Zomba Group of Companies

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Zomba Group of Companies was a major music entertainment conglomerate best known for its influential Jive Records label, which launched and managed the careers of numerous pop and R&B superstars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Zomba Group of Companies canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music entertainment conglomerate ⓘ
music publisher ⓘ
record company ⓘ
acquiredBy Bertelsmann Music Group ⓘ
acquisitionDate 2002 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
dissolved 2000s ⓘ
division Zomba Management and Publishers ⓘ
Zomba Music Publishers ⓘ
surface form: Zomba Music Publishing

Zomba Records ⓘ
surface form: Zomba Recording Corporation

Zomba Screen Music ⓘ
foundedBy Clive Calder ⓘ
Ralph Simon ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inception 1975 ⓘ
industry entertainment industry ⓘ
music industry ⓘ
knownFor launching R&B superstars via Jive Records ⓘ
launching pop superstars via Jive Records ⓘ
notableExecutive Barry Weiss ⓘ
Clive Calder ⓘ
notableLabel Jive Records ⓘ
operatedInArea South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ownedLabel Battery Records ⓘ
Jive Afrika ⓘ
Jive Electro ⓘ
Jive Records ⓘ
Jive Records ⓘ
surface form: Jive Zomba Recording Corporation

LaFace Records ⓘ
Silvertone Records ⓘ
Verity Records ⓘ
Volcano Entertainment ⓘ
Zomba Label Group ⓘ
surface form: Zomba Enterprises

Zomba Gospel ⓘ
Zomba Music Publishers ⓘ
Zomba Label Group ⓘ
surface form: Zomba Recording Corporation

Zomba Screen Music ⓘ
Zomba Songs ⓘ
parentCompany Bertelsmann Music Group ⓘ
partOf Bertelsmann Music Group ⓘ
surface form: BMG family of labels
specializedInGenre R&B music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
successor Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justin Timberlake → recordLabel → Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ
Bertelsmann Music Group → ownedLabel → Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ
Jive Records → parentCompany → Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ
Jive Records → ownedBy → Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ
Jive Records → labelImprintOf → Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ
Volcano Records → parentCompany → Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ
Aaron Carter → recordLabel → Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ