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Columbia House has made forays into media besides music and movies. For a few years, Columbia House offered a CD-ROM club, allowing customers to buy computer games. It once allowed members to buy video games from its site, but did not offer a specific club for this. One could also agree to the regular purchase of box sets of popular TV series ...
BMG Music Publishing (formerly known as RCA Music Publishing), which was not part of the Sony BMG merger, was a business of the Bertelsmann Music Group until it was sold to Universal Music Group for €1.63 billion in 2007. Universal then folded the company into Universal Music Publishing Group, and the BMG name was retired. [2]
On the Official Albums Chart Top 100 of 4 November 2022, the label charted its first hit album in the form of Blue's Heart & Soul. [75] [76] [77] In October 2023, BMG signed with Universal Music Group for physical distribution, and started self-distributing its own catalog on digital platforms, thus ending their partnership with Warner Music. [78]
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music , is wholly owned by Sony , following their buyout of the remaining 50% held by Bertelsmann .
SoundScan initially did not track albums sold in supermarkets, and never tracked those sold through mail-order music clubs such as Columbia House or BMG Music Club. [54] [55] ‡ Album certifications from February 1, 2016 onward include "on-demand audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent." [1]
The clubs expanded their appeal by taking on other record labels' albums. In 1955, Book-of-the-Month Club's Music Appreciation Records struck deals with Angel, Westminster, and Vox Records to offer some of their catalog offerings. [21] In 1960, RCA Victor committed to handle two Warner Bros. Records releases. [22]
BMG Heritage Records was the record label of the BMG Strategic Marketing Group reissue division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment which handled the reissue of recordings first issued on the RCA Victor, Arista, Buddah, Windham Hill and Jive Records (when BMG bought Zomba in 2003), as well as other labels BMG or predecessor companies acquired over the years.
Topics about BMG Rights Management albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the BMG Rights Management label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .