Columbia Music Entertainment
| Nippon Columbia | |
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| Founded | 1910 |
| Founder | Fredrick W. Horn |
| Distributor(s) | Self-distributed (in Japan) Savoy Records (in United States) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Official website | columbia |
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (日本コロムビア株式会社 Nippon Koromubia Kabushiki Kaisha?), often pronounced Korombia, : , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. (日本蓄音器商会 Nihon Chikuonki Shōkai?). It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until October 1, 2002, when it became Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc. (コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント株式会社 Koromubia Myūjikku Entateinmento Kabushiki gaisha?). On October 1, 2010, the company returned to its current name. Outside Japan, the company operates as the Savoy Label Group which releases recordings on the SLG, Savoy Jazz and Denon labels. It also manufactured electronic products under the Denon brand name until 2001.
Aside from common historical roots, the current Nippon Columbia label has no direct relation with either the American Columbia Records (part of the Sony Music group in the United States and known in Japan as Sony Records International; however, it should be noted that Nippon Columbia was the licensee for the American Columbia Records up until 1968, when CBS/Sony (now Sony Music) was founded) or the British EMI group, of which the original Columbia Graphophone Co. was a part, which operated in Japan as Toshiba-EMI. The label is notable, however, for continuing to use the historical Magic Notes logo, which has been associated with the Columbia name since the label's founding.
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