| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Music |
| Founded | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Headquarters | 3/F, Universal Tower, 1487 Quezon Avenue, West Triangle, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Key people | Christian Sy Jesmond Chua Orly Ilacad |
| Website | Official Website |
PolyEast Records (also known as EMI Philippines) is a record label in the Philippines.[1] It is the international licensee of EMI Internationa and is a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.
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It was inaugurated in 1977 as Canary Records by Orly Ilacad after resigning from Vicor Music due to a major conflict with then co-owner Vic Del Rosario. It became OctoArts International in 1984. It was the first record company that introduced Minus One in the market.
In 1997, it began a distribution deal with EMI & became OctoArts EMI. In 2002, after a series of restructure, it became EMI Philippines. In 2008, after EMI withdrew from the South-East Asian market, it became PolyEast Records and became a joint venture between EMI itself and Pied Piper Records Corporation.
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