1995
Star Records is founded in February, with Buddy Medina as managing director
Commercial operations formally start in September after it signs an exclusive distribution agreement with Sony Music Entertainment
1996
Star Records ventures into licensing by signing a threeyear license agreement with JML Records, gaining control of the local label’s catalog; and with The Netherlands’ Beaver Music, the UK’s Music of Life and Belgium’s Rox
1997
Closes a distribution and licensing agreement with Rock Records of Taiwan; under the deal, albums by artists like Depeche Mode, Erasure, Nick Cave, Richard Clayderman and Kenny Rogers have been released, which helps improve Star Records’ market profile
1998
Concludes the distribution deal with Sony, which had been renewed in 1996
2000
Launches its own music channel, MYX, with the tagline “More Choices, More Music”
2001
Vilma Selga takes over as managing director
MOR is launched in Cagayan de Oro following the rebranding of ABS-CBN Radio and other provincial FM stations
2003
Long-time ABS-CBN executive Enrico Santos becomes the third managing director of the company
2004
Annabelle Regalado becomes Star Records managing director
2012
Roxy Liquigan takes over as Star Records head
2013
DWRR 101.9 in Manila is launched as MOR, the network’s flagship station. It also becomes part of Star Records
2014
Star Records is renamed Star Music after it is merged with ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc.
Starts releasing songs on iTunes, Spotify and similar sites
2015
Celebrates its 20th anniversary
2016
Receives the Gold Play Button for reaching more than one million subscribers on YouTube, the first Filipino recording company to achieve the milestone
2018
MOR is relaunched as MOR Philippines, unifying the Manila and provincial stations with the same programs, content and events
