Editing Clive Davis (section)

=== J Records, RCA, Sony years ===
Davis left Arista in 2000 and started [[J Records]], an independent label with financial backing from Arista parent [[Bertelsmann Music Group]], named with the middle initial of Davis and his four children.<ref>{{cite news|last=Segal|first=David|title=The Man with the Golden Ear|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/03/16/the-man-with-the-golden-ear/dea7dc34-0d82-49ce-b41c-6a65326f67d8/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 16, 2001}}</ref> BMG would buy a majority stake in J Records in 2002, and Davis would become president and CEO of the larger [[RCA Music Group]].

Davis' continued success in breaking new artists was recognised by the music industry A&R site [[HitQuarters]] when the executive was named "world's No.1 A&R of 2001" based on worldwide chart data for that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2002/January15_2_32_44.html|title=Clive Davis Wins World Top 100 A&R of 2001 |publisher=[[HitQuarters]]|date=January 5, 2002 |access-date= February 22, 2012}}</ref>

In 2004, BMG merged with [[Sony Music Entertainment]] to form [[Sony BMG]]. With the assets of the former CBS Records (renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991) now under Sony's ownership, the joint venture would mean a return of sorts for Davis to his former employer. Davis remained with RCA Label Group until 2008, when he was named chief creative officer for Sony BMG.

Davis was elevated to Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment,<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-04-17-1299599427_x.htm |title=Clive Davis replaced by Barry Weiss as BMG head |last=Moody |first= Nekesa Mumbi |date=April 18, 2008 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=December 2, 2009}}</ref> a title he currently holds, as part of a corporate restructuring when Sony BMG became Sony Music Entertainment in late 2008 when BMG sold its shares to Sony.<ref name=LauriaHits>{{cite news |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102008/business/sony_music_turns_to_davis_for_hit_133017.htm |title=Sony Music turns to Davis for Hit$ |last=Lauria |first=Peter |date=October 10, 2008 |work=[[New York Post]] |access-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531190211/http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102008/business/sony_music_turns_to_davis_for_hit_133017.htm |archive-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Arista Records]] and J Records, which were both founded by Davis, were dissolved in October 2011 through the restructuring of [[RCA Records]]. All artists under those labels were moved to RCA Records.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/rca-s-peter-edge-tom-corson-on-the-shuttering-1005394732.story |title=RCA's Peter Edge, Tom Corson on the Shuttering of Jive, J and Arista |magazine=Billboard |date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref>