Disney Music Group
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The Disney Music Group (formerly Buena Vista Music Group) is a collection of affiliated record labels all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company. The chairman of the group is Bob Cavallo, who reports to Dick Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Studios.
[edit] Labels
The group includes;
- Buena Vista Records, a label devoted to soundtrack recordings of mostly live-action Disney film musicals, such as Mary Poppins , The Happiest Millionaire, Summer Magic, and Babes in Toyland, as well as recordings by actors then under contract to Disney, such as Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills. Often, at the same time that Buena Vista Records released a genuine soundtrack album, Disneyland Records, another, less expensive Disney label, would release a cover version of the songs from that film. The label was later taken over by Walt Disney Records. It is still active today and releases various content such as Baby Einstein and karaoke CDs; it also has some recording artists.
- Walt Disney Records, the flagship label of the group, was founded in 1956 (as Disneyland Records) to release records of the music to Mickey Mouse shorts. Under the Disneyland label, it also released the soundtrack LP's of the animated Disney films, including, in 1957, a 3-LP album set of the music heard in Fantasia, perhaps the first soundtrack album containing virtually all the music from a feature-length film. It now releases a broad range of Disney-themed music for kids, teens and families such as soundtracks to movies made by Walt Disney Pictures, original music from artists such as They Might Be Giants, and compilations of music made popular by Radio Disney.
- Hollywood Records, primarily focusing on rock, pop music, and teen artists. The label was originally primarily a soundtrack label (for Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures) with few major artists, like Queen. But under the guidance of Bob Cavallo and Abbey Konowitch, the label now releases records from a variety of major artists such as: Hilary Duff, Breaking Benjamin, Aly & AJ, Jonas Brothers, Indigo Girls, Jesse McCartney, Raven-Symoné, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Mel Jimenez and Alex Rhodes
- Lyric Street Records, a Nashville-based country music label with artists such as Rascal Flatts and SHeDAISY.
- Mammoth Records, formerly based in North Carolina, still has well-known artists such as Los Lobos in its stable.
- Walt Disney Music Publishing which controls music compositions for Disney's music heard in movies and theme parks. Divisions include Walt Disney Music Company, Wonderland Music Company, Seven Peaks Music, Seven Summits Music, Touchstone Pictures Music & Songs, Hollywood Pictures Music, HolPic Music, Buena Vista Music Company, Fuzzy Muppet Songs, Mad Muppet Melodies, Agarita Music, FFM Publishing, F T S Music, Saban Music U.S.A., ABC Family Music, Falferious Music, Five Hundred South Songs, Balanga Music and more.
[edit] Distribution
Buena Vista Music Group doesn't have its own distribution network, instead, relying on Universal in North America, Avex (in Japan) and, since September of 2005, EMI to distribute their work. In the past, Sony has been a distributor of Hollywood Records in mainland Asia.
In the UK, EMI are licensing Hollywood Records albums and branding them as EMI recordings, however North American recordings retain the more distinctive Hollywood Records branding.
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