List of EMI artists
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The musicians may have been signed under one of EMI's subsidiary labels. The subsidiary is noted next to the artist if this is the case.
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[edit] Popular
[edit] Pre-1960
- Nat King Cole (Capitol)
- Bobby Darin (Capitol)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
- Judy Garland (Capitol)
- The Goons (Parlophone)
- Wanda Jackson (Capitol)
- Dick James (Parlophone)
- The Kingston Trio (Capitol)
- Dean Martin (Capitol)
- Liza Minnelli (Capitol/Angel)
- Elvis Presley (HMV)
- Cliff Richard (Columbia Graphophone)
- Jimmy Shand (Parlophone)
- Dinah Shore (Capitol)
- Frank Sinatra (Capitol, left in 1961)
- Gene Vincent (Capitol)
[edit] 1960s
- The Band (Capitol)
- The Beach Boys (Capitol)
- The Beatles (Parlophone/EMI/Capitol)
- Gerry and the Pacemakers (Columbia Graphophone)
- Pink Floyd (Tower/Harvest/EMI/Capitol/Columbia)
[edit] 1970s–present
- 22-20s (Heavenly)
- A-mei [1]
- Airbourne
- Air Traffic (Tiny Consumer)
- Alfie (Regal)
- Aleks Syntek
- Lily Allen (Regal/Parlophone/Capitol)
- All-4-One
- Alpha Galates
- Al'Margir (Innocent/Virgin)
- Amei (EMI Music Taiwan)
- Angelic Upstarts (EMI Zonophone)
- Angus & Julia Stone (EMI Australia/Flock UK)
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Keren Ann
- Adam Ant
- Andra & The Backbone (EMI Music Indonesia)
- The Arrows (RAK)
- Richard Ashcroft (Hut/Virgin)
- A Taste of Honey (Capitol)
- Art Brut (Mute)
- Athlete (Regal)
- Auf der Maur
- Australian Crawl
- Charles Aznavour
- The Barracudas
- Beastie Boys (Parlophone/Capitol)
- Beau Dommage (Capitol)
- Bebe
- Victoria Beckham (Virgin, dropped in 2002)
- The Be Be See (EMI Records)
- Belinda (Capitol)
- The Beta Band (Regal)
- King Biscuit Time (Regal)
- Black Dice (DFA Records)
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Virgin, left in 2004)
- Black Sabbath (I.R.S./EMI)
- Blue (Innocent/Virgin)
- Blue Mink (Regal Zonophone)
- Blur (Food/Parlophone)
- David Bowie (Virgin)
- Lisa Brokop (Capitol, left in 1996)
- Garth Brooks (Capitol/Liberty/Parlophone)
- Meredith Brooks (Capitol, left in 1999)
- Brotherhood of Man (1982-83)
- James Brown
- Melanie B (Virgin, dropped in 2001)
- Emma Bunton (Virgin, dropped in 2002)
- Fito Paez (left and are now with Warner and Sony Music)
- Burning Spear
- Kate Bush
- John Cale
- Captain (EMI Records)
- Mariah Carey (Virgin, 2001-2002)
- Carpark North
- Kim Carnes
- Belinda Carlisle (Virgin, 1993 & 1996)
- Ruben Chacon (Capitol)
- Camper Van Beethoven (Virgin America)
- The Chemical Brothers (Virgin)
- Chingy (Parlophone / Capitol, left in 2007)
- Melanie C (Virgin, left in 2003)
- Chumbawamba (EMI)
- Joe Cocker (Parlophone)
- Cockney Rejects (EMI & EMI Zonophone)
- Coldplay (Parlophone)
- Vodka Collins
- The Colour (Rethink)
- The Concretes (Astralwerks)
- Elvis Costello
- Graham Coxon (Parlophone)
- Crowded House (Capitol)
- Myriam Montemayor Cruz
- Daft Punk
- The Dandy Warhols (Parlophone/Capitol)
- David Tao (EMI Music Taiwan)
- The Decemberists (Capitol)
- The Departure (Parlophone)
- Depeche Mode (Mute)
- Dewa 19 (EMI Music Hong Kong/Indonesia)
- Dewi Dewi (EMI Music Indonesia)
- Dirty Vegas (Parlophone)
- The Divine Comedy (Parlophone)
- Doves (Heavenly)
- Dubstar (Food)
- The Duke Spirit (Heavenly)
- Duran Duran (Harvest/Capitol/EMI)
- Sheena Easton
- Electric Light Orchestra (Harvest)
- Empire (Parlaphone)
- Enigma (Virgin)
- Erasure (Mute)
- Eternal (dropped in 2000)
- Faith Evans (Capitol)
- Everclear (Capitol, left in 2004)
- Faker (Capitol)
- Falco
- Fatboy Slim (Astralwerks)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Real World)
- Kevin Federline
- Fey (EMI Music / Capitol)
- Neil Finn (Parlophone)
- Fischerspooner
- The Flowers (EMI Music China)
- Foo Fighters (Capitol, left in 1999)
- Michael Franti and Spearhead (Parlophone)
- The J. Geils Band
- The Generators Orlando, Florida version
- David Gilmour (EMI/Columbia)
- Gary Glitter
- Goldfrapp (Mute)
- Gouge (EMI, Robyn Godfrey-Cass signing in 1996, 5 album deal, after leaving inde label Fluffy Bunny)
- Diego Gonzalez
- Gorillaz (Parlophone)
- Edyta Gorniak (since 1996, moved to Virgin in 2002, dropped in 2004)
- Grand Avenue
- Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)
- Amy Grant (EMI Christian Group, signed in 2007 after leaving Warner/Word)
- Adrian Gurvitz (RAK)
- Geri Halliwell (Capitol, then later Virgin/Innocent, Halliwell's 3 album contract finished in 2005)
- Ed Harcourt (Heavenly)
- George Harrison (Parlophone)
- Richard Hawley (Mute)
- Heart (Capitol)
- Heroes del Silencio
- Timothy Hodge
- Honey Bane (Zonophone)
- Hot Chip
- Hot Chocolate (RAK)
- Houston (singer) (Capitol)
- Stanley Huang (Virgin Music Chinese/Capitol Music Taiwan)
- Hurt
- Ice Cube (Lench Mob Records)
- Idlewild (Parlophone, left in 2005)
- Interpol (Capitol/Parlophone, UK)
- Iron Maiden (EMI)
- Janet Jackson (Virgin, completed contract and left in 2006)
- Mulan Jameela (EMI Music Indonesia)
- Duncan James (Innocent/Virgin)
- Jane's Addiction (Parlophone/Capitol)
- Jean Michel Jarre (since August 2007)
- Matthew Jay
- Rickey Montena
- Dr. John (Parlophone)
- Norah Jones (Parlophone)
- Jolin Tsai (Capitol Music Taiwan)
- Junior Senior
- Junoon
- Justin Lo (Gold Label)
- Laura Michelle Kelly (Angel)
- Kary Ng (Gold Label)
- Kenna
- Kings of Convenience
- The Knack (Capitol)
- Beverley Knight (Parlophone)
- Jordan Knight
- Korn (Virgin)
- Kraftwerk (EMI/Capitol, since 1975 - Astralwerks, US - as of 2001)
- Kudai (Capitol)
- Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville)
- Cristy Lane
- Marit Larsen
- LCD Soundsystem
- Leo Ku (Gold Label)
- LeToya (Noontime/Capitol)
- Alex Lloyd (left in 2004)
- Lollipop (EMI Capitol Taiwan)
- Louise (left in December 2001)
- Show Luo (Capitol Music Taiwan)
- Mae (Capitol)
- The Magic Numbers (Heavenly)
- Maids of Gravity (Virgin/Vernon Yard)
- Die Mannequin
- Marillion
- Marinella
- Lene Marlin (Virgin)
- Richard Marx
- Willy Mason (Astralwerks)
- Keiko Matsui (Narada)
- Paul McCartney (Parlophone/Capitol)
- McFly (Super)
- George Michael (Virgin)
- Mina
- Kylie Minogue (Parlophone)
- Mandy Moore (The Firm Music)
- Bob Mould (Virgin America)
- Morrissey (His Master's Voice/Parlophone)
- Mud (RAK)
- Róisín Murphy
- The Music (Hut)
- Naast
- Nachlader
- Nicholas Teo (Virgin Music Chinese, Taiwan Branch)
- Nine Times Bodyweight
- One More Girl
- Operator Please (Virgin)
- Orbital (EMI, one album)
- Salmonella Dub (EMI New Zealand 1994-)
- Stacie Orrico (Virgin)
- Beth Orton (1996-2005 Heavenly, 2005-)
- Otep (Capitol)
- Sarina Paris (EMI Italy)
- Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone/EMI)
- Prefab Sprout (EMI Liberty, 2001-)
- Maxi Priest (Relentless)
- Prime Circle (EMI South Africa)
- Los Prisioneros
- Osvaldo Pugliese (EMI-Odeon)
- Suzi Quatro (RAK)
- Queen (Parlophone/Hollywood Records)
- Queensrÿche (EMI) (left in 1997)
- Radar
- Radiohead (Parlophone/Capitol, contract finished as of 2003)
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Raekwon
- Raining Pleasure (Capitol/Blue Note)
- RBD
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (left and are now with Warner)
- Relient K (Capitol/Gotee)
- R.E.M. (I.R.S./EMI) (left in 1988)
- The Rock / Ahmad Dhani (EMI Music Indonesia)
- Kenny Rogers (Liberty)
- Roll Deep (Relentless)
- The Rolling Stones (Virgin) (left in 2008)
- Sigur Rós
- Diana Ross (Capitol/EMI, outside USA/Canada, 1981-)
- Roxette (EMI Sweden) (Capitol)
- Röyksopp
- Ruslana
- Ruth Lorenzo (EMI/Virgin, May 2009)
- Deric Ruttan (EMI Canada)
- Lee Ryan (Virgin)
- Jay Sean (Relentless)
- Bob Seger (Capitol)
- Selena (Capitol)
- The Sex Pistols (Virgin/EMI, September 1976 - December 1976)
- Shazza
- S.H.E. (EMI Music China)
- Shenandoah (Columbia/RCA/Sony/Liberty/Capitol/Free Falls/Cumberland Road)
- The Sleepy Jackson (Capitol)
- The Smashing Pumpkins (Caroline/Virgin/Hut, finished contract obligations in 2001 with their Rotten Apples release, signed with Reprise Records in 2007)
- The Stranglers
- The Sonic Hearts
- Sparklehorse (Parlophone)
- The Sunstreak
- Spice Girls (Virgin)
- Starsailor
- Steriogram
- Joss Stone (Relentless)
- Supergrass (Parlophone)
- Stefanie Sun (Capitol Music Taiwan)
- Talk Talk (Parlophone)
- Talking Heads (EMI, outside USA/Canada, 1984 - 1991)
- Tamta
- Stephy Tang (Gold Label)
- The Tea Party
- Telepopmusik
- Thalía (Virgin)
- This World Fair (Rethink)
- Toxic Kompulsion
- T.O.Y.
- Trina (Slip-N-Slide/DP Entertainment)
- Troy Ave. (EMI/Capitol)
- Richard Thompson (Capitol)
- KT Tunstall (Relentless)
- Grzegorz Turnau (Zaiks/BIEM) (Poland)
- Twista (Get Money Gang Entertainment/EMI/Capitol)
- Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville)
- Legião Urbana
- Hikaru Utada
- Van Hunt
- The Verve (Virgin)
- Vincent Vincent and the Villains
- The Vines
- Watershed (South African Band) (EMI South Africa)
- WC (Lench Mob Records)
- Simon Webbe (Innocent/Virgin)
- The White Stripes
- Matt White
- Robbie Williams (Chrysalis/EMI)
- Wizzard (Harvest)
- Faye Wong
- Roy Wood (Harvest)
- XX Teens (Mute)
- Bertine Zetlitz
Heavy-Metal bands on EMI during the 1980s included:
- Exodus (Capitol)
- Great White
- Iron Maiden (EMI/Capitol, currently on Sanctuary/Columbia in NA)
- Manowar (left after two weeks)
- Poison (Capitol)
- Queensrÿche (EMI)
- W.A.S.P. (Capitol)
- Whitesnake (EMI Records, outside USA/Canada)
[edit] Classical
Classical musicians exclusively or chiefly associated with EMI (on EMI Classics, Angel, HMV and/or Columbia labels)
- Roberto Alagna
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Agustin Anievas
- Olaf Bär
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Ian Bostridge
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Dennis Brain
- Maria Callas
- Nazzareno Carusi
- Enrico Caruso
- Jacqueline du Pré
- Sir Edward Elgar
- Mariss Jansons
- Herbert von Karajan (notably in the 1950s)
- Rudolf Kempe
- Nigel Kennedy
- Otto Klemperer
- Dinu Lipatti
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Sabine Meyer
- Riccardo Muti
- Antonio Pappano
- Itzhak Perlman
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Artur Schnabel
- Maxim Vengerov
- Sir William Walton
- Franz Welser-Möst
- Elizabeth Marvelly
