Zomba Group of Companies

Zomba Label Group is a 1977 by Clive Calder in the U.S. ( New York City ) was established publishing house which belonged to the Bertelsmann Music Group, but after the completed in 2008 merger between Sony Music and BMG, a part of Sony Music Entertainment. Until 1981 books have been published, from 1981 Zomba got into the music business. In the 1980s and 1990s, Zomba was one in particular some of the most renowned hip- hop musician to his artists. More recently, artists such as Britney Spears have also been taken at Zomba Records. After Calder had sold in 1996 20 % of its shares to BMG, followed in 2001 by the rest

The late 1990 Zomba Records bought the British punk label Rough Trade Records. Also, now include the labels Epidemic Records, Jive Records, LaFace Records, Battery Records, Gospocentric Records, Silvertone Records, Verity Records and Volcano Records for Zomba Group.