AVEX Group

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The company was established in 1988 as “AVEX D.D., INC”, a CD wholesaler. They opened a recording studio and created Avex Trax as a music label in 1990. In the same year, they created “MUSIQUE FOLIO INC.”, a music publishing company, which later became “PRIME DIRECTION INC.” In 1993, they created a U.S. branch, called “AV EXPERIENCE AMERICA INC.” The year also marked the first of Avex’s yearly events. It was held in Tokyo Dome under the name “avex rave ‘93” and attracted 50,000 attendees. In 1994, they formed two UK subsidiaries, “RHYTHM REPUBLIC LIMITED” and “AVEX U. K. LIMITED”. Later that year, they opened a disco, claimed on their website to be “the world’s largest scale disco” .

In 1997, they opened a series of concert halls called “Zepp” along with Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In early 1999, they signed an agreement with Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records to handle both companies’ Japanese CD releases. Later that year “Avex Mode”, an animation company, was established. Avex Mode has since released the movie Initial D: Third Stage

In 2001, Avex opened “avex artists academy”, a music school. In 2002, they released the “CCCD”, a type of copy-protected CD. In 2003, they opened a classical music business. In 2004, they began selling Japanese music CDs in Korea.

In 2004, Avex President Max Matsuura “spotted” former-idol Suzuki Ami performing live at the annual festival of their school, Nihon University. He subsequently signed her to the Avex label.
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  • MirrorDepth

    Fake.

    August 2010

  • ALfromHELLSING

    Please add ETERNITY ∞ debut album Eternity. Thank you!

    November 2009

  • justwannagetchu

    Well, Kelly Clarkson is here too for some reason. LOL

    May 2009

  • samuel716

    Why is Utada here? She is signed to EMI Japan!!!

    October 2008

  • TYPE-MOON

    Is this fechiii also the creator of avex group holdings, the new fake group?

    May 2008

  • chsf

    how the heck did this fake piece of crap end up here?

    May 2008

  • mc08

    Might as well take one last look before last.fm deletes this crap for good. Avex Entertainment Corporation, I think you’re next.

    April 2008

  • LilleFluff

    It's good that whoever this is uploads new jpop to Last.fm, so no reason to complain about that, at least. And now I wonder who it is and whether s/he reads/cares about these comments.

    April 2008

  • TYPE-MOON

    Please delete YUI's official picture. :S It's so outdated!

    April 2008

  • Bakahashi

    Boycott this fake label people.

    March 2008

  • mixounette

    oh please, don't post fanmail here. THIS A FAKE LABEL, PEOPLE!

    February 2008

  • blackeri

    Ayumi is the best artist in Japan! She has an angelic voice, she knows how to produce a tour, she becomes selective to whatever comes into her career, she writes her own songs, composes a lot of her songs, she always evolves her music into new directions and not staying at the same point. She looks like a goddess. I love you Avex for dicovering this woman :D

    February 2008

  • glockenpop

    Looks like fake Avex signed up Utada. XD

    February 2008

  • ULTRA_Blue

    Bunch of trolls.

    February 2008

  • mc08

    http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/372062/

    January 2008

  • utadarulez

    @Seasons-Call ~ uhhh of course it's not the real avex. they wouldn't allow ANY videos to be uploaded XD I was just merely commenting on them =\

    January 2008

  • randalb89

    fake fake fake fake fake!! PLEASE STOP!!

    January 2008

  • canadeed

    YUI

    January 2008

  • Ushiroyubi

    please stop uploading POOR official pics ... the ARTISTS come out TOO SMALL most of the time since they aren't cropped. And furthermore, PLEASE STOP uploading pics of NON-AVEX artists!

    January 2008

  • ULTRA_Blue

    LOL @ officially shit tag

    January 2008
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