Sony Music
American multinational music recording company
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| 2024 | The former members of Pink Floyd sold their entire music catalog to Sony for $400 million, after previously licensing their music to Sony from 1975 to 1999 and again from 2016. |
| April 2024 | Sony Music Entertainment's Global Podcast Division acquired Los Angeles-based podcast production company Neon Hum Media. |
| 2023 | JVR Music distribution transfers from Sony Music Entertainment to Universal Music Group. |
| January 2023 | Sony Music and Alamo Records founder Todd Moscowitz launched Santa Anna, an artist and label services company. |
| 2022 | Sony Music Entertainment acquired Ceremony of Roses (CoR), a boutique branding and merchandising agency, to expand its merchandising capabilities for artists like Adele, A$AP Rocky, and Lil Nas X. |
| September 8 2022 | Sony Music officially announced its final withdrawal from Russia, recalling all foreign artist catalogs from Russian streaming services and removing tracks from artists like AC/DC, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, and Bring Me the Horizon. |
| March 10 2022 | Sony Music Entertainment announced the suspension of operations and new releases in Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while continuing to pay Russian employees. |
| 2021 | Sony Music Entertainment LLC reported revenue of 2.56 billion rubles ($42.7 million) and a net profit of 132.9 million rubles ($2.22 million) in Russia. |
| 2021 | Sony agrees to buy Kobalt's neighboring rights division and independent distribution company AWAL for $430 million. |
| 2021 | Sony Music acquired UK media company Somethin' Else to form a Global Podcast Division with teams in New York, LA, and London. |
| April 2021 | Grupo Globo sold its domestic record label Som Livre to Sony Music for an undisclosed amount. |
| 2020 | Sony Wonder was folded into Sony Pictures Kids Zone, though the label continued to be used for The Swan Princess film series. |
| 2019 | Jive Epic was renamed RCA Records France. |
| August 1 2019 | Merger of Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV was completed, officially forming Sony Music Group. |
| July 17 2019 | Sony announced a merger of Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV music publishing arm to form Sony Music Group. |
| February 5 2019 | A group of 1970s-era musicians filed lawsuits against Sony Music Entertainment and UMG Recordings, claiming improper refusal to allow artists to reclaim song rights. |
| 2018 | Ivory Music & Video's distribution with Sony Music Entertainment concludes. |
| 2018 | Revived Arista Records. |
| 2017 | Sony Music UK celebrates its most successful BRIT Awards, winning seven of the 11 awards. |
| June 2017 | Sony announced plans to produce vinyl records internally for the first time since 1989. |
| June 2017 | Sony announces merger of its two independent distribution companies The Orchard and Red Essential. |
| April 5 2017 | At the Music Week Awards, Columbia Records wins A&R of the Year and Syco wins Record Company of the Year. |
| April 1 2017 | Rob Stringer became CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, previously serving as chairman and CEO of Columbia Records. |
| 2016 | Kesha filed a lawsuit in New York City Supreme Court seeking to be released from her contract with Sony Music, but the court denied her request, generating significant public and media attention. |
| 2016 | Robbie Williams signs with Sony Music UK and releases his 11th album 'The Heavy Entertainment Show'. |
| August 2016 | Sony Music UK acquires Ministry of Sound Recordings, which includes artists like London Grammar, DJ Fresh, and Sigala. |
| February 2016 | An online petition with 100,000 signatures was created within 24 hours, calling for a boycott of Sony Music and Sony-affiliated businesses in response to Kesha's rape allegations against music producer Dr. Luke. |
| 2015 | The Sony Wonder label was rebranded as Sony Pictures Family Fun. |
| 2015 | Randy Goodman began overseeing Sony Music Nashville as CEO. |
| 2015 | Sony Music artists win five individual awards at the BRIT Awards, including Best Female Solo Artist for Paloma Faith and Best British Single for Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk'. |
| 2014 | Kesha filed a lawsuit against Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald), a Sony Music producer, alleging sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender violence. |
| 2014 | Jason Iley becomes chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK. Sony achieves its best singles success in 33 years, with 11 number 1 singles. |
| 2013 | Sony and Bertelsmann attempt but fail to acquire Parlophone from Universal Music Group, with BMG subsequently acquiring Mute Records' back catalogue and licensing Depeche Mode's catalogue to Sony. |
| 2013 | The Echo Label owned by BMG Chrysalis, distributed by Warner Music Group until 2017 |
| 2012 | Danger Crue Records becomes handled by Sony Music Entertainment, transitioning from previous management by Avex Group. |
| September 2012 | Overton and rpmentertainment president Scott Siman announced an exclusive worldwide distribution and license agreement to distribute rpme singles and albums. |
| June 2012 | A Sony/ATV-led consortium acquired EMI Music Publishing, making Sony/ATV the world's largest music publisher and reuniting the pre-1986 CBS Songs catalog. |
| June 4 2012 | BNA Records was retired, with its artist roster moved to Columbia Nashville, leaving Sony Music Nashville with three country labels. |
| May 2012 | Sony Music filed legal charges against IsoHunt website for copyright infringement at the Supreme Court of British Columbia, alleging the website was purposely designed to profit from unauthorized content sharing. |
| February 2012 | Sony Music Nashville entered an exclusive distribution deal with Streamsound Records, a new Nashville-based label launched by producer Byron Gallimore and industry veteran Jim Wilkes. |
| 2011 | Ivory Music & Video from the Philippines begins distribution through Sony Music Entertainment. |
| 2011 | Integrated labels formerly under BMG ownership, including Arista, Jive, LaFace, and J Records, into RCA Records. |
| August 2011 | Sony Music Nashville restructured, realigning artists among its labels and merging promotion teams for BNA Records and Columbia Nashville while maintaining separate label identities. |
| July 1 2011 | Doug Morris became chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, initiating a significant restructuring of the company, including label changes and artist label switches. |
| January 2011 | Sony Music Nashville announced an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with Skyville Records, a new Nashville label led by music producer Paul Worley. |
| March 2010 | Sony Corp partnered with The Michael Jackson Company in a record-breaking contract worth more than $250 million, the largest deal in recorded music history. |
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