Capitol Music Group is a new age entertainment company that encourages music by signing and providing complete support to contemporary artists. They respect erstwhile and established heritage artists, as well as encourage young talent and upcoming and hitherto undiscovered musicians. The company is constantly innovating and thinking up unique ideas to promote the artists signed up by them. There is nothing generic about their approach to marketing, and each musician is given a creative pitch suitable to their music, identity and public image. It is a large group of committed people working together to share great music with the world.
Labels part of the group
Based in the glamour city of Hollywood, California, Capitol Music Group was founded in 2007 in the United States when its parent company and former owner, EMI merged Capitol Records with Virgin Records America. What resulted was a music company known to promote good music of all genres. They are distributors of music record labels in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and France. They also distribute record labels universally through the parent company Universal Music Group. Capitol Music Group has a network of record companies under its umbrella. These include Capitol Records, Motown Records, Virgin Records, Blue Note Records, Harvest Records, Astralwerks and Capitol Christian Music Group. They also own Capitol Studios and an independent service and distribution wing called Caroline.Â
Prominent artists signed in past
Over 280 popular musicians and groups, past and present, have entrusted their music and have opted to record for Capitol Music Group as their interests are well looked after, and their music professionally promoted and marketed. Prominent artists with Capitol Music Group are Neil Diamond, Bee Gees, Rosanne Cash, Erykah Badu, Banks, Charles Lloyd, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Tori Kelly, Jon Bellion, Hillsong United, B.J. The Chicago Kid, Christine and the Queens, Robert Glasper, Halsey, Don Henley, Niall Horan, Illenium, Troye Sivan and Chris Tomlin Judah And The Lion, Kem, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, tobyMac, Paul McCartney, Vic Mensa, Migos, Ne-Yo, NF, Norah Jones, Katy Perry, Gregory Porter, Rich Homie Quan, Maggie Rogers, Calum Scott and Bob Seger. In the US, Capitol Music Group also has under its patronage Bastille, Disclosure, Glass Animals, 5 Seconds of Summer, Sam Smith, MNEK and Empire of the Sun.
Capitol Music Group deals with music of all genres and is popular with music lovers the world over. From pop specialists – ABBA to the evolution of rock/pop genres of the Bee Gees, all-time greats such as Neil Diamond, Paul Mc Cartney and the Beatles to the latest crazes Katy Perry, Nija, Troye Sivan, Rucka Raucka Ali and Ferras, Capitol Music Group has all the selections right. The versatility of music genres promoted by the group is evident from the musicians Capitol Music Group has under its wings. Norah Jones is a versatile musician with a wide-ranging repertoire of genres from country, jazz, folk and rock, is with the Capitol Music Group. Jon Bellion, with popular hits such as Welcome to Forever, The Human Condition and True Colours, is representative of the Pop Soul, Electropop and contemporary R&B genres.
How to submit a demo
If you are looking for ways to submit a demo to Capitol Music Group or to any of the associate labels, be informed that CMG does not directly accept a track or clip. You will need to connect to a manager, producer, agent or industry professional to help you submit a demo. For queries, you can send an email to communications@umusic.com. For the budding artists, the other alternative would be to sign up on Spinnup, the digital music distribution service owned by Universal Music Group. Spinnup charges a small fee to distribute your track to some of the world’s leading music services. Free tools are made available for creating music as well as social media integrations and creating promo links. Be assured of your songs being showcased to music industry professionals through the platform. You get 100% of your royalties and rights.
