Record Labels and their Subsidiaries The BIG five record companies are: Universal EMI BMG Warners Sony Their subsidiary labels are as follows: Universal A&M Britannia Music Club Chess Decca Def Jam Def Soul Deutsche Grammophon Fiction Gee St Geffen Island (US) Island (UK) Interscope Karussell MCA Records Mercury Nashville Mercury UK Motown Philips Music Group Phonogram Point Blank Polydor UK Really Useful Records Universal Classics Universal Records Verve Music Group EMI Additive Angel Apple Autonomy Blue Note Capitol Charisma Classics for Pleasure Columbia Cooltempo EMI EMI:Chrysalis EMI Classics EMI Gold Encore ForeFront Gramophone Grand Royal Harvest Hemisphere HMV Hostile IRS Java Liberty UK Major Minor Manhattan Metro Blue Mosaic Music for Pleasure Mute Obscure Odeon One Up Parlophone Priority RAK Regal Zonophone Roulette SBK Sparrow Starline Studio Two Talisman Top Rank Total Vegas United Artists Virgin Classics Virgin Records America Virgin Records UK Waverley Zonophone BMG Anxious Ariola Arista UK Arista USA Beyond Bluebird BMG Classics Conifer Deconstruction DGC Full Works Imago J Records Melo Neon One to One RCA Warners Atco Atlantic Blanco y Negro East West Elektra Korova London-Sire Maverick Oval Paisley Park Reprise Rhino Warner Bros. Records Warner Classics Warner Music UK WEA Sony CBS Columbia Epic Kitchenware Legacy Sony Classical Sony Jazz Sony Music UK Sony Music Nashville Return to Record Company Menu Return to Homepage