1. BMG-RCA-Victor BMG, whose full name is Bertelsmann Music Group, was originally an obscure German record company based in the United States. After the merger of RCA, MCA, Arista and Geffen, it became one of the top five record groups in the world. RCA, whose full name is Radio Corporation Of American, was originally a radio and radio broadcasting company, which was founded by the American General Electric Company in 1919. In 1929, RCA began to enter the recording industry after acquiring Victor Records Company opened by Betliner in the United States. In the 194s, RCA owned a number of popular red stars, including Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. Since 1955, Elvis Presley has become the treasure of RCA. However, since the sixties and seventies, the development of RCA is lacking. Arista was founded by Bell Company and acquired by BMG in 1979. Air Supply and Whitney Houston are the pillars of Arista. MCA, whose full name is Music Corporation Of American, was originally a concert booking company, and entered the recording industry after acquiring the American branch of Decca. In the forties and fifties, there were jazz singers such as Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. In the sixties and seventies, he signed famous bands and singers such as The Who, Elton John, Olivia Newton-John and RickyNelson. In 199, MCA acquired Geffen Company. Geffen, founded by David Geffen in 198, is a famous medium-sized company. It owns a band of famous rock singers such as Guns N' Roses and Nirvana. In 199, it was acquired by MCA at a high price of $5 million. ---------------. An HMV company founded by Berliner in 1898. In 19, the famous dog was officially used to listen to the HMV trademark of the phonograph; The other is Columbla Company. In 1929. The two merged to form Electrical And Music Industries (Electrical Industry Co., Ltd.), referred to as EMI. This merger made EMI the largest record company in the world at that time. Except for Decca in Britain, Brunwick in America and DGG in Germany, all the other brands were controlled by EMI. After World War II, CBS took the lead in releasing 33-turn LP records and 45-turn single records, but EMI still stuck to the old specifications of 78-turn 1-inch records, causing many of its artists to quit. In the early 195s, RCA and CBS, which were originally represented by EMI in Britain and Commonwealth countries, also cooperated with Decca and Philips. In 1955, EMI bought Capitol Company in order to reverse the unfavorable situation, hoping to open the American market through it. However, the conservative style of Capitol made EMI unable to benefit from the rock and roll trend that rose in the 195s. After entering the 196s, EMI took a turn for the better. First, the popularity of Cliff Richard and Shadows, and then the rise of the British rock trend represented by The Beatles. Most British bands in this trend are signed by EMI. Yulun? ℅erry & The Pacemakers, DC5, Animals, Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Yar. birds, etc., and The Beatles, the leader of this trend, has become the biggest "gold mine" of EMI3 in 3 years. However, Capitol, the American branch of EMI, missed the opportunity to make a fortune for no reason and refused to sign contracts with these British bands. As a result, these bands have all invested in Epic, MGM and other subsidiaries in the United States. It was not until EMI gave the order that Capitol released the American version of Meet The Beatles, the second album of The Beatles. The good days of the 196s passed quickly. After The Beatles broke up in 197, Capitol immediately faced the dilemma of bankruptcy. And the EMI head office itself has a hard time. EMI began to get into trouble because British companies were forbidden to use funds for overseas investment after the Labor government came to power. In 1979, EMI was acquired by Thorn Group, but it remained independent. In the same year, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government came to power and implemented the economic opening policy. EMI immediately acquired American companies such as Imperial and Liberty. Throughout the 198s, EMI was in a good business situation, and David Bowie, Duran Duran, Queen, Pink Floy, and Paul McCartney made a lot of money for the company. In 1992, EMI acquired Virgin, a famous British independent company, and became the largest record company in the world again. ---------------. Berliner established his subsidiary Deutsche Grammophon e Geselischaft (DGG for short) in Germany. During World War I, because Britain and Germany were warring enemies, the German government nationalized the British company DGG. After the war, Ber-liner's HMV company made a comeback and set up a branch in Germany, Electrola, but DGG retained the trademark right to use the dog listening phonograph. However, because the right to use this famous brand trademark outside Germany belongs to EMI, DGG set up Polydor brand in the 192s and 193s to export records. In 194, DGG was acquired by German industrial giant Siemens. After World War II, Polydor was changed to the trademark of pop music, while DGG was used exclusively for classical music records, but the trademark of the dog listening phonograph was taken back by EMI. But Polydor and DGG are only half of Polaroid, and the other half comes from Dutch company Phonagram. The company was founded in 1946 and acquired by Philips Group in 195. Phonogram's career began to soar in the 195s because it obtained the right to distribute CBS records in Europe, and it was even more powerful after it acquired Mercury Records in the United States. In 1962, Siemens and Philip decided to merge their record agencies, so Polygram was announced. The 196s was the initial stage of Polaroid's career. They had famous singers and bands such as Dusty Springfield, Cream, Bee Gees, The Who and Jimi Hendrix. In the 197s, Polaroid acquired MGM and Verve skirts? All: exhausted? Know? Hey? Is the fiber hoop inclined? The fall of Yan Sheng, Zheng Yun BBA, Bee Gees, Donna Summer, and later Bananarama, all brought in the wealth of Polaroid. Since the 198s, Polaroid has continuously expanded its strength by acquiring and merging other companies. Decca was acquired in 198, and Island and A & were acquired in 199. M, acquired Motown in 1993. Polaroid is the most successful in Southeast Asia. ---------------. By 1891, Columbla had become the largest singing tube company in the world. At the end of 19th century, it was the period of life-and-death struggle between Photograph invented by Edison and Grammophone E invented by Berliner (a phonograph with concave-convex metallic records as playback software). At that time, Columbla Company produced more than 2 different metal singing pipes, and opened its London branch in 19. But later, Photograph gradually lost in the competition with Grammophon., and the singing tube was gradually replaced by records. Columbla Company also sold its London branch to the British Louis Sterling after World War I because of its poor financial situation. In 1922, Sterling bought the American Columbla head office, and began to enter the broadcasting business, resulting in the establishment of Columbla Broadcasting Company, namely CBS Company. The Great Depression of the world economy in 1929 had a serious impact on the recording industry. Columbla company was forced to give up CBS, and itself merged with HMV company of Berliner, the inventor of Grammophone e phonograph, to form EMI. Since then, Columbla's trademark has fallen into the hands of EMI. In 1938, CBS entered the recording industry and bought Brunswick, which owned the right to use the Columbla trademark in the United States. However, Brunswick kept losing money, and CBS resold it to Decca, but kept the right to use the Columbla trademark in the United States, while the right to use the trademark outside the United States was owned by EMI. Later, CBS changed its Columbla trademark from black to red to show the difference. After buying the recordings of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessle Smith, and Ben ny Goodman and Count Basie, CBS developed rapidly and soon became the largest local record company in the United States. In 1948, CBS began to release 33-turn LP and 45-turn single records in the United States. This successful move made CBS almost dominate the global record market. At that time, the most popular artists including Mitch Miller, Percy Faith, Miles Davis and Johnny Mathis were all under CBS. Clive Davis took over the power of CBS in 1966. He absorbed a large number of new generation rock artists, including Bob Dylan, Donovan, Janis Joplin, Blood, Sweat And Tears, Santana, Chicago, Neil Diamond and so on. In the 197s, Billy Joei, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and other superstars joined the company, and the whole business was booming. In the 198s, CBS tried to buy the right to use Columbla trademark from EMI outside the United States. What's the matter? About Hao Hao? EMI, to end the division of the trademark for more than 5 years. In the process of long-term bargaining, Japan's Sony Group stepped in halfway and successfully acquired CBS in 1989. ---------------. WEA, whose full name is Warner Brothers/Elektra/Atlantic, is the only American company among the top five international record groups. Warner Brothers was originally one of the top eight film companies in Hollywood. After buying Brunswick Company in 193, he entered the recording industry. From 193s to 195s, Warner Company's management in the recording industry was not ideal, and it was only in the early 196s that EverlyBrothers defected that Warner achieved initial success in the recording industry. Subsequently, the joining of Peter, Paul And Mary, Frank Sin-atra, Kinks, etc. made Warner's record career gradually scale up. In 1968, Warner Brothers acquired Atlantic and its subsidiaries Atco and Cotillion, and in 197, it merged Elektra. So far, WEA, as one of the top five international record groups, was formally formed. WEA owns many famous singers and bands, and Prince and Madonna are even more stupid. Lektra was founded by Jac Holzman in 195s, and its famous bands and singers include The Doors, Bread, Judy Collins, etc. The Asylum company affiliated to Elektra was founded by David Geffen in 1972. It owns famous singers and bands such as Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, The Eagles and Linda Ronsstadt. In 1973, Warner acquired Asylum and set up Elektra/Asylum branch, which was managed by David Geffen. David Geffen