Capitol Records
American record label
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| 2024 | Capitol Records became part of UMG's Interscope Capitol Labels Group. |
| 2024 | Sony Music acquired the Pink Floyd catalogue worldwide for $400 million. |
| April 30 2022 | Paul McCartney and Giles Martin oversaw the recording of string overdubs for 'Now and Then', the final Beatles song ever to be released, at Capitol Studios. |
| 2021 | Michelle Jubelirer was named the Chair & CEO of Capitol Records. |
| 2019 | Jeff Vaughn was named President of Capitol Records. |
| 2019 | Universal Audio releases officially licensed software emulations of Capitol Studios' four most popular echo chambers, digitally preserving their unique acoustic characteristics. |
| 2018 | Capitol's electronic division Astralwerks relaunched with a new team and moved its entire operations to Capitol's tower in Los Angeles. |
| 2016 | Capitol Studios celebrated its 60th anniversary. |
| 2014 | Katy Perry founded Metamorphosis Music (later renamed Unsub Records in 2016) as a label venture with Capitol. Capitol also rose to number two in market share and won four Grammy Awards for music by Beck and Sam Smith. |
| April 2013 | Capitol Records successfully took legal action against ReDigi.com, with the court ruling that the online company violated copyright law by facilitating the creation of additional copies of digital music files. |
| 2012 | Universal Music Group acquired most of EMI's recorded music operations, gaining ownership of the Tower Records catalog through Capitol. |
| 2012 | Capitol Studios launched the '1 Mic 1 Take' series of stripped-down live performances produced exclusively at the studio. |
| 2012 | Studio A's control room was updated with a Neve 88RS recording console, with Paul McCartney's iTunes Live from Capitol Studios being the first project to use the new console. |
| 2010 | Paul McCartney recorded most of his 2012 album 'Kisses on the Bottom' at Capitol Studios. |
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