Capitol Music Group is an American front line umbrella label owned by the Universal Music Group. It oversees handling of record labels assigned to Universal’s Capitol Records division and were inherited from its acquisition of EMI’s catalog (with the exception for Parlophone, which was sold to Warner Music Group (WMG) in 2013). It is one of five umbrella labels owned by UMG, with the other four being Interscope Geffen A&M, Island Records, Def Jam Recordings and Republic Records. Labels distributed under the CMG brand include Capitol Records, Virgin Records, Motown Records, Blue Note Records, Astralwerks, Harvest Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Priority Records, Atom Factory Entertainment and Deep Well Records.
