EMI
British music recording and publishing company
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| February 2024 | UMG Philippines relaunched EMI as a successor to the former EMI Philippines label after 22 years. |
| January 2023 | EMI launched EMI North, based in Leeds, becoming the first major label to open a physical space outside of London. |
| September 2020 | Universal launched Motown UK under EMI Records. |
| June 16 2020 | Universal rebranded Virgin EMI as EMI Records and named Rebecca Allen as the new label's president. |
| May 2016 | Blue Raincoat Music bought most of Chrysalis's British catalogue from Warner Music, making Chrysalis an independent label again. |
| 2014 | Universal Music Japan revived the EMI Records label in Japan as the successor to EMI Records Japan. |
| June 30 2014 | Universal Music Group re-established EMI's Taiwanese division, with A-Mei, Rainie Yang, and Show Lo signing to the label. |
| November 14 2013 | EMI's Middle Eastern branch was folded into Universal Music. |
| May 15 2013 | Warner Music Group received regulatory approval for the acquisition of EMI labels. |
| April 2013 | EMI Music Japan became defunct, with EMI Records Japan established as a sublabel of Universal Music Japan. |
| April 1 2013 | Universal Music Group completed worldwide compliance and rebranding of EMI. |
| February 2013 | EMI Classics was sold to Warner Music Group. |
| February 8 2013 | Warner Music Group signed an agreement to acquire Parlophone, Chrysalis Records, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, and some regional European labels for US$765 million. |
| January 2013 | On Internet Freedom Day, EMI generated controversy by removing Martin Luther King Jr's 'I Have a Dream' speech from Vimeo due to a copyright violation. |
| 2012 | EMI's music publishing operations were sold to a consortium led by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, with BMG subsequently acquiring the music publishing libraries of Virgin Music and Famous Music UK. |
| 2012 | The company broke up, marking the end of its independent corporate existence. |
| December 22 2012 | Universal Music Group sold the Mute catalogue, previously owned by EMI, to German-based music rights company BMG. |
| September 28 2012 | Universal Music Group completed its acquisition of EMI, with worldwide compliance and rebranding to follow. |
| September 21 2012 | The sale of EMI to Universal Music Group was approved by the European Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, with conditions requiring divestment of one-third of total operations. |
| November 12 2011 | EMI announced the sale of its recorded music operations to Universal Music Group for £1.2 billion and its music publishing operations to Sony/ATV Music Publishing for $2.2 billion. |
| October 5 2011 | Final bids for the sale of EMI Group were due, following Citigroup's full ownership of the company. |
| February 1 2011 | Citigroup took 100% ownership of EMI Group from Terra Firma Capital Partners, writing off £2.2 billion of debt and reducing EMI's debt load by 65%. |
| January 2011 | Pink Floyd signed a new global agreement with EMI. |
| 2010 | EMI Records opened a country music division, EMI Records Nashville. |
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