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T-Series is an Indian music record label, film production, and distribution company based in Mumbai. Founded in 1983 by Gulshan Kumar, it began as a small operation focused on devotional music and cassettes, evolving into a major label for Bollywood soundtracks and contemporary Indian music. After Gulshan Kumar's murder in 1997, his son Bhushan Kumar became chairman and expanded the group's activities into film production, digital music, and international licensing, making T-Series one of India's largest music content companies.

The company maintains a large catalog of film songs, devotional tracks, and independent music, releasing soundtracks for numerous Indian films and cultivating a wide roster of artists. It operates through recording, publishing, and rights management, with activities spanning film production through its label arm, T-Series Films, and beyond music into music videos and digital distribution rights.

T-Series also operates one of the most influential online platforms for Indian music: its YouTube channel, launched in the mid-2000s, features music videos, film trailers, and other content. It became the most-subscribed YouTube channel globally in 2019 and has since accrued hundreds of millions of subscribers and billions of views, making it a central channel for Indian music consumption online.