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