Capitol Records

<p>Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American <a href="/facts/Record_label/rcrpGvM4">record label</a> owned by <a href="/facts/Universal_Music_Group/VufxcUef">Universal Music Group</a> through its <a href="/facts/Capitol_Music_Group/UbJgvBdg">Capitol Music Group</a> imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note in the United States in 1942 by <a href="/facts/Johnny_Mercer/loo1E8T3">Johnny Mercer</a>, <a href="/facts/Buddy_DeSylva/ga7dn40R">Buddy DeSylva</a>, and <a href="/facts/Wallichs_Music_City/1kAlodbk">Glenn E. Wallichs</a>. Capitol was acquired by British music conglomerate <a href="/facts/EMI/MxDTCNeq">EMI</a> as its North American <a href="/facts/Subsidiary/l25YN38x">subsidiary</a> in 1955. EMI was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012, and was merged with the company a year later, making Capitol and the Capitol Music Group both distributed by UMG. The label's <a href="/facts/Capitol_Records_Building/cFyI38rL">circular headquarters building</a> is a recognized landmark of <a href="/facts/Hollywood%2c_Los_Angeles/hF4zF5n6">Hollywood, Los Angeles</a>, California.
</p>

Capitol Records open-in-new

Capitol Records