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The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a British multinational music company headquartered record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and was one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major publishing arm, EMI Music Publishing – also based in London with offices globally. The company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but since February 2011 it has been wholly owned by Citigroup (which took the then financially troubled company over because of more than $4 billion in debt it held). EMI is a member of the RIAA & IFPI.
In November 2011 Citigroup announced a tentative deal to sell off pieces of the company with the music arm going to Vivendi's Universal Music Group for $1.9 billion and the publishing business going to a Sony/ATV consortium for around $2.2 billion. Other members of the Sony consortium include Blackstone and Abu Dhabi-owned investment fund Mubadala. Both before and after the sale announcement, Universal Music Group pledged to sell off EMI assets to the value of half a billion Euros.
The Wiggles used this company from 1991 to 2001.
Releases[]
- The Wiggles (1991)
- Here Comes a Song (1992)
- The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate (1993)
- Yummy Yummy (1994)
- Big Red Car (1995)
- Wake Up Jeff! (1996)
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996)
- The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997)
- Toot Toot! (1998)
- It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000)
- Wiggle Time! (2000)
- Yule Be Wiggling (2000)
- Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001)