| X5 Music Group | |
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| Parent company | Warner Music Group |
| Founded | 2003, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Founder | Johan Lagerlöf Daniel Bäckström Stefan Enberg Jan Nordlund |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | Warner Music Sweden |
| Genre | Various (classical, jazz, blues, folk, rock, pop) |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden Empire State Building, New York City, United States |
| Official website | X5MusicGroup.com |
X5 Music Group is a record label based in Stockholm, Sweden with a branch in Manhattan, New York. Founded in 2003, it is a digital-only label that primarily licenses pre-existing music for compilation albums. X5 originally focused on classical music, and in 2011 its custom album The Greatest Video Game Music, featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra, debuted at #23 on the Billboard 200. Since 2009 the company has had 24 albums on the chart; all 24 were custom digital releases produced by the label.[1]
They have a partnership with Universal Music Group called U5, which releases approximately 50 digital compilation albums per month.[2] In 2013, X5 was named one of the Red Herring "Top 100 Most Innovative Companies in Europe.[3]
In June 2016, X5 was acquired by Warner Music Group.[4]
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