Columbia Records

Columbia Records
Columbia Records
	Logo used since 1999
Parent company	Columbia Graphophone Company (1925–1931); Grigsby-Grunow Company (1931–1934); American Record Corporation (1934–1938); CBS (1938–1988); Sony Corporation of America (1988–1991); Sony Music Entertainment (1991–2004; 2008–present); Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008);
Founded	January 15, 1889 (as Columbia Phonograph Company) in Washington, D.C.
Distributors	Sony Music Entertainment (International); Legacy Recordings (reissues);
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City
Official website	columbiarecords.com

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, an American subsidiary of multinational conglomerate Sony. Founded on January 15, 1889, Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, along with Epic Records, former longtime rival RCA Records, and Arista Records. RCA and Arista were originally owned by BMG until Sony's acquisition at the end of their merger in 2008.