Capital Artists
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| Traditional Chinese | 華星唱片出版有限公司 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 华星唱片出版有限公司 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huá Xīng Chàngpiàn Chūbǎn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wa4 Sing1 Cheung3 Pin3 Cheut1 Baan2 Yau5 Haan6 Gung1 Si1 |
| Jyutping | Waa4 Sing1 Coeng3 Pin3 Ceot1 Baan2 Jau5 Haan6 Gung1 Si1 |
| Capital Artists | |
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| Parent company | eSun Holdings, a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Status | stopped recording music in 2001; acquired by eSun Holdings in 2008; relabeled in 2010 |
| Distributor(s) | Media Asia Music, since 2012 |
| Genre |
Cantopop Mandopop Chinese opera Chinese children's songs |
| Country of origin | Colonial Hong Kong |
| Location | Hong Kong |
Capital Artists is a Hong Kong–based record label, owned by eSun Holdings, a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development. Founded in 1971, Capital Artists signed some of the biggest names in the Cantopop industry, including Roman Tam, Anita Mui, and Leslie Cheung, among others. During its prime in the 1970s and 1980s, Capital had dozens of artists under contract and was one of the biggest labels in Hong Kong.
In early 1996, Capital Artists was purchased by SCMP Group. In 2001, after four years of poor sales, Capital Artists ceased music production and dismissed most of its staff, staying in business solely to collect copyright revenue and issue compilations. In late 2008, it was purchased by eSun Holdings.
The Capital Artists logo is a lower-case "c" merged into a lower-case, slightly larger, "a".
In 1972, Capital Artists began hosting concerts and placed music producers (Chinese: 陳淑芬) and Chan Lau-chyun (Chinese: 陳柳泉) in charge of the events. In 1975, a records division was established.
Throughout the 1970s, Capital Artists focused primarily on producing music for television dramas. In 1982, however, Capital Artists shifted their focus to the Hong Kong–based television network TVB, and began taking part in TVB's newly created New Talent Singing Awards (Chinese: 香港新秀歌唱大賽), or NTSA (renamed NTSA International Finals (全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) in 1997 and TVB8 International Chinese NTSA (TVB8全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) in 2005). The winner of the contest was guaranteed a recording contract with the record label.
Capital Artists has claimed many music superstars, and for a time, it was one of the top five record labels in Hong Kong, along with BMG, PolyGram (later sold to Universal Music Group), Warner Bros. Records, and EMI.
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