Columbia Records

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Columbia Records is a major American record label, one of the oldest in the world, known for signing and releasing music by many influential and commercially successful artists across diverse genres.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music company
record label
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distribution global
formerName Columbia Phonograph Company
formerOwner CBS
CBS
surface form: Columbia Broadcasting System
foundedAs Columbia Phonograph Company
genre R&B
classical music
country music
hip hop music
jazz
pop music
rock music
hasImprint Columbia Masterworks (historical classical imprint)
Columbia Records self-linksurface differs
surface form: Columbia Nashville

Columbia Records self-linksurface differs
surface form: Columbia Records UK
headquartersLocation New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
inception 1887
industry music industry
language English
logo Columbia Records self-linksurface differs
surface form: Columbia Records walking eye logo
marketPosition one of the major American record labels
one of the oldest record labels in the world
notableArtist AC/DC
Adele
Aerosmith
Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Beyoncé
Billy Joel
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Harry Styles
Johnny Cash
Journey
Leonard Cohen
Miles Davis
Carlos Santana
surface form: Santana

Simon & Garfunkel
The Chainsmokers
Tony Bennett
Tyler, the Creator
notableRelease Born to Run
Bridge over Troubled Water
Highway 61 Revisited
Kind of Blue
Thriller (original U.S. LP pressing via Epic’s parent company)
ownedBy Sony
surface form: Sony Group Corporation
parentCompany Sony Music Entertainment
partOf Sony Music Entertainment
predecessor Columbia Graphophone Company
product music videos
recorded music
significantEvent became part of Sony Music Entertainment after Sony’s acquisition of CBS Records
transitioned from shellac and vinyl records to CDs and digital formats

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this entity surface form: CBS Masterworks
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Live It Up recordLabel Columbia Records
subject surface form: Get Lifted
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Beyoncé recordLabel Columbia Records
John H. Hammond Jr. employer Columbia Records
Aretha Franklin memberOf Columbia Records
this entity surface form: Columbia Records artists
Let’s Get Lifted (Intro) associatedAct Columbia Records
Columbia Records logo Columbia Records self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Columbia Records walking eye logo
Columbia Records hasImprint Columbia Records self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Columbia Nashville
Columbia Records hasImprint Columbia Records self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Columbia Records UK
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Hurricane recordLabel Columbia Records
subject surface form: Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)
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