Deutsche Grammophon
German classical music record label
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Summary
Deutsche Grammophon is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of record label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,144 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Germany[3]
- Instance of: enterprise[4], production company[5]
- Founder: Emile Berliner[6], Joseph Berliner[7]
- Owned by: Universal Music Group[8]
- Genre: classical music[9]
- Headquarters location: Hanover[10], Berlin[11], Hamburg[12]
- Has organizational division: Karussell[13]
- Child organization or unit: Archiv Produktion[14]
- Commons category: Deutsche Grammophon[15]
- Industry: music industry[16]
- Inception: December 6, 1898[17]
- Parent organization or unit: Universal Music Group[18]
- Distributed by: Decca[19], Verve Records[20]
- Official website: https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/[21]
- Described by source: Dresdner Hefte[22]
- Native label: Deutsche Grammophon[23]
- Short name: Deutsche[24]
- Different from: Gramophone[25]
- Has works in the collection: Anne Frank House[26], Groninger Museum[27]
- Social media followers: 96,071[28], 90,331[29], 105,289[30], 117,329[31], 622,000[32], 685,000[33], 758,000[34]
- P14536: 356432[35]
- P14541: 4auTQ1[36]
- P14750: E130-0258-2D0A-8583-D646[37]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Type: Holding[38]
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Began / founded: 1898-12-06[39]
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MusicBrainz ID: 840502e1-7792-464c-9924-74de621432dd[40]
Why It Matters
Deutsche Grammophon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]