Mercury Japan (1993–2000, Mercury logo for J-Pop releases from Nippon Phonogram/Mercury Music Entertainment)
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Mercury Japan is the ‘J-Pop’ label/imprint covers releases by Japanese domestic artists 1993–2000 using a Mercury icon with 'a PolyGram company' logo or a simple Mercury icon logo.
It includes three eras, and the credits used for each era are listed below:
- 1993–1995: Mercury logo used by Nippon Phonogram under PolyGram. The credits on the back cover shows “Manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. （発売元：日本フォノグラム）”
- 1995–1998: Mercury logo used by Mercury Music Entertainment, which renamed from Nippon Phonogram. The credits shows “Mercury Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.（発売元：マーキュリーミュージックエンタテインメント、発売元：ポリグラム）”
- 1998–2000: Mercury logo used by Universal Music, which acquired Mercury Music Entertainment. The credits shows “A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY（制作：マーキュリー・ミュージックエンタテインメント、発売元：ユニバーサル ミュージック）”
Annotation last modified on 2023-09-09 16:22 UTC.
Renamed to: KittyMME (2000–2002 Universal Music Japan company/label)