Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company—successor to the Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers, instrumentalists, and bands. From 1961 to 1990, its recordings were released outside the U.S. and Canada on the CBS Records label (for Columbia Broadcasting System, its parent from 1938 to 1988) before adopting the Columbia name in most of the world.

Columbia Records ist das älteste durchgängig benutzte Label im Bereich der Audioaufzeichnung.

Columbia Records est la plus ancienne marque de disque puisqu'il date de 1888. Elle fait désormais partie de Sony Music Entertainment en tant que label discographique.

Columbia, amerikanskt-engelskt skivmärke och periodvis även namnet på de företag som producerat det. Den amerikanska halvan av företaget är i dag en del av Sony Music, den brittiska var tidigare en del av EMI som 1990 dock sålde sin andel av rätten till namnet till Sony.

Columbia Records - najstarsza na świecie wciąż działająca firma fonograficzna, założona w 1888 roku w USA.