RCA/Jive Label Group
Short-lived American record label group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RCA/Jive Label Group (sometimes stylized as RCA/JIVE Label Group) was an American record label group, owned by Sony Music Entertainment and representing the merger of the RCA Music Group and JIVE Label Group. The umbrella group was formed in 2007 under the name BMG Label Group, was rebranded as RCA/Jive Label Group in 2009. In July 2011 it was finally dissolved into two separate labels: the RCA Music Group and Epic Records which took Jive subsidiaries (LaFace, Battery, etc.) until October 2011 when it retired Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records. The artists on those three labels were moved to RCA Records.
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RCA/Jive Label Group | |
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Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment |
Founded | January 2009; 15 years ago (January 2009) |
Defunct | July 2011; 13 years ago (July 2011) |
Status | Defunct |
Distributor(s) | Sony Music Entertainment |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | New York, NY |
Official website | http://www.sonymusic.com |
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