A division of EMI Group, EMI Music is one of the top recorded music companies in the world, operating directly in nearly 50 countries worldwide, with licensees in a further 20.

EMI’s record labels, which include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Narada, Parlophone and Virgin sign and develop artists, market and promote them and distribute their music to retailers. Through consistent and long term success they have built up an outstanding catalogue of recorded music covering all key genres.

In the six months ended 30 September 2006, EMI Music had revenues of £720.7 million, earning £11.5 million operating profit. It employs around 5,600 people.

EMI Music's distinctive approach to the development of its roster focuses on making consistent investments in artists with long-term career potential and is designed to maximise both local and global sales. Its rich and diverse catalogue and roster includes legends such as:

The Beatles, the Beach Boys, David Bowie, Maria Callas, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Herbert von Karajan, John Lennon, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, Yehudi Menuhin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones and Mstislav Rostropovich;

contemporary global superstars like:

Corinne Bailey Rae, Beastie Boys, Chingy, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Gorillaz, Al Green, Iron Maiden, Janet Jackson, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Kylie, Moby, Radiohead, Joss Stone, KT Tunstall, Keith Urban, Pharrell Williams and Robbie Williams;

and some of the finest classical artists and renowned jazz performers including:

Leif Øve Andsnes, Sarah Brightman, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Emmanuelle Haïm, Nigel Kennedy, Amos Lee, Joe Lovano, Wynton Marsalis, Jason Moran, Antonio Pappano, Simon Rattle, Dianne Reeves, St Germain, Jacky Terrasson, Maxim Vengerov and Cassandra Wilson.

EMI Music also operates the world famous recording facilities Abbey Road Studios in London and Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.

EMI Music has been at the forefront of the development of digital music. The company released the first ever digital album in 1999, and was the first label to offer a video single on the internet two years later. In 2002 EMI became the first major music company to offer a song online on the same day it was released to radio.

In the six months ended 30 September 2006 EMI Music's digital revenues continued to grow rapidly, representing 9.4% of total revenue compared to 5.6% for the financial year to 31 March 2006. In particular EMI Music has seen strong growth in revenue from mobile music products in North America with, for example, Bubba Sparxxx's single Ms. New Booty selling more than one million full-track single downloads to mobile during the period.

Revenue from the sale of music videos has also grown strongly, albeit off a small base, with particularly strong growth being seen in Japan where revnue was generated from mobile services including KDDI and DoCoMo. EMI Music has also been working closely with Napster who recently launched the first paid subscription service in Japan.