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Avex Trax or '''Avex Entertainment Corporation''' is a music record label originally from Japan . The label is also known sometimes as ''Avex Entertainment Inc.''. The origin of the word ''Avex'' comes from the English words '''''A'''udio '''V'''isual '''Ex'''pert''. Avex is one of the largest Independent Record Labels in the world, since they are not associated with any of the " Big Four ". Avex was Japan 's leading dance record company during the nineties, and continues producing and recording some of Japan's most famous J-pop singers. Avex Trax also provides theme music soundtracks to many anime and a few video games. HISTORY The company was established in 1988 as "AVEX D.D., INC", a CD wholesaler. They opened a recording studio and created Avex Trax as a music label in 1990. In the same year, they created "MUSIQUE FOLIO INC.", a music publishing company, which later became "PRIME DIRECTION INC." In 1993, they created a U.S. branch, called "AV EXPERIENCE AMERICA INC." The year also marked the first of Avex's yearly events. It was held in Tokyo Dome under the name "avex rave '93" and attracted 50,000 attendees. In 1994, they formed two UK subsidiaries, "RHYTHM REPUBLIC LIMITED" and "AVEX U.K. LIMITED". Later that year, they opened a disco, claimed on their website to be "the world's largest scale disco" {Link without Title} . In 1997, they opened a series of concert halls called "Zepp" along with In 2001, Avex opened "avex artists academy", a music school. In 2002, they released the " CCCD ", a type of copy-protected CD. In 2003, they opened a classical music business. In 2004, they began selling Japanese music CDs in Korea. In 2004, Avex President Max Matsuura "spotted" former-idol Suzuki Ami performing live at the annual festival of their school, Nihon University . He subsequently signed her to the Avex label.http://theses.lub.lu.se/archive/2005/12/28/1135780974-26869-98/PooleMT.pdf In 2005, Avex acquired distribution rights for Aozora Records ' catalogue including all future Hitomi Yaida releases. Start of Commission Sales of the Aozora Records Catalogue ''Avex Group Holdings Inc. press release'' September 15, 2005 A-NATION Each year since 2000, Avex has hosted a summer concert tour around Japan, "a-nation", featuring the company's most successful acts. Top Avex acts like TRF , Ai Otsuka , Hitomi , BoA , Koda Kumi , Every Little Thing , and Ayumi Hamasaki have performed to major crowds each year. ARTISTS ''See Avex Trax Artists ''. SUB-LABELS
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