EMI Music Poland

EMI Music Poland
Parent companyWarner Music Group
Founded1995
Defunct2013
Genrevarious
Country of originWarsaw, Poland
LocationPoland

EMI Music Poland Sp. z o.o., was a Polish subsidiary of EMI Group Limited, it was founded in 1995 in Warsaw. Labels CEO was Piotr Kabaj.[1][2]

The label was founded in 1995 when EMI bought independent record label Kompania Muzyczna Pomaton (founded 1990).[1] The purchase included rights for recordings by such artists as Tadeusz Woźniak, Jacek Wójcicki, Przemysław Gintrowski, Wolna Grupa Bukowina and Magda Umer among others.

In 2012 EMI was sold to Universal Music Group.[3] The European Union required UMG to sell several owned labels to other parties, including Parlophone and EMI Music Poland, with Warner Music Group buying most of those labels in 2013.[4] EMI Music Poland was then renamed Parlophone Music Poland.[5] In 2014 Parlophone Music Poland was merged with Warner Music Poland.[6][7]

In early 2000s EMI Music Poland run hip-hop subsidiary Baza Lebel [sic] with such artists as Mor W.A., Molesta Ewenement, Zipera, Electric Rudeboyz, Vienio & Pele, Peel Motyff and Pare Słów among others.[8]

Label over the years distributed in Poland albums released by My Music, Lemon Records, Kayax, and labels from parent company EMI Group Limited among others.[9][10][11][12]

  1. ^ a b "EMI Music Poland Sp. z o.o." www.infomusic.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ^ "EMI Music Poland: Firma". www.emimusic.pl. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. ^ "KE warunkowo zezwala na przejęcie EMI przez grupę Universal". biznes.pl. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Koncerny się zmieniają, ale muzyka pozostaje". www.dziennikpolski24.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  5. ^ "EMI Music Poland Zmienia Się w Parlophone Music Poland". allaboutmusic.pl. July 15, 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Nowy Warner Music Poland chce być najlepszy w Polsce!". www.netfan.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Wielka fuzja na polskim rynku płytowym". www.dziennik.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  8. ^ Radek Miszczak, Andrzej Cała: Beaty, Rymy, Życie: Leksykon muzyki hip-hop. Poznań: Kurpisz S.A., 2005, p. 536. ISBN 83-89738-75-9.
  9. ^ "Lipali - Trio". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Sumptuastic - Iluzjoniści". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Novika - Lovefinder". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Wykonawca: Norah Jones - Featuring". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2014.