Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group.It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Gramophone Company. Columbia is the oldest brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to release pre recorded tracks. In the very beginning Columbia was a small company that sold Phonograph Cylinders (the first way to be able to record sound) Columbia then recorded it own sounds, ad then eventually after people heard these they began selling their own records and phonographs. To allow them to add even more success to their Company they then involved a number of Opera singers to record sound, this was in 1903.
In 1961, CBS ended its arrangement with Philips Records and formed its own international organisation, CBS Records, in 1962, which released Columbia recordings outside the USA and Canada on the CBS label (until 1964 marketed by Philips in Britain)
It is now part owned by Sony, in 1988, the CBS Records Group, including the Columbia Records unit, was acquired by Sony, which re-christened the parent division in Sony Music Entertainment 1991. Sony then acquired rights for other Columbia trademarks that are outside the country and in other places.
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