EMI America Records
EMI America Records was started in 1978 by EMI as a second US label next to Capitol Records. It absorbed Liberty Records in 1984. In the late 1980s EMI America was consolidated with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan Records, which later became known as EMI USA and then simply as EMI in 1990, then part of EMI Records Group North America in 1992, when the then-Thorn EMI acquired Virgin Records America. Since 2013, this organization of labels is under Universal Music's Capitol Music Group and the reissues of recordings are distributed by former sister label Capitol Records.Artists
Past artists have included: Marty Balin, Blessid Union of Souls, David Bowie, Stray Cats, Lenny Burns, Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton, Joe "Bean" Esposito, Go West, Corey Hart, Murray Head, Kajagoogoo, Huey Lewis and the News, Limahl, Barbara Mandrell, J. Geils, Michael Stanley Band, Naked Eyes, Queensrÿche, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cliff Richard, Roxette, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Talk Talk, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, John Waite, Kim Wilde, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush, and Robin Gibb. Today, the catalog is mainly managed by Capitol Music Group and Universal Music Group.
