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, BeyoncĂ©, 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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