jackson (1982, Epic) The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album  by Whitney Houston and various artists (1992, Arista) Bat Out of Hell  by Meat Loaf (1977, Epic) Bad  by Michael Jackson (1987, Epic) Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture  by various artists (1987, RCA) Falling into You  by Celine Dion (1996, Columbia and Epic) Dangerous  by Michael Jackson (1991, Epic) 21  by Adele (2011, Columbia) Let's Talk About Love  by Celine Dion (1997, Columbia and Epic) Born in the U.S.A.  by Bruce Springsteen (1984, Columbia) Supernatural  by Santana (1999, Arista) The Wall  by Pink Floyd (1979, Columbia and CBS) Music Box  by Mariah Carey (1993, Columbia) Titanic: Music from the Motion Pic...