Big Music

Big Music
Parent companyReliance Entertainment
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
FounderAnil Ambani
Distributor(s)T-Series
GenreBollywood
Country of origin India
LocationMumbai, India

Big Music (also known as Reliance Big Music) is an Indian record label owned by Anil Ambani. It is a part of Reliance Entertainment, a subsidiary of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

The label was started in 2005, along with several other subsidiaries of Reliance Big Entertainment. BIG Music is the exclusive licensee in India to Universal Pictures International, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment Global & DreamWorks Animation. They had also launched an artist-management division called Big Talent in 2008, which is the second local label after Columbia Records India to offer artists 360-degree deals.[1]

In 2008, T-Series acquired the music catalog of Big music,[2] as they cut a deal with them along with web portal Bollywood Hungama, where all three companies will co-own the current and future music catalogue of Big Entertainment and the same shall be exclusively distributed by T-Series on all platforms in all formats including the current titles in the Big Music catalogue and all future titles in Reliance Big Entertainment including all physical formats, Radio & Television, Mobile and digital formats, across the globe.[3]

  1. ^ "India's Big Music Grows Management, Live Arms". Billboard.com. 14 September 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  2. ^ Businessofcinema.Com Team. "T-Series acquires audio rights of Kunal Kohli's film starring Saif Ali Khan". Businessofcinema.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Big Music, T-Series & Hungama Mobile join hands to co-own & distribute Big Music's catalogue & future content". Bollywood Hungama. 10 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2011.