AVEX history

In 1993, they transferred to Aoyama, Tokyo and created a United States branch, called "AV Experience America Inc." The year also marked the first of Avex's yearly events.

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", named Velfarre.

In 1997, they opened a series of concert halls called "Zepp" with Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

In early 1999, they signed an agreement with Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records to handle the companies' Japanese CD releases.

In 2001, Avex opened the "avex artists academy" music school.

In 2002, they released the "CCCD", a type of copy-protected CD, and opened their building in Aoyama, paid for by Sumitomo Life and worth 205 billion yen.

In 2003, they opened a classical music business (named Avex Classics).

In January 2004, they began selling Japanese music CDs in South Korea.

In 2005, Avex acquired distribution rights for Aozora Records' catalogue including all future Hitomi Yaida releases.

As part of the Avex Group's 20th anniversary celebration, a big project occurred with avex trax's "produced by avex trax" artists; the band Girl Next Door, formed and debuted in September 2008.

Avex Group launched its own IPTV service, BeeTV, May 2009 in partnership with NTT DoCoMo.

On July 21, 2011, it was announced that Avex had paired with Korean management label YG Entertainment to form YGEX.

In 2012, the group began offering limited releases for sale, DRM-free for the first time within Japan on Amazon MP3.

As a show of modernization, Avex Group moved to Izumi Garden Tower in Roppongi in October 2014.