EMI Records is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company EMI in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia and Parlophone record labels. The label was later launched worldwide. In Japan, the label was originally launched as EMI Music Japan on October 1, 1960.
In April 2013, EMI Music Japan became defunct following Universal's acquisition of EMI. The company's successor was EMI Records Japan, a sublabel of Universal Music Japan. In February 2014, Universal Japan did a label reorganization, with more than half of the former EMI Records Japan artists being transferred to Nayutawave Records. Later that year, the two sublabels were combined and rebranded as EMI Records. Since 2018, Okada Takeshi has been the managing director of Universal Japan's EMI Records label. In 2020, the label launched an official YouTube channel, six years after the label was formed.
Artists[]
Soloist[]
- Takahashi Minami
- Matsuda Seiko
- Matsutoya Yumi
- Mori Calliope
- Sheena Ringo
- Shigure Ui
- Akanishi Jin
- keep coming
- Inoue Sonoko
Sub-labels[]
- Holo-n
- Eastworld
- Go Good Records
- Mercury Tokyo