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Columbia Records

American record label owned by Sony
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Columbia Records was founded on January 15, 1889. It operates in the music industry.

Its headquarters are in New York City. Its parent organization is Sony Music.

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[2]
  • Instance of: trademark[3]
  • Founder: Edward D. Easton[4]
  • Operator: Columbia Records, Inc.[5], EMI Italiana S.p.A.[6]
  • Headquarters location: New York City[7]
  • Discography: Columbia catalog[8]
  • Industry: music[9]
  • Inception: January 15, 1889[10]
  • Parent organization or unit: Sony Music[11]
  • Distributed by: Sony Music[12]
  • Official website: http://www.columbiarecords.com[13]
  • Short name: Columbia[14]
  • Different from: Columbia Records[15], Nippon Columbia[16], Columbia Record[17]
  • Social media followers: 653,847[18], 11,100[19], 725,648[20], 766,534[21], 11,400[22], 11,900[23], 12,600[24]
  • P14750: 4B33-0843-5F08-61CA-B3A8[25]

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  21. [22] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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