# UFO Record

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**UFO Record** (Mandarin: **飛碟企業股份有限公司**) was the predecessor of [Warner Music Taiwan](/source/Warner_Music_Taiwan),[1][2] and once ranked alongside [Rock Records](/source/Rock_Records) as one of the two biggest names in Taiwan's recording industry in the 1980s[3]

## History

UFO Record was founded on December 1, 1982 by Wu Chu-chu (Mandarin: 吳楚楚) and Peng Kuo-Hua (Mandarin: 彭國華), who originally worked at [Rock Records](/source/Rock_Records).[4] UFO Record's first release was the album "[David Tao](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/陶大偉) 1983: Gaga Ooo-La-La-La".[5]

In 1983, UFO Record released [Su Rui](/source/Su_Rui)'s self-titled debut album, which not only made Su Rui popular,[6] but also laid the foundation for the future development of UFO Record: in addition to the successful release of newcomers such as [Zhang Yusheng](/source/Zhang_Yusheng), [Dave Wang Chieh](/source/Dave_Wang), Yeh Huan, Worrying Party, Stars, Moon, Sun, and the [Xiao Hu Dui](/source/Xiao_Hu_Dui), well-known singers such as [Tsai Chin](/source/Tsai_Chin_(singer)), Tsai Hsing Kuen, Jiang Yuheng, Wang Zhilei, and Huang Ying Ying were also able to successfully re-establish their singing careers under the creation of UFO Record, which made UFO Record one of the two major label icons in the 1980's, alongside [Rock Records](/source/Rock_Records).[3]

On June 1, 1990, UFO Record ceased production of [vinyl records](/source/Vinyl_records), and on May 1, 1991, [Warner Music Group](/source/Warner_Music_Group) came to Taiwan to acquire part of UFO Record's shareholding in a joint venture, and Warner Records [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) cooperated with UFO Record, and the Mandarin recordings of Hong Kong Warner singers, such as [Lui Fong](/source/Lu_I-feng), [Sandy Lam](/source/Sandy_Lam), [Sally Yeh](/source/Sally_Yeh), Lin Tzu-cheung, and Chun-Tao Chung, were all distributed by UFO Record.[7][8]

In 1995, due to differences in business philosophy between UFO Record and Warner Music Group, the original management team of UFO Record left the company and established Forward Music (Mandarin: [豐華唱片](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/豐華唱片)).[9] On January 1, 1996, [Warner Music Group](/source/Warner_Music_Group) acquired UFO Record and renamed it "Warner UFO Taiwan" (Mandarin: 華納飛碟). In the chaos of personnel changes, Warner Disc's business performance and market share fell into a slump in mid-1997, with many of its singers jumping ship or not renewing their contracts upon expiration, leaving it with only two iconic singers, [Sammi Cheng](/source/Sammi_Cheng) and [Aaron Kwok](/source/Aaron_Kwok), at one point.

On January 1, 1997, the former General Manager of the Art Deco era, Mr. Chow Kin Fai, assumed the position of General Manager of Warner Phillips and began a corporate reorganization of Warner Phillips, On January 1, 1999, and was renamed as "Warner Music Taiwan" (Mandarin: 華納國際音樂股份有限公司), the former corporate logo of Warner Discs officially disappeared into history.

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