EMI Music Publishing

EMI Music Publishing was a music publishing company (generic trading name used by various companies that form part of the EMI Music Publishing Group)
The worldwide companies that formed part of EMI Music Publishing (prior to 2020) held the copyrights to over two million compositions. Since 2012, the rights were been administered by 'Sony/ATV', which folded EMI Music Publishing eight years later.

Please only use this when credited with this full wording on release.
Otherwise, please consider:
- label 425284 (when credited as "Emi Music Pub", "EMI Music Pub." or "EMI Music Publ.")
- label 962498 (when credited as "EMI Music Pubs.", "EMI Music Publs." or "EMI Music Publishers")

EMP had local offices in Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, US Latin, USA.

In November 2011, Citigroup, Inc. agreed to sell label 1330982 (formerly known as label 1032063) worldwide music publishing business's to a consortium of investors (partnership) which primarily consisted of Sony Corporation of America, Estate of Michael Jackson, Mubadala development and Blackstone's Group GSO Capital partners LP. The sale of the EMI Music Publishing Group was completed on the 29th of June 2012. The partnership (company) is known as DH Publishing LP, based in the Cayman Islands.

Companies that form part of EMI Music Publishing Group (as of 2017) - Argentina: label 635533 Australia: label 1469893, label 996318, label 1170109, label 1483197, EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Ltd., label 264329, label 327541 Belgium: label 4397 BVBA, label 216650 NV, label 298125 BVBA, label 1002334 NV, Rover Music NV Brazil: label 313079, label 1932491 Canada: label 303915, label 308801, label 1216341 Limitee China: EMI Music Publishing China Ltd. Chile Inversiones EMI Music Publishing Chile Ltda, EMI Ediciones Musicales Chile Ltda. Czech Republic label 287793 Denmark: EMI Casadida Music Publishing ApS, label 286459 Finland: label 604775 France: Call me SARL, label 219670 SAS, label 807968, label 1393004 SAS, EMI Music Publishing France SAS, label 365152 Germany: Edition Accord Musikverlag GmbH, EMI Epos Musikverlag GmbH, EMI General Music Musikverlag GmbH, label 400391, EMI MMC Musikverlag GmbH, label 280228, label 405372, label 359375, EMI Phoenix Musikverlag GmbH, label 408946, label 672381, label 286301 Greece: label 1293814 LLC, EMI Songs Music Publishing (Greece) LLC Hong Kong: label 368699, label 1324521 Ltd. Hungary: label 183738 Israel: label 793803 Italy: label 470457, label 601659, label 319604, label 398451 Japan: Consortium Music Publishing Japan Ltd.,label 36567 Malaysia: label 921264 Mexico: label 702888, label 835103 Netherlands: Av Music Publishers BV, label 267878, EMI Catalogue Partnership Holland BV, EMI Music Publishing Holland B.V., label 546861 Norway: label 304377 AS, Frost Music AS Poland: label 695435 Portugal: label 545060 - Edicoes Musicais Lda South Africa: EMI Industries (Pty) Ltd., label 274175, EMI Music Publ. SA South Korea: label 490885 Spain: label 406710 SAU, label 317072, Global Demelsa SLU, label 587062 Sweden: label 473464, label 275403, EMI Housework AB, EMI Mills Music Scandinavia AB, label 275404, label 281958 UK: label 265460 - and subsidiaries) - USA: 1290 Music, Inc.,1290 Songs, Inc., Bee Natural Music, Inc., label 271400, label 273690, label 294378, label 513209, label 340750, label 819109, label 264623, label 448266, label 269235, EMI BMPC Corp, label 546902, EMI Catalogue Partnership L.P., EMI Combine, Inc., EMI Consortium Music Publishing, Inc., EMI Consortium Songs, Inc., EMI Copyright Holdings, Inc., EMI Duce Music, Inc., label 574792, label 307317, EMI GL Publications, Inc., label 460056, label 600220, label 304960, label 535528, label 704161, label 546589, label 322641, EMI Mills International Sales Corp., EMI Mogull, Inc., EMI MP US, Inc., EMI MSC Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing Mills Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing Top Twenty, Inc., EMI New Coconuts Music, inc., label 536442, EMI PST Music, Inc., label 283366, EMI RTF Music, Inc., EMI Slithy Songs, Inc., label 768488, EMI Strong, LLC., EMI TSM Music, Inc., label 287381, label 303610, label 1364205, EMI Vine Music, Inc., label 675554, label 354044, Entertainment World Music, Inc., label 311358, label 99115, Long Range Music, Inc., Moccasin Music, Inc., label 325190, Preference Music, Inc, Priority Music, Inc., label 245329, label 271521, label 264761, West End Music, Inc., Windriva Music, Inc.

In May 2018 label 264609 announced it was acquiring a controlling stake (90%), subject to regulatory approval in the EMI Music Publishing Group, which it already owns 30%, the £1.7bn deal would make Sony the largest music publisher in the world, due to it already owning the rights to over 2 million compositions via its other music related companies. Sony ATV Music subsequently acquired the small holding held by Estate of Michael Jackson in separate deal in August 2018. The complete takeover was approved by European regulators on October 26th, 2018, with the deal being completed by Sony Corporation in Nov 2018.

On February 10, 2020, with the merger of Sony/ATV Music and Sony Music Entertainment completed, EMI Music Publishing was folded.