EMI-Manhattan Records
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EMI-Manhattan Records was a major American record label imprint of EMI known for releasing a wide range of popular and adult contemporary music in the 1980s and beyond.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EMI Manhattan Records | 3 |
| EMI-Manhattan Records canonical | 3 |
| EMI Manhattan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7725891 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EMI-Manhattan Records Context triple: ["Don't Worry, Be Happy", label, EMI-Manhattan Records]
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A.
EMI America Records
EMI America Records was a U.S.-based subsidiary label of EMI that released pop, rock, and other mainstream music primarily during the late 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
EMI Records
EMI Records was a major British record label and music company known for its influential roster of artists and significant impact on the global recording industry.
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C.
Imperial Records
Imperial Records was a prominent mid-20th-century American record label known for releasing influential rock and roll, R&B, and pop recordings.
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D.
ECM Records
ECM Records is a German jazz and classical music label renowned for its pristine sound quality, minimalist aesthetic, and influential catalog featuring artists like Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, and Jan Garbarek.
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E.
EMI America
EMI America was a U.S.-based record label under the EMI umbrella, known for releasing popular rock and pop music during the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EMI-Manhattan Records Target entity description: EMI-Manhattan Records was a major American record label imprint of EMI known for releasing a wide range of popular and adult contemporary music in the 1980s and beyond.
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A.
EMI America Records
EMI America Records was a U.S.-based subsidiary label of EMI that released pop, rock, and other mainstream music primarily during the late 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
EMI Records
EMI Records was a major British record label and music company known for its influential roster of artists and significant impact on the global recording industry.
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C.
Imperial Records
Imperial Records was a prominent mid-20th-century American record label known for releasing influential rock and roll, R&B, and pop recordings.
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D.
ECM Records
ECM Records is a German jazz and classical music label renowned for its pristine sound quality, minimalist aesthetic, and influential catalog featuring artists like Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, and Jan Garbarek.
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E.
EMI America
EMI America was a U.S.-based record label under the EMI umbrella, known for releasing popular rock and pop music during the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music label
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record label imprint ⓘ |
| businessModel | signing and promoting recording artists ⓘ |
| catalogIncluded |
R&B artists
ⓘ
adult contemporary artists ⓘ jazz artists ⓘ pop artists ⓘ rock artists ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distribution | EMI ⓘ |
| focus |
adult contemporary music
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
adult contemporary music ⓘ jazz ⓘ pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| labelType | major label imprint ⓘ |
| languageOfReleases | English ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| market | mainstream music market ⓘ |
| mediaFormat |
cassette tapes
ⓘ
compact discs ⓘ vinyl records ⓘ |
| notableEra |
1980s
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early 1990s ⓘ |
| operatedInPeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| ownedBy | EMI ⓘ |
| parentCompany | EMI ⓘ |
| partOf | EMI ⓘ |
| product | recorded music ⓘ |
| regionServed |
North America
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
EMI Records USA
ⓘ
linked to:
EMI Records
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: EMI-Manhattan Records Description of subject: EMI-Manhattan Records was a major American record label imprint of EMI known for releasing a wide range of popular and adult contemporary music in the 1980s and beyond.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
song "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
linked to: EMI-Manhattan Records
linked to: EMI-Manhattan Records
subject linked to:
“Edge of a Broken Heart”
linked to: EMI-Manhattan Records
subject linked to:
“Cryin’”
linked to: EMI-Manhattan Records