CBS Records International

CBS Records International
Parent companyCBS (1962–1988)
Sony (1988–1991)
Founded1962 (1962)
Defunct1991 (1991)
StatusAlternate brand of Columbia Records used outside of North America excluding Canada starting in 1976 (1961–1990)
Company renamed Sony Music Entertainment, January 1991
Record label absorbed into Columbia
GenreVarious
Country of originU.S.

CBS Records International was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS) formed in 1961 and launched in 1962.[1][2] Previously, Columbia Records had licensed other record companies to manufacture and distribute Columbia recordings outside North America, such as Philips Records and its subsidiary Fontana (now part of the Universal Music Group) in Europe.

  1. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 26, 1961. pp. 3–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (March 16, 1963). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 40. ISSN 0006-2510. The CBS label made its European overseas bow in May, 1962, in Great Britain and Eire. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)