EMI
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EMI was a public limited company[1] headquartered in London[1]. It operated across the music industry, consumer electronics industry, phonographic industry, and media industry[2]. The organization maintained a workforce of 15k employees.
As a business[3][1], EMI functioned under the parent organization Universal Music Group[1]. The company was ultimately dissolved on January 1, 2012.
EMI
Summary
EMI is a business[1]. EMI ranks in the top 0.98% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,654 views/month, #290 of 29,529).[2]
Key Facts
- EMI is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
- EMI is in the country of United States[4].
- EMI is in the country of FR[5].
- EMI's instance of is recorded as business[6].
- EMI's instance of is recorded as privately held company[7].
- EMI's instance of is recorded as record company[8].
- EMI's instance of is recorded as holding company[9].
- EMI's instance of is recorded as record label[10].
- EMI is owned by Vivendi[11].
- EMI followed Associated British Picture Corporation[12].
- EMI was followed by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.[13].
- EMI was followed by Virgin EMI Records[14].
- EMI's headquarters location is recorded as London[15].
- EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI United Kingdom[16].
- EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI[17].
- EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI Chrysalis[18].
- EMI's has organizational division is recorded as EMI USA[19].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Toshiba EMI Ltd.[20].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as EMI Music Japan[21].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Poko Rekords[22].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Chrysalis Records Ltd.[23].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as EMI Pathé Marconi S.A.[24].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as EMI Records[25].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Carl Lindström A.G.[26].
- EMI's child organization or unit is recorded as Norske Gram[27].
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.
GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data
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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 969500LTCQ4F5UJCAG20[28]
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Registered legal name: E.M.I.[29]
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Legal jurisdiction: FR[30]
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GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]
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Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): V9QP[32]
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Entity status: ACTIVE[33]
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LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]
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Entity created: 2008-11-28[35]
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LEI first registered: 2018-11-22[36]
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LEI last updated: 2025-07-02[37]
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LEI next renewal: 2026-07-02[38]
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Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[39]
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Registration authority: RA000189[40]
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Authority entity ID: 509495628[41]
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Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Type: Holding[43]
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Country: GB[44]
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Began / founded: 1973-07-01[45]
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Ended / dissolved: 2013-06-01[46]
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MusicBrainz ID: 618a22b7-308f-49a5-bceb-3368e0d25768[47]
Body
Founding
Recorded inception include March 31, 1931[48], January 1, 1931[49], March 29, 1928[50], January 1, 1973[51], and 2008-11-28[52]. EMI's location of formation is recorded as London[53].
Identity
EMI's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EMI Records Limited'}[54]. EMI is part of major label[55]. EMI followed Associated British Picture Corporation[12]. Successors include EMI Music Publishing Ltd.[13] and Virgin EMI Records[14].
Operations
EMI's headquarters location is recorded as London[15]. Parent organizations include Universal Music Group[56], a record company[57], in United States[58], founded in 1934[59], headquartered in Santa Monica[60]; Sony (United Kingdom)[61], a business[62], in United Kingdom[63], headquartered in Weybridge[64]; and Warner Music Group[65], a record company[66], in United States[67], founded in 1958[68], headquartered in New York City[69]. Subsidiaries include Toshiba EMI Ltd.[20], a business[70], in Japan[71], founded in 1973[72]; EMI Music Japan[21], a record company[73], in Japan[74], founded in 2007[75], headquartered in akasaka Sacas[76]; Poko Rekords[22], a record label[77], in Finland[78], founded in 1977[79], headquartered in Tampere[80]; Chrysalis Records Ltd.[23], a record company[81], in United Kingdom[82], founded in 1970[83], headquartered in London[84]; EMI Pathé Marconi S.A.[24], a business[85], in France[86], founded in 1986[87]; and EMI Records[25], a record label[88], in United Kingdom[89], founded in 1972[90], headquartered in United Kingdom[91].
Industry
Industries include music industry[92], consumer electronics industry[93], phonographic industry[94], and media industry[95].
Ownership
EMI is owned by Vivendi[11].
Dissolution
EMI was dissolved in January 1, 2012[96].
Why It Matters
EMI ranks in the top 0.98% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,654 views/month, #290 of 29,529).[2] EMI has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[97] EMI is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[98]