Record Label
Not to be confused with [[label:176335]]. Only use as label if it appears with logo in a label role. For releases with a label logo such as [[label:895]], [[label:362]], [[label:5410]] or other subsidiary labels/imprints of [[label:1003]], and where the Bertelsmann Music Group logo appears on back cover only (and *not* on media label), Bertelsmann Music Group should not be added as a Label to LCCN. Please instead add Bertelsmann Music Group as a Record Company in LCCN. For releases with a label logo of Bertelsmann Music Group (e.g., appears on media and packaging), including releases where another label logo may appear on media and/or packaging, please add Bertelsmann Music Group as a Label to LCCN. Example: [[release:9325448]] Name variations: - Bertelsmann Music Group - Bertelsmann Music Group Company Bertelsmann Music Group (abbreviated as BMG) was a division of German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's [[label:128564]] on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music company was formed as [[label:266827]] in 1984 as a joint venture to combine the music label activities of [[label:68984]]'s [[label:29656]] division and Bertelsmann's [[label:63811]] and its associated labels which include [[label:22429]]. It consisted of the [[label:79791]] company, the world's third largest music publisher and the world's largest independent music publisher, and (since August 2004) the 50% share of the joint venture with [[label:29073]], which established the German-American [[label:53569]] (Sony BMG) from 2004 to 2008.