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1972. "Drum Corps International is a cooperative association of its member and participating organizations: We seek to promote and inspire unparalleled excellence in music and performing arts throughout the world." Drum Corps International World Championships. National Academy of Music.
The main branches of the music industry are the live music industry, the recording industry, and all the companies that train, support, supply and represent musicians.. The recording industry produces three separate products: compositions (songs, pieces, lyrics), recordings (audio and video) and media (such as CDs or MP3s, and DVDs).
Universal Music Group N.V. [3] (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch – American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California.
The United States has remained the biggest market for recorded music in IFPI history, except in 2010 when Japan topped the list. The largest Asian music market, Japan has always stayed within the top two. The other largest music markets by region include the United Kingdom in Europe, Australia in Oceania, and Brazil in South America.
Music publishing companies of the United States (1 C, 120 P) R. American record labels (65 C, 1,396 P) Recording studios in the United States (4 C, 73 P)
Sony Music Entertainment ( SME ), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of the Sony Music Group, with the other half being the publishing division, Sony ...
Record labels may be small, localized and "independent" ("indie"), or they may be part of a large international media group, or somewhere in between.The Association of Independent Music (AIM) defines a 'major' as "a multinational company which (together with the companies in its group) has more than 5% of the world market(s) for the sale of records or music videos."
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME).