Capital Artists
Capital Artists is a Hong Kong–based record label owned by eSun Holdings, a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development. Founded in 1971, Capital Artists signed some of the biggest names in the Cantopop industry, including Roman Tam, Anita Mui, and Leslie Cheung, among many others. During its prime in the 1970s and 1980s, Capital had dozens of artists under contract and was one of the biggest labels in Hong Kong.
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| Traditional Chinese | 華星唱片出版有限公司 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华星唱片出版有限公司 | ||||||||||||
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| Capital Artists | |
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| Parent company | eSun Holdings, a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Status | stopped recording music in 2001; acquired by eSun Holdings in 2008; relabeled in 2010 |
| Distributor(s) | Media Asia Music, since 2012 |
| Genre | Various, predeominantly: Cantopop Mandopop Chinese opera Chinese children's songs |
| Country of origin | Colonial Hong Kong |
| Location | Hong Kong |
In early 1996, Capital Artists was purchased by SCMP Group. In 2001, after four years of poor sales, Capital Artists ceased music production and dismissed most of its staff, staying in business solely to collect copyright revenue and issue compilations. In late 2008, it was purchased by eSun Holdings.
The Capital Artists logo is a lower-case "c" merged into a lower-case, slightly larger, "a".