EMI Music Publishing is the world's leading music publisher with over one million copyrights. With its origins stretching back to 1793, EMI Music Publishing, which is in 27 countries throughout the world, has a distinguished history in signing songwriters and acquiring and managing the rights to compositions and songs. EMI has some of the most important catalogues in the world such as CBS Songs, Screen Gems, Jobete, SBK, Flimtrax, and Virgin Music Publishing.