Company
Concord
Nashville music rights company, legally Alchemy Copyrights, LLC; owner of Wind-up Records since 2015 and part of BMG since September 2026.
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Owned by
- BMG
- Brands here
- 2
- Products here
- 4
Who owns Concord
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🇩🇪 Bertelsmann Stiftung Also recorded as Bertelsmann's ownerowns
owns
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owns
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🇩🇪 BVG-Familienstiftung Also recorded as Bertelsmann's ownerowns
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🇩🇪 BVG-Stiftung Also recorded as Bertelsmann's ownerowns
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🇩🇪 Bertelsmann Also recorded as Concord's groupowns
ownssince 1 September 2026
What the sources say about these ties
- BMG owns
- BMG and Concord completed their combination on 1 September 2026; the combined company operates under the BMG name
- Bertelsmann group
- BMG states the combined company is majority-owned by Bertelsmann, with affiliates of Great Mountain Partners holding the rest; MBW gives 67% and 33%
Barcodes that start with Concord's number
GS1 licenses blocks of barcode numbers to companies. The first digits of a barcode name the company, the rest name the product and end in a check digit.
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About Concord
Alchemy Copyrights, LLC, trading as Concord, is a Nashville music company holding sound recordings, music publishing and theatrical rights, whose roots Wikipedia traces to the Concord Jazz label founded in 1973.[1] GLEIF registers it as a Delaware limited liability company.[2] As Concord Bicycle Music it bought Wind-up Records on 6 May 2015 and placed the label in Concord Music Group, its recorded music division.[3] BMG and Concord completed their combination on 1 September 2026; the combined company operates under the BMG name and is majority-owned by Bertelsmann.[4]
Concord Music Group merged with the Bicycle Music Company on 1 April 2015 to form Concord Bicycle Music; the company was restyled Concord by May 2019. By July 2020 the State of Michigan Retirement System was its ultimate parent.[1] The combination with BMG was announced on 28 April 2026, with Bertelsmann to own about 67% and affiliates of Great Mountain Partners, a long-time investor in Concord, about 33%; its recorded music division is called Concord Records.[5]
GS1 company prefix 0888072 is inferred, not sourced: MusicBrainz releases under UPC 888072 are overwhelmingly on Concord labels (Concord Records, Fantasy, Loma Vista, Rounder, Craft Recordings, Vanguard, Stax) in the first 100 of 6,538 read on 2026-09-25, and Craft Recordings sells barcode 888072025097 in its own store
Brands tied to Concord 2
Makes 1
Concord is named on the pack or in a filing as the maker.
Sells under its name 3
The pack names Concord as the company the product is made for or marketed by.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Concord (entertainment company) Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ GLEIF: Alchemy Copyrights, LLC (549300Y8O8X4508AZD58) Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ Concord: Concord Bicycle Music Acquires Acclaimed Wind-up and Fearless Records (6 May 2015) Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ BMG: BMG and Concord Complete Combination (1 September 2026) Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ Music Business Worldwide: BMG and Concord confirm merger, with Bertelsmann as majority-owner (28 April 2026) Accessed 2026-09-24.
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