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What does BMG mean?

BMG is one of the five major record companies in the world, its full name is Bertelsmann Music Group, known as the most global media company)'s music business subsidiary, owns Arista Records (Arista Records) , BMG Canada, BMG Ariola and more than 200 subsidiaries.

(Pictured: BMG’s office in London):

BMG is the German media giant Bertelsmann Group (Bertelsmann), the world’s second media empire, known as the most global media company)'s music business subsidiary.

Bertelsmann was founded in Germany in 1835 by Karl Bertelsmann. It initially made its fortune in the book industry by publishing Bibles. In 1958, it first entered the music field and acquired Ariola and Sonopress in Germany and Austria respectively. A record company, in 1987 it bought the famous American record company RCA in one fell swoop and officially established the Bertelsmann Record Group (BMG).

As a new music company, BMG has the same two major businesses as traditional record companies: songwriting copyright and recording. However, the difference is that we do not manage artists, but provide services. "Fairness, Transparency, Service, Worldwide" does not seek broadness but refinement. Everyone who comes is a guest. This is the purpose of BMG.

In order to serve authors and artists correctly, timely and transparently, BMG has established a powerful royalty information system, covering all related functions such as copyright information and royalty distribution calculations.

BMG returned to Greater China in 2014 and reached an exclusive strategic cooperation with Alibaba. At the same time, it is the exclusive agent for all music copyright content of Jujiang Entertainment, including all classic songs of well-known artists such as Tuoyu Quan and Hao Yun. library; and in 2015, it acquired classic tracks from well-known first-line artists such as Stefanie Sun, Jolin Tsai, Jacky Cheung, and Huimei Zhang to help the development of China's music industry.