About
Record company and distributor. May also be used for other roles if "Zomba Records" is credited. A distributor and head of a group of independent labels, most notably Jive. The Zomba group was dissolved in 2009 and rebranded as the Jive Label Group, one half of the RCA/Jive Label Group. With the acquisition of Pinnacle Publishing (UK) it got hold of Rough Trade Germany with its lucrative distribution deals for Germany. The name Rough Trade was eventually abandoned in favour of that of the mother company. In 2002, Zomba Recording Corporation was acquired by the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). Between 2004 and 2008, the newly restructured Zomba Label Group was part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment when those two companies merged. In 2008, when Sony bought the remaining stake in BMG, Zomba became a sublabel of Sony Music Entertainment. Labelcode: LC 05661 / LC 5661 Regional marketing and distribution offices: Zomba Records Australia Pty Ltd. Zomba Records Benelux Zomba Records Brasil Ltda. Zomba Records (Canada) Inc. Zomba Records France Zomba Records GmbH Zomba Records Japan K.K. Zomba Records Singapore Pte Ltd. Zomba Records Switzerland
Sub-labels
Internal Affairs Recording Co.
Sublabel of Zomba Records Ltd, active in the 90's. Has been in use since 2015 as a label for under the shortened name Internal Affairs, although it is unclear what involvement Zomba...
Zed Beat
U.K. sub-label of Zomba Records Ltd.
Music For Nations
UK metal label started in February 1983 by Martin Hooker, former boss. Note that many of the MFN releases were pressed in France by [Made In France printed on label]. These a...
Zomba Records Australia Ltd
Australian division of the Zomba International Records Group servicing Australia and New Zealand. The division was first established in May 1999 with offices in Sydney and was headed by [a=Scott...
U.T.F.O. Records
Megakult Records
Labelcode: LC 11767 Sometimes misspelled "Megacult Records".
Zomba Special Projects
Zomba Records Switzerland
Zomba Records regional marketing and distribution office. Integrated into BMG's local office in mid 2003.