EMI Records is a British record label established in 1931. The company had a significant impact on popular music genres in the twentieth century, from the birth of rock and roll to the emergence of pop punk and Britpop.
EMI Records was founded in 1931 as the Electric and Musical Industries Ltd.
The company's first major artist was Mantovani, a conductor and light orchestral music entertainer
In the 1960s, the label established itself as a major player in the British Invasion, with iconic bands like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Queen.
In 2012, EMI Records was sold to Universal Music Group and its various labels were merged into the Capitol Music Group.
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EMI Records produces vinyl records of all its artists in a range of formats and sizes.
EMI Records produces CDs of all its artists in a range of formats and sizes.
EMI Records offers digital downloads of its artists' music through various platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
EMI stands for Electric and Musical Industries Ltd, the name of the company that founded EMI Records.
EMI has worked with a variety of famous artists throughout its history, including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Radiohead, Coldplay, and Katy Perry, among others.
EMI Records music can be purchased from various online retailers such as Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play as well as in physical stores such as Barnes & Noble and Walmart.
Vinyl records are an analog format where grooves on a disc are used to store audio information. CDs, on the other hand, are a digital format that use lasers to read and interpret data encoded on the surface of a disc.
Although EMI as a label is no longer active, the company's former operations have been merged into the Capitol Music Group, which is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.