The Jive label was launched in 1981 by Clive Calder and Ralph Simon of the Zomba Group of Companies. In 1983 the label was introduced in the US. In December 2002, the Zomba Group of Companies including the Jive label, was acquired by BMG. Two years later the label became part of the Zomba Label Group, a unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Since 2008 it has been a label of the Jive Label Group and RCA/Jive Label Group under Sony Music Entertainment. via Discogs →