Music Label Research

EMI is a music company based in London and New York. It is in charge of a record label, EMI Music. EMI is one of the "big four" record labels; labels not part of the "big four" are called independent. It started in 1931, when it was called "Electric and Music Industries". In 1957, it took over Capitol Records, an American record company.





In 1962, The Beatles signed a contract with EMI, and they became the company's most successful musicians. The Beatles made nearly all their recordings at Abby Road Studios, EMI's main recording studio in London.



In 1992, EMI bought Virgin Records , which had been owned by Richard Branson. It almost bought Universal Records in 1998, also. In 2007, EMI was taken over by a group called Terra Firma, after it said no to a bid from Warner Music Group. Other famous artists that were signed to EMI were Coldplay, Spice Girls, Pink Floyd.



Boy Better Know is an independent music label run by English grime artists. Jamie Adenuga established the label “Boy Better Know” is its established trademark an official clothing line was planned.



They have also featured on songs by other notable UK artists, such as Chipmunk, John Eric and Tinie Tempah. They feature on the remix of "Stay" by Jay Sean, who Skepta had previously worked with on the song "Lush". They have also remixed N-Dubz's song Na Na (Boy Better Know).