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EMI Records Japan

This article is about the former Japanese label of EMI Records Japan. For the main record company, seeEMI Records.
This article is about the former Japanese label of Virgin Records Japan. For the main record company, seeVirgin Records.

EMI Records Japanwas a Japanese record label which operated as a sublabel ofUniversal Music Japan.Established in April 2013, it was the successor of its previous entity as a company,EMI Music Japan.The sublabel's headquarters was located at Universal Music Japan's main office atAoyama, Minato, Tokyo.In February 2014, the sublabel had been divided into two separate sublabels,EMI Records,which contains the combined Nayutawave Records and more than half of the EMI Records Japan roster, andEMI R,which consists of the remaining EMI Records Japan artists. In July 2014, EMI R was renamed toVirgin Records.

EMI Records Japan
Parent companyUniversal Music Japan
FoundedApril 1, 2013 (Original)
DefunctFebruary 2014
StatusRebranded asEMI Records
Rebranded asVirgin Music
Distributor(s)Universal Music Japan
GenreVarious
Country of originJapan
Official websitewww.universal-music.co.jp/emi-records/
www.universal-music.co.jp/virgin-records/

History

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After theEuropean Commissionapproved the acquisition ofEMIby Universal Music Group on September 21, 2012,[1]restructuring and rebranding of several EMI labels under Universal Music followed on September 28, 2012, as the merger was approved.[2]On January 15, 2013, Universal Music Japan president Kazuhiko Koike took over as CEO of EMI Music Japan,[3][4]effectively controlling both companies until its integration into Universal Music Japan as a sublabel on April 1, 2013, as EMI Records Japan.[5]Koike, meanwhile, hadstated that the merger had a bad effect in terms of its internationalrepertoireandemployment.[6]Artists from the former company were able to continue releasing material under Universal Music but still maintaining the catalog codeTOCT.As of October 2013, the TOCT catalogue was no longer in use and was replaced byTYCT(for the original EMI Records artists) andUPCH(for Nayutawave Records artists absorbed by EMI). In February 2014, Universal Music Japan did a large-scale sub-label reorganization, with more than half of EMI Records Japan artists transferred toNayutawave Records,renaming the latter asEMI Records.The remainder of the roster were moved to another sub-label, calledEMI R.[7]By June 2014, the EMI artists that were transferred to Nayutawave to form the EMI Records unit began using theUPCHcatalogue code.[8]On April 14, 2014, Universal Music Japan announced that EMI R and sublabels Universal International and Delicious Deli Records will be having their joint partnership by formingVirgin Music,with Universal International's EMI label distribution be merged later on.[9]In July 2014, EMI R was once again renamed toVirgin Records.Virgin Records was subsequently tied-up with another UMJ sublabelDelicious Deli Recordsto form an umbrella label namedVirgin Music.[10]

References

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  1. ^Sweney, Mark (September 21, 2012)."Universal's £1.2bn EMI takeover approved – with conditions".The Guardian.London.RetrievedSeptember 21,2012.
  2. ^Sisario, Ben (September 28, 2012)."Universal Closes on EMI Deal, Becoming, by Far, Biggest of Remaining Big Three".The New York Times.
  3. ^Universal Music Japan's Kazuhiko Koike To Head EMI Japan (Billboard)
  4. ^ユニバーサル ミュージック EMIミュージック・ジャパン dịch viên nhân sự のお tri らせ (UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN)
  5. ^Chu thức hội xã EMIミュージック・ジャパン hấp thâu hợp tịnh のお tri らせ (UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN)
  6. ^McClure, Steve (May 2, 2013)."Universal-EMI is the dinosaur in the room".The Japan Times.Tokyo. Archived fromthe originalon May 3, 2013.
  7. ^"ユニバーサル, 1/1 phó tổ chức 変 canh および nhân sự dị động を phát biểu | Musicman-NET".www.musicman-net.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-22.
  8. ^"News".
  9. ^"Tân レーベル “Virgin Music” thiết lập について ".
  10. ^"Tân レーベル “Virgin Music” thiết lập について ".
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