Music InstitutionsANNIE SADOWSKI

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Definition

Sony Music

Sony music is probably one of the largest and well known music institutions. Founded in 2004, it has an ownership of numerous labels such as Columbia Records, Legacy Recordings, Epic Records,RCA Records, Masterworks, Sony Music Latin and many more.

The featured artists of Sony Music include Michael Jackson, Whitney Housten, Calvin Harris, One Direction and Foo Fighters, all of which have progressed in terms of popularity and are now music superstars.

Sony music is a global company, its offices being located around the globe such as Australia, India, and the US often means global success for these artists. As a result artists signed to Sony Music are often guaranteed success due to the wide distribution of this company and the wide range of fans produced .

EMI Music Named Billboard’s Publisher of the Year for the last

twelve years in the United States, and Music Week’s Publisher of the Year in the UK for another two years, this music institution has 1.3 million Songs in the EMI Music Publishing Catalog. They represent songs that can range from pop hits to classic R&B and many more.

They support artists such as Usher and Alicia Keys.

Its records include; Virgin Records, Angel Records, Blue Note Records and many others.

Universal Music Group Universal Music Group (UMG) is the global music leader with strong

market positions in recorded music, music publishing, and merchandising. It had as a diverse family of record labels such as : A&M Records, ,

Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records,Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records and others .

An advantage of this music institution is it markets and distributes an artists music across a wide range of platforms, a well known example is Vevo.

Artists signed to this music institution include Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopaz, Akon and so on. The artists are compromised from a wide range of places around the world, hence why Universal Music Group is such a large institution that dominants music.

Warner Music Group Founded in 1958 as Warner Bros. Records it is an American major global record company headquartered in New York City.

Record labels in the music industry include Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, East West, Elektra, Fueled By Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Bros., Warner Classics.

Warner/Chappell Music, the global music publishing company of Warner Music Group, and is home to a wide array of songwriters and a rich catalog of contemporary hits and influential standards.

Artists signed to this institution include Paramore, Bruno Mars, B.o.B, Plan B and others.