BMG may also mean:
- Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika, an Indonesian government agency on meteorology, climatology, and geophysics.
- Beth Medrash Govoha, a Yeshiva in Lakewood Township, New Jersey
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Blue Man Group, a theatrical trio
- Borussia Mönchengladbach, a German football club
- Browning Machine Gun, an automatic weapon and the cartridge used in this type of weapon
- Bulk metallic glass
- Monroe County Airport in Bloomington, Indiana (IATA airport code BMG)
- Red Army Faction, a German terrorist organisation also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang
Bertelsmann Music Group, (BMG), is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann. It consists of the BMG Music Publishing company, the world's third largest music publisher and the world's largest independent music publisher, and the 50% share of the joint venture with Sony Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony BMG).
The joint venture with Sony was set up in August 2004. It reduced the Big Five of music companies to the Big Four record labels. The company currently has a 21.5% share in the global music market. 
Subsidiaries
- RCA Music Group
- Zomba Music Group
- Battery Records
- Epidemic Records
- La Face Records
- Jive Records
- Music for Nations Records
- Pinacle Records
- Scotti Brothers Records
- Silvertone Records
- Verity Records
- Volcano Records/Zoo Records
- X-Cell Records
- Arista Nashville
- RCA Nashville
- BNA Records
- BMG Kidz
BMG Music Publishing
The chairman and CEO of BMG Music Publishing is Nicholas Firth. The company is headquartered at 245 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor New York, 10016 and has 36 offices in 25 countries.Universal Music Group, 100% owned by the French media Group, Vivendi have confirmed the purchase of BMG Music Publishing for 1.63bn euros. The deal is subject to regulatory approval.
Writers/artists
BMG Music Publishing, which was not part of the Sony BMG merger and remains wholly owned by Bertelsmann, controls over one million copyrights. Writers/artists signed to the company include Dido, Avril Lavigne, Lee Ryan, Coldplay, Shakira, Powderfinger, Nelly, Britney Spears, Diana Yukawa, Rammstein, R. Kelly, Shania Twain, Ville Valo, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Clannad, Linkin Park, Maroon5, Backyard Babies, Keane, HARD-Fi, Justin Timberlake, Joss Stone,Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Sara Evans, Ne-Yo, Chad Hugo and Westlife.The company's songwriters have written chart-topping hits for Mariah Carey, Black Eyed Peas, Kenny Chesney, The Game, Mario, Rascal Flatts, No Doubt, Thomas Anders, Jessica Simpson and 50 Cent as well as legends like Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Roselyn Sanchez.
BMG Music Publishing is a global leader in Classical music and is number one in Contemporary Christian music and Production Music.
Catalogues owned
Through international subpublishing deals, BMG Music Publishing represents the catalogues of Famous Music Publishing, Walt Disney, Leiber & Stoller, Pete Waterman and Malaco in various territories.Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing is BMG Music Publishing's Christian publisher and owns over 60,000 copyrights.
Gotham/BMG Australia artists
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