Bertelsmann Music Group

E19031

music company record label subsidiary

Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a major global music company and record label group owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, known for representing numerous prominent artists and extensive music publishing operations.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Bertelsmann Music Group canonical	10
BMG Ariola	2
BMG	1
BMG Ariola Munich	1
BMG Australia	1
BMG Brasil	1
BMG Canada	1
BMG Entertainment	1
BMG France	1
BMG Hong Kong	1
BMG Italy	1
BMG Japan	1
BMG Mexico	1
BMG Netherlands	1
BMG Rights Management	1
BMG Scandinavia	1
BMG Spain	1
BMG UK	1
BMG family of labels	1
Sony BMG Music Entertainment	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music company ⓘ record label ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ
areaServed	worldwide ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dissolved	2008 ⓘ
distribution	distributed recordings through RCA and Arista networks ⓘ
genreFocus	R&B ⓘ classical music ⓘ country music ⓘ pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
inception	1987 ⓘ
industry	music industry ⓘ music publishing ⓘ recorded music ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Germany ⓘ
notableArtist	Alicia Keys ⓘ Backstreet Boys ⓘ Britney Spears ⓘ Dave Matthews Band ⓘ Elvis Presley ⓘ Foo Fighters ⓘ Outkast ⓘ Pink ⓘ Carlos Santana ⓘ surface form: Santana Usher ⓘ Whitney Houston ⓘ
numberOfEmployees	thousands (at peak) ⓘ
ownedLabel	Arista Records ⓘ Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Ariola Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Australia Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Brasil Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Canada BMG Classics ⓘ Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG France Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Hong Kong BMG India ⓘ BMG Korea ⓘ surface form: BMG Indonesia Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Italy Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Japan BMG Korea ⓘ Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Mexico Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Netherlands BMG Philippines ⓘ Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Scandinavia Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Spain Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG UK Jive Records ⓘ LaFace Records ⓘ RCA Records ⓘ RCA Records ⓘ surface form: RCA Victor Silvertone Records ⓘ Windham Hill Records ⓘ Zomba Group of Companies ⓘ
owner	Bertelsmann ⓘ
parentOrganization	Bertelsmann ⓘ
predecessor	Ariola Records ⓘ RCA Records ⓘ surface form: RCA Records (pre‑BMG structure)
product	music publishing rights ⓘ music recordings ⓘ
significantEvent	BMG brand later revived as BMG Rights Management by Bertelsmann ⓘ Bertelsmann sold its stake in Sony BMG to Sony in 2008 ⓘ formed global joint venture Sony BMG Music Entertainment with Sony in 2004 ⓘ
successor	Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMG Rights Management Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ surface form: Sony BMG Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Radio Corporation of America → successor → Bertelsmann Music Group ⓘ

J Records → distributionDealWith → Bertelsmann Music Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group → successor → Bertelsmann Music Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: BMG Rights Management