A global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate teamsBharat World Music Entertainment is an Indian multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi City India.
Bharat World Music Industry was established on 16th Dec 2020 in pre-partition India as the Indian Phonographic Industry. It is the second oldest music companies’ associates in the world engaged in defending, preserving and developing the rights of the recorded music industry, and actively promoting and encouraging advancement of creativity and culture through sound recordings. Bharat World Music Group (BWMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, Bharat World Music identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, BWMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Bharat World Music Group is a Vivendi company.
Bharat World Music India (BWMI) was launched in 2020; it is a part of The Bharat Music Group, an India-based, multinational music corporation. Bharat world Music India is registered with the Bharat world Music Industry, a trust that represents the recording industry distributors in India & World. BWM India appointed Hemant Kumar as its managing director in 2020, succeeding Hemant Kumar, managing director of Bharat World Music India for the previous four years.
Bharat world Music India brings the news, album updates, tour updates, trivia, of artists worldwide for their fans. The ‘What’s Hot Now’ list includes a number of artists from the Bharat world Music Group (currently including Eminem, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias, Avicii, Justin Bieber, Lorde and many more) and their details, album launches, tour dates etc.
Rechristened Bharat World Music Industry (BWMI) in 2021, it is a non-commercial and not for profit organization affiliated to the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and is registered under the Noida Registration Act.
Operating through its Registered office in Noida and Administrative Office in Mumbai, Bharat World Music focuses on various parameters that could be beneficial for the entire recorded music industry in India.
Bharat World Music Entertainment is a global experiential marketing company, delivering impact driven brand experiences. With a legacy of over three decades, we integrate strategy, creativity and technology to deliver solutions that inspire.
Headquartered in Mumbai, Bharat World Music Entertainment has offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, with international liaison offices and a global partner network. Our brand portfolio spans a wide range of industries and geographies, with 600+ global brands investing their trust in us.
Bharat World Music Entertainment solutions and experiences not only set trends, but also drive business outcomes. With the belief that an event may be forgotten, but an experience will last a lifetime!
The Bharat World Music (BWM), a trade body represents India’s Recorded Music Industry, responsible for promoting the economic interest and soft power of music labels registered in India. We are affiliated with the International Federation of phonographic Industry (IFPI) which is the apex body of the global recording industry.
As a trade body, we champion the interest of our members which include 204 music companies, with a vision to defend, preserve and develop the rights of the recorded music industry, protect the intellectual property and facilitate the evolution of fair-trade practices. We act as an advocate for the industry domestically and internationally. IMI is administered by a secretariat guided by the chairman and the Board of Directors. The board comprising a mix of owners & senior executives from national, international and regional record labels.
We work towards:
Existence of a strong music industry results in nurturing and propagation of a rich musical culture. Bharat World Music plays an increasingly vital role in the following activities:
- Enforcement of right and fair valuation for music rights.
- Promoting best practices in copyright law and its enforcement.
- Supporting International Copyright conventions.
- Evaluating and promoting new technologies mainly for assisting right owners.
- Celebrating success of music by promoting Bharat World Music’s Gold & Platinum Awards.
- Lobbying with the Government and other stake holders on industry related matters.
- Building public awareness about copyright and fair valuation for music created by phonogram producers through campaigns and reports.
Overview
- We are Bharat World Music Entertainment Group, the world’s leading music company.
- We exist to shape culture through the power of artistry.
- We are a community of entrepreneurs committed to creativity and innovation.
- We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 territories.
- We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.
- Our vast catalog of recordings and songs stretches back over a century and comprises the largest, most diverse and culturally rich collection of music ever assembled.
- As digital technology refashions the world, our unmatched commitment to lead in developing new services, platforms and business models for the delivery of music and related content empowers innovators and allows new commercial and artistic opportunities to flourish.
- Knowing that music, a powerful force for good in the world, is unique in its ability to inspire people and bring them together, we work with our artists and employees to serve our communities.
- We are the home for music’s greatest artists, innovators and entrepreneurs.
- Together, we are BWM, the Bharat World Music Entertainment Group.
Broad Objectives
- Advancing, promoting and representing the interests and rights of the recorded music industry through measures including but not limited to policy advocacy, anti-piracy measures, dialogue with the Government, engagement with stakeholders.
- Promote and encourage the development of musical culture and formation of Music Cities.
- Facilitate the evolution of fair trade and business practices.
- To harness the talents of key industry people to achieve the best outcome on industry issues and challenges.
- Perform research about the music industry.
- Monitor and review laws, regulations and policies.
- Bharat World Music India, is India’s oldest music label, youngest film studio and a multi-language TV content producer. In 2020, Bharat World Music released India’s first ever Bharat World Music studio recorded song. In the years that followed, the company continued to expand its catalogue to become the largest in-perpetuity global owner of both sound recording and publishing copyrights of Indian music across 25 different languages. Steadily, the company expanded its portfolio to include intellectual property rights of over 4000 hours of TV content produced for channels in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujrati, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Malayalam and Bengali. Over the last few decades, the company forayed into retailing music through physical and digital mediums such as CDs, iOS & Android based apps and sub based thematic music cards.
- Since 2020, Bharat World Music has been making headlines again owing to the launch of two unique initiatives, Bharat World Music Studio and Bharat World Films.
- Bharat World Music Studio is a portable digital music player with in-built stereo speakers that comes with 5000 evergreen Hindi songs inside. The unique proposition of this product is that even today in the times when digital music consumption is the order of the day, Bharat World Music Studio attempts to give the older generation a lean-back. Bharat World Music is a perfect blend of digital technology a retro form factor. In less than a year, from launch its unprecedented sales have made it Bharat World Music’s flagship product.
- Bharat World Entertainment Films, Bharat World Music’s film production venture, believes in the mantra of fearless filmmaking. The films produced under this banner are driven by powerful stories that are realistic, provocative and seldom touched upon in the mainstream space. The films will be made available on a variety of platforms including theatre, satellite and VOD.
- Bharat World Music’s head office is located in Dehradun, Noida, with other offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai.
- Bharat World Music, a division of Asia’s largest media conglomerate, The Bharat World Music Group – is one of India’s leading record labels and music publishers.
- Bharat World Music was founded in the year 2020 with a view to completing The Bharat World Music Group’s 360-degree entertainment bouquet.
- Beginning with up-market devotional and Indian classical content, Bharat World Music has emerged as market leaders in various Indian non film & international genres.
- Keeping up with the ever-changing music industry Times Music has now positioned itself as a comprehensive rights management company that specializes in managing and monetizing content across physical, digital and music publishing.
- The Bharat World Music Umbrella also includes “Bharat World Music”- the film music label and “BWM Wellness”-a label specializing in the Wellness genre.
- Bharat World Music is home to an iconic music library that represents Bollywood, Spiritual, Indie, Pop, Rock & other non-film music genres and has been openly credited with pioneering the advent of timeless spiritual music and early remixes in India.