Columbia Records
American record label owned by Sony
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Columbia Records is an American record label formed in 1888. It is the oldest existing record company in the world.[2]
| Columbia Records | |
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| Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founder | Edward D. Easton[1] |
| Status | Active |
| Distributing label | Columbia Records (In the U.S. and UK) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | New york |
| Official website | columbiarecords.com |
Its parent company is now Sony Music Entertainment. Over the years, some of the artists and bands that have been signed to the label include Aretha Franklin, System of a Down, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck, Janis Joplin, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Prince, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and hundreds of other artists.
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changeReferences
change- ↑ Brooks, Tim (1978). "Columbia Records in the 1890s: Founding the Record Industry" (PDF). ARSC Journal. 10 (1).
- ↑ "125 of Columbia Records". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
