Digital music

EMI has been a leader in recognising the opportunities in the digital age to connect its music with fans. We have led the market in bringing our catalogue of music – a vast repertoire of some of the world’s most popular acts and a rich, storied catalogue – to fans in a burgeoning number of digital formats.

This section of our website contains a compendium of facts, figures and statistics about EMI's digital business and the overall digital music industry.

Recent digital news from EMI includes: 

 

  • 31 March 2008: EMI Music supports launch of TDC's new Danish mobile and broadband digital music service PLAY

  • 3 March 2008: EMI Music Publishing extends agreement with QTrax 

     

  • 11 February 2008: EMI Music and Ricall sign global deal for online music licensing platform

     

  • 28 January 2008: PassAlong Networks partners with EMI Christian Music Group to launch ChristianDigitalStore.com

  • 25 January 2008: EMI Music strikes strategic mobile content deal with SendMe

     

  • 10 December 2007: EMI Records to showcase artists' audiovisual content on Apple iPhone

  • 7 December 2007: BiBC signs digital download deal with EMI to make available DRM-free audiovisual content

  • 3 December 2007: EMI Music Japan launches its official mobile download site "MOBAEMI" on three mobile carriers

  • 26 November 2007: John Lennon iTunes Video Album to debut December 4 at Starbucks in the US

  • 16 November 2007: Kylie enhances digital campaign with the launch of Kylie Robotics, the first ever Kylie Facebook application

  • 12 November 2007: Hip Digital Media and EMI Music enter into DRM-free digital music initiative across North America

  • 5 November 2007: Kylie Konnect unites Kylie fans with the first ever artist social networking site

  • 5 November 2007: Radiohead - 7 CD box set/USB stick/digital bundle

  • 1 November 2007: EMI Music supports the launch of MusicStation in South Africa

  • 29 October 2007: Cliff Richard adopts innovative price-drop model for sale of new download album

  • 29 October 2007: imeem strikes strategic music and video partnership with EMI Music

  • 24 October 2007: EMI Music is first major music company to offer its music via DJdownload.com

  • 22 October 2007: EMI Music supports MusicStation's new unlimited music download subscription service in Hong Kong

  • 11 October 2007: George Harrison - debut digital release of solo material

  • 4 October 2007: From the Rolling Stones to Joss Stone, PlayPhone distributes EMI Music ringtones

  • 1 October 2007: The first DRM-free music video only download website launches

  • 1 October 2007: EMI and Virgin Classics launch online classics club

  • 1 October 2007: Exclusive digital release for Simon Rattle and The Berliner Philharmoniker

  • 1 October 2007: With the additiona of EMI Music's digital repertoire, Weltbild.de offers Germany's largest catalogue of higher quality MP3s

  • 25 September 2007: Amazon.com launches Amazon MP3 with EMI Music



    For all EMI news please visit our press releases section.

    Last updated April 2008