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Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (株式会社ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント, Kabushiki gaisha Sonī Myūjikku Entateinmento), often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as SonyMusic ), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is ...
In 1986, CBS sold its music publishing division, CBS Songs, to SBK Entertainment [31] On November 17, 1987, Sony acquired CBS Records for US$2 billion. CBS Inc., now Paramount Global, retained the rights to the CBS name for music recordings but granted Sony a temporary license to use the CBS name. [32] The sale was completed on January 5, 1988 ...
The CBS Records label was officially renamed Columbia Records on January 1, 1991, worldwide except Spain (where Sony got the rights in 2004 by forming a joint venture with BMG [74]) and Japan. [75] CBS Masterworks Records was renamed Sony Classical Records .
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953, but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres, including pop, R&B ...
This is a list of record labels owned by, or associated with Sony Music Entertainment (SME). According to the Sony Music official website, the main labels are Columbia Records, RCA Records, Epic Records, Arista Records, Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Latin, Sony Masterworks, Provident Label Group, and Sony Classical, as well as the Nashville ...
CBS Records International was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. formed in 1961 and launched in 1962. [1] [2] Previously, Columbia Records had licensed other record companies to manufacture and distribute Columbia recordings outside North America, such as Philips Records and its subsidiary Fontana (now part of the Universal Music Group) in ...
CBS/Sony, a former name of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, a Japanese music company division of Sony. CBS Records International, a label for Columbia Records recordings released outside North America from 1962 to 1990. CBS Records (2006), founded in 2006 by CBS Corporation for recordings featured its programs. CBS Associated Records, a CBS ...
This is a list of recording artists signed to Sony Music Entertainment (and its labels distributed by the music company). 0-9 12 Gauge; 14 Bis; 1976; 24kGoldn ...