Nippon Columbia

Nippon Columbia
Nippon Columbia
	Nippon Columbia uses the "Magic Notes" logo of its former owner,Columbia Records/Columbia Graphophone Company
Parent company	Faith, Inc.[ja]; TYO:4295
Founded	October 1, 1910;114 years ago
Founder	Fredrick W. Horn
Distributor(s)	Self-distributed (in Japan)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	Japan
Official website	columbia.jp/company/en/

Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.(Nhật bổn コロムビア chu thức hội xã,Nippon Koromubia Kabushiki Gaisha),often pronouncedKorombia,operating internationally asNipponophone Co., Ltd.(Nhật bổn súc âm khí thương hội,Nihon Chikuonki Shōkai),is a Japaneserecord labelfounded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with theColumbia Graphophone Companyof theUnited Kingdomand adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks (the "Magic Notes" ) in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until October 1, 2002, when it becameColumbia Music Entertainment, Inc.(コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント chu thức hội xã,Koromubia Myūjikku Entateinmento Kabushiki kaisha).^[1]On October 1, 2010, the company returned to its current name. Outside Japan, the company operated formerly as the Savoy Label Group, which releases recordings on the SLG,Savoy Jazz,and continues to operate as Denon. It also manufactured electronic products under theDenonbrand name until 2001. In 2017, Concord Music acquired Savoy Label Group.^[2]Nippon Columbia also licensedHanna-Barberaproperties in Japan until those rights were transferred toTurner Home Entertainmentsometime in 1997. Currently, these rights are owned byWarner Bros. Japan LLC.

Other information

Aside from common historical roots, the current Nippon Columbia label has no direct relation with either the AmericanColumbia Records(part of theSony Musicgroup in the United States and known in Japan asSony Records International;Nippon Columbia was the licensee for the American Columbia Records up until 1968, when CBS/Sony (now Sony Music) was founded) or the BritishEMIgroup, of which the original Columbia Graphophone Co. was a part - the licensee for the BritishColumbia Graphophone Companywas actuallyToshiba Musical Industries(TheEMIgroup was broken up in 2012; the current licensee for re-issues isUniversal Music Japan). The label is notable, however, for continuing to use the historical Magic Notes logo, which has been associated with the Columbia name since the label's founding.

Artists

JapanesePeople's Honour Award-winning singerHibari Misorabelonged to the label. This label is also known for droppingAyumi Hamasaki,the best-selling solo artist in JapaneseOriconhistory (since 1968), before her rise to fame. It happened after her first single "Nothing from Nothing"andalbum of the same nameflopped, due to little or no promotion. She subsequently met her current producer,Max Matsuura,who is now President ofAvex.

Also included in the roster:

Labels

Animex
B-C (pronounced B to C)
CME Records
Columbia House
Columbia International
Columbia Japan
Columbia*readymade (originally stylized as********* records,tokyoand/orreadymade records,tokyoon CD artwork, later changing tocolumbia*readymadeafter Nippon Columbia rebranded to Columbia Music Entertainment)
Columbia Records (unrelated to theUSA-based label,which is underSony Music)
Denon
Forte Music Entertainment (stylized asForte Music E.)
Heat Wave
Hug Columbia
M-Train
Nexstar Records
Passion
Triad

OtoRevo

In February 2006 Columbia Music Entertainment CEOSadahiko Hirosehired Napster co-founderJordan Ritteras executive advisor to the CEO. In April 2006, Ritter became CTO^{[citation needed]}and formed the Red Dove (R&D) division, focusing on reducing costs and improving efficiency of internal operations, while developing new spinout companies that proved better approaches to the most expensive aspects of CME's business.

In 2007, Ritter hiredEjovi Nuwereinto CME, and together they began building a Japanese-based, competition-oriented promotional platform for new artists calledOtoRevo.The premise of the project was to prove a more cost- and time-efficient model for discovering viable artists to join the label. Despite the measurable successes of Otorevo,^[3]^[4]^[5]the CME board of directors voted to terminate all R&D projects in March 2008.

OtoRevo Artists

A number of talented artists were discovered on the OtoRevo platform. Two artist received debuts but all were released after the shut down of the R&D division and went to other labels. The most well known is the group CREAM^[6]who were originally named IYSE. They are currently one of the top selling new artists in Japan with more than 3M channel views on YouTube.^[7]

Major investors

Major investors includedFaith Inc.(31.20%),Daiichi Kosho Company(4.75%), Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. (2.13%),Sumitomo Trust and Banking(0.95%),Nomura Securities(0.75%),Rakuten Securities(0.64%) and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company (0.59%).

In 2017, Faith Inc. acquired the rest of Nippon Columbia stocks, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

External links

References

^"Nippon Columbia plans share issue to up capital".The Japan Times.3 July 2002.Retrieved11 November2020.
^Newman, Melinda (21 September 2017)."Concord Music Buys Savoy Label Group, Adding Jazz Recordings From Coltrane, Davis And Parker: Exclusive".Billboard.Retrieved4 December2018.
^Otorevo brings the noise… and a record contract.Mike Sheetal (2008-02-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
^"Six Apart - Blog - on Stage with Otorevo".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-03-08.Retrieved2013-03-11.
^Columbia Music Entertainment & Good Crew Offer CC-Licensed Vocal Tracks.Creative Commons (2008-03-25). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
^Artimage Official Website - English.Artimage.co.jp. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
^Cream - hip-hop group.Jpopasia.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.

[1] "Nippon Columbia plans share issue to up capital".The Japan Times.3 July 2002.Retrieved11 November2020.

[2] Newman, Melinda (21 September 2017)."Concord Music Buys Savoy Label Group, Adding Jazz Recordings From Coltrane, Davis And Parker: Exclusive".Billboard.Retrieved4 December2018.

[3] Otorevo brings the noise… and a record contract.Mike Sheetal (2008-02-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.

[4] "Six Apart - Blog - on Stage with Otorevo".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-03-08.Retrieved2013-03-11.

[5] Columbia Music Entertainment & Good Crew Offer CC-Licensed Vocal Tracks.Creative Commons (2008-03-25). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.

[6] Artimage Official Website - English.Artimage.co.jp. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.

[7] Cream - hip-hop group.Jpopasia.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.

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