Imperial Records Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==1990s to present== Throughout the 1990s, EMI released CD compilations of Imperial artists that featured the original Imperial labels. In June 2006, EMI re-activated the Imperial Records imprint and announced that it would be the urban music division of [[Caroline Distribution]], part of [[Virgin Records]], spearheaded by the urban music veteran [[Neil Levine]]. The first signing to the imprint was Raptivism Records. [[Fat Joe]] signed with Virgin Records and Imperial Records. Imperial provided resources for developing urban artists with EMI's major labels, including Capitol Records and Virgin Records, which were merged into the Capitol Music Group in January 2007. Universal Music Group acquired the Capitol Music Group as part of its acquisition of the majority of EMI's recorded music operations in 2012. After a few releases, Imperial became dormant again. In 2021, the [[Republic Records]] unit of Universal Music Group revived the Imperial name with the formation of Imperial Music.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/09/14/universal-music-group-launches-imperial-music/ | title=Universal Music Group Announces Launch of Indie-Focused Imperial Music | date=14 September 2021 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page