Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment (or Sony Music) is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big three" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America.

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment's headquarters in 25 Madison Avenue, New York City
Formerly	American Record Corporation (1929–1938) Columbia Records, USA (1938–1957) CBS Records (1957–1991) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (first incarnation; 1991–2004) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008)
Company type	Subsidiary (incorporated as a general partnership)
Industry	Music, Entertainment
Genre	Various
Predecessor	Victor Talking Machine (1906–1924) RCA Victor (1924–1985) Ariola Records (1937–1985) RCA Ariola (1985–1988) BMG Ariola (1988–1994) BMG Music (1994–2004)
Founded	September 9, 1929; 95 years ago (1929-09-09)
Headquarters	25 Madison Avenue, New York City , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Rob Stringer (CEO)
Products	Music and entertainment
Revenue	US$8.86 billion [1] (FY 2020)
Operating income	US$1.74 billion [1] (FY 2020)
Owner	Sony Group Corporation (1988–present) Tencent (44%)
Number of employees	8,500 (2019[2])
Parent	CBS (1938–1988) Sony Corporation of America (1988–2012) Bertelsmann (2004–2008) Sony Entertainment (2012–2019)[3] Sony Music Group (2019–present)
Divisions	Columbia Records Epic Records Arista Records Bad Boy Records So So Def Recordings Kemosabe Records Legacy Recordings The Orchard RCA Records Ultra Records Sony Masterworks Sony Music Australia Sony Music Brazil Sony Music Canada Sony Music China Sony Music France Sony Music Germany Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong Sony Music India Sony Music Indonesia Sony Music Latin Sony Music Mexico Sony Music Nashville Sony Music Philippines Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sony Music Taiwan Sony Music Thailand Sony Music UK Global Podcast Division
Website	www.sonymusic.com

Related pages

• List of Sony Music artists
• Sony BMG
• List of record labels