| Amiga | |
|---|---|
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| Parent company | Sony |
| Founded | 1947 (1947) |
| Founder | Ernst Busch |
| Distributor(s) | Sony |
| Genre | Pop,rock,jazz,folk |
| Country of origin | Germany |
Amiga is apopular music record label in Germany. Once an organ of theEast German state-owned music publisherVEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Amiga became a label of theBertelsmann Music Group in 1994.
In 1947, actor and singerErnst Busch got permission from theSoviet Military Administration in Germany to create a music publishing house, which was named Lied der ZeitGmbH ("Song of the Times"). This publishing company included the label Amiga. The label continued issues its singles in the 10" 78 RPM format until 1960, and it began issuing singles in the 7" 45 RPM format in 1957.
In the 1950s, Lied der Zeit became VEB Deutsche Schallplatten ("German Records"), a state-owned company with a monopoly on record production. VEB Deutsche Schallplatten had a number of labels, each with a different purview; Amiga releases includedfolk,jazz, pop,rock,Schlager music,chanson, andchildren's music.
After thedissolution of the German Democratic Republic, most of the former East German public state enterprises were dismantled or sold to private investors. The Amiga label and catalog were acquired by Bertelsmann Music Group in 1994, which in turn was dissolved intoSony Music Entertainment in 2008.[1]
Amiga's catalog consists of 2,200 albums and about 5,000 singles, with a total of 30,000 titles.
