SBK Records was a record label

Record label

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 of the EMI Group that was founded in 1988.

Stephen Swid

Stephen Swid

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, Martin Bandier, and Charles Koppelman

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 formed the production company SBK in 1989 after they purchased the music publishing division of CBS Records

CBS Records

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 in 1986.

The partners sold the company to EMI Music Publishing (for a reported US$295 million), and launched SBK Records. It was distributed through the short-lived EMI Records Group North America, or ERG. In 1989, Daniel Glass

Daniel Glass

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 joined SBK as Senior Vice President of Promotion. In 1990, Glass was promoted to Executive Vice President/General Manager. With the consolidation of SBK, Chrysalis, Wild Pitch and EMI Records USA several years later into EMI Records Group North America, he rose to President-CEO.

The label had several hits with Vanilla Ice

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, Jesus Jones

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, Boy George

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, Wilson Phillips

Wilson Phillips

-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Other charted songs:-Awards and nominations:...

, Ya Kid K

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, McQueen Street

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, Technotronic

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, Blur

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, and Billy Dean

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.

SBK Records is part of the EMI Group

EMI

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, but is dormant as of 2007, when Martin Bandier left EMI Publishing for Sony Corp.'s Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

SBK is also famed for signing MC Ray Roll, the first Latino emcee and famed Rock Steady Crew

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 member, and Selena

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, the first female crossover Latin artist.

The 1994 Album The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy (album)

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by Milla Jovovich

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was released through SBK and was critically acclaimed. The album is still in print since its release.