CEMA (record label distributor)

{{Short description|American record label of Capitol-EMI}}

CEMA was an American record label distribution branch of Capitol-EMI. The name CEMA stood for the four EMI-owned labels it originally distributed: Capitol Records, EMI Records, Manhattan Records and Angel Records. Subsequently, several other labels were distributed, including Chrysalis Records, Virgin Records and Blue Note Records. CEMA was one of the six largest record distribution branches in the US.{{cite web|url=http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9909e&L=aejmc&P=56 |title=LISTSERV 16.0 - AEJMC Archives |website=List.msu.edu |date= |accessdate=2020-05-02}} After a restructuring, CEMA was renamed EMI Music Distribution (EMD).{{cite web |url=http://www.rarebeatles.com/photospg/juke45cv.htm |title=Beatles Jukebox 45's |accessdate=2009-03-18}}{{cite book | last=Vogel | first=Harold L | authorlink=Joe Bloggs | year=2007 | title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis | publisher=Cambridge University Press | isbn=9781139464994 | edition=1st | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjHg5j0CsEoC | accessdate=2006-02-17 }}

CEMA Special Markets was the division which handled licensing of recordings by Capitol-EMI artists, and also distributed juke-box singles.