Columbia Records

Columbia Records
Logo used since 1962
Parent company
  • Columbia Graphophone Company (1925–1931)
  • Grigsby-Grunow Company (1931–1934)
  • American Record Corporation (1934–1938)
  • CBS (1938–1988)
  • Sony Corporation of America (1988–1991)
  • Sony Music Entertainment (1991–2004; 2008–present)
  • Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008)
FoundedJanuary 15, 1889 (1889-01-15) (as Columbia Phonograph Company) in Washington, D.C.
Distributor(s)
  • Sony Music Entertainment (International)
  • Legacy Recordings (reissues)
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York City
Official websitecolumbiarecords.com

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, an American division of multinational conglomerate Sony. Founded in 1889, Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business,[1][2][3] and the second major company to produce records.[4] It is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, along with Epic Records and longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records. RCA and Arista were originally owned by BMG until Sony's acquisition at the end of their merger in 2008.

  1. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 17, 1955. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ Ben Sisario (October 30, 2012). "From One Mine, the Gold of Pop History". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "125 Years of Columbia Records – An Interactive Timeline". Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry: The Gramophone". Archived from the original on August 20, 2002. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
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