BMG may refer to:

Organizations

Music publishing companies

Bertelsmann Music Group Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music c ...

, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008 **

Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...

, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that was purchased by Sony in late 2008 **

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...

, the purchaser of Sony BMG in 2008 and owner of the rights to its catalog **

Ariola Records Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international ...

, sometimes known as "BMG Ariola", originally a separate company, acquired in 1987 by Bertelsmann Music Group, then by Sony BMG in 2002, then by Sony Music in 2008 *

BMG Rights Management BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label. BMG was formed in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its st ...

, a company established in late 2008 as a joint venture between Bertelsmann and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Other organisations

* Baader-Meinhof Group, the former name of the

Red Army Faction The Red Army Faction (, ; RAF ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang ( ), was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970 and active until 1998, considered a terrorist organisat ...

, one of the most violent and prominent left wing groups of post–World War II West Germany * Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika, the former name of the

Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (, abbreviated BMKG) is an Indonesian non-departmental government agency for meteorology, climatology, and geophysics. History Its history began on 1841 with individual observation conducted by ...

Banco BMG Banco BMG is one of Brazil's major retail banks. The bank, formerly known as Banco de Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabit ...

, formerly known as Banco de Minas Gerais, a Brazilian bank *

Bank Mendes Gans Bank Mendes Gans (BMG) is a Dutch bank specialising in international cash management services. Founded in 1883 and located in the centre of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, BMG is an independently operated subsidiary of the ING Group (as part of Wholes ...

, a Dutch bank * Beacon Medical Group, an Irish healthcare company *

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third largest charitable foundation in the world, holding $ ...

, a large U.S. charitable foundation *

Blue Man Group Blue Man Group is an American performance art company formed in New York City in 1987. It is known for its stage productions that incorporate many kinds of music and art, both popular and obscure. Its performers, known as Blue Men, have their ...

, a (primarily American) performance art group * BMG Research, a British social research company * Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates, an architectural firm in Indianapolis, Indiana *

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

, a German football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

Places

Beth Medrash Govoha Beth Medrash Govoha (, pronounced: ''Beis Medrash Gavo'ha''. lit: "High House of Learning"; also known as Lakewood Yeshiva or BMG) is a Haredi Jewish Litvishe ''yeshiva'' in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotle ...

, a Haredi yeshiva in Lakewood Township, New Jersey * Monroe County Airport (Indiana) (IATA code: BMG), a county-owned public-use airport

Science and technology

* Bulk metallic glass (BMG), a type of alloy,

amorphous metal An amorphous metal (also known as metallic glass, glassy metal, or shiny metal) is a solid metallic material, usually an alloy, with disordered atomic-scale structure. Most metals are crystalline in their solid state, which means they have a hi ...

β2-Microglobulin β2 microglobulin (B2M) is a component of MHC class I molecules. MHC class I molecules have α1, α2, and α3 proteins which are present on all nucleated cells (excluding red blood cells). In humans, the β2 microglobulin protein is encoded by t ...

(BMG) a protein * benign monoclonal gammopathy (BMG) *Bedside strip Measurement of venous/capillary blood Glucose (BMG)

Weaponry

Browning machine gun Browning machine guns are a family of machine gun designs by John Browning, a prolific weapon designer. These include: *M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun, based on a design dating to 1889, was the first successful gas-operated machine gun to ente ...

, various machine gun designs by John Browning * .50 BMG, a cartridge developed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun in the late 1910s

Other uses

* '' ''BMG'' (magazine) '' (Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar), a British magazine founded in 1903 by Clifford Essex *"Be My Girl", or "B.M.G.", a 2019 song by Keung To and Anson Lo {{disambiguation