Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)

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Sony Music (as of 2014) uses the following frontline labels:
* Columbia
* RCA
* Epic
* Arista Nashville
* RCA Records Label Nashville
* Columbia Nashville
* Arista France

History

Jan 1, 1991: Sony Music Entertainment (SME) was founded, on the same day Sony reintroduced the Columbia label worldwide (except in Spain and Japan*).
Aug 5, 2004: Sony/BMG merger; SME renamed Sony BMG Music Entertainment (SBME). With the merge, Sony Music gained the use of the BMG-owned Columbia trademark in Spain.
Aug 2008: Sony announces its intention to buy out BMG's stake in merger
Oct 1, 2008: acquisition completed, SBME reverts to the present name Sony Music Entertainment (worldwide – except in Japan*).
Sep 2012: Arista France is created, historic Arista (BMG) disappeared with Sony/BMG fusion in 2008

* JP releases should not be filed under this label – The Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc. is a good source for labels. Most JP printings of US releases will retain the US label, with the exception of Columbia due to legal reasons. For more information on the independent music giant, see Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc..

Sony Music Entertainment has offices in the following countries:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Annotation last modified on 2024-07-31 16:31 UTC.

Previously known as: Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc., Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)

Releases

Release	Artist	Format	Tracks	Country/Date	Catalog#	Barcode
Walton: 4 Dances from "Facade" - Bernstein: 3 Dances from "Fancy Free" (Remastered)	The Philadelphia Orchestra	Digital Media	7	-1952-07-25		886448901495
Lo Mejor de Jose Guardiola	José Guardiola	12" Acetate	32	ES1963		[none]
Chopin: Nocturnes	Arthur Rubinstein	Digital Media	19	XW1967-01-01
O Filho de José e Maria	Odair José	Digital Media	10	-1977-06-09		886446449906
Championship Wrestling	Al Kooper	Digital Media	9	-1982-01-01
Canto a la ternura	Piero	Digital Media	7	XW1982		886447354735
The Sony CD Sampler Volume One: Jazz	Various Artists	CD	5	US1983	DIDZ 10073	[none]
Age of Reason	John Farnham	Digital Media	12	AU1988-07-25 IE1988-07-25		[none]
Doble vida	Soda Stereo	CD	9	AR1988-09-15		886971407525
La Zimbabwe	La Zimbabwe	CD	12	AR1988	8287 687911-2
The Sony Digital Collection, Vol. 1	Various Artists	3×CD	20 + 20 + 20	-1988	LSP 980651 2
Sony CD3 Promo Sampler Pack	Various Artists	3×8cm CD	4 + 4 + 4	US1988	[none]
Chayanne	Chayanne	CD	10	AR1988		5099746004729
Splitter pine	DumDum Boys	CD	10	NO1989-02	463450 9	5099746345099
Vintage	The Whispers	CD	11	US1989-09-12	75306
Uns & Outros	Uns e Outros	CD	10	BR1989	464040	5099746404024
Frankie Laine`s Greatest Hits	Frankie Laine	CD	22	-1989
Lying to The Moon	Matraca Berg	Digital Media	10	-1990-09-25		00886447237946
The Best of Stanley Turrentine	Stanley Turrentine	CD	8	US1990	45478	07464454782
Satchmo	Louis Armstrong	CD	16	AT1990	472092 2	[none]
ELO Classics	Electric Light Orchestra	CD	10	US1990	A 24981	079892498127
Carta del cielo	Alberto Fortis	CD	10	IT1990
Volumen 5	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	CD	9	AR1990		5099746170424
Elo Shyamal Kishore (Nazrul Geeti)	Anoop Ghoshal	Digital Media	10	IN1991-01-01
Vanamaali	Narasimha Nayak & Manjula Gururaj	Digital Media	10	AF1991-01-01 AL1991-01-01 (show 202 more) ZW1991-01-01		886447118375
A Holiday Concert	Various Artists	CD	10	US1991-03-03	A22190	079892219029
Kilukkam	S. P. Venkatesh	Digital Media	5	XW1991-04-01
Sony Music Sampler, Vol. 29	Various Artists	CD	11	CA1991-06-13	CRSK-0029	[none]
The Hits Album 15	Various Artists	2×CD	16 + 16	GB1991-07-29	HITS CD 15	4007193543068
More Greatest Hits	Marty Robbins	CD	12	US1991-09-03
Hummingbird	五島良子	CD	10	JP1991-09-21	SRCL-2155
Dan Fogelberg Live: Greetings from the West	Dan Fogelberg	2×CD	13 + 9	US1991-10-22
Shine	Five Star	CD	10	US1991-12-10
Radio Pinti	Garcia - Aznar - Pinti	CD	3	AR1991	2-461781	[none]
Greatest Hits	Simon & Garfunkel	CD	20	-1991	468045 2
Music on the Move	Various Artists	CD	16	DE1991	468490 2	5099746849023
De mi corazón al aire	Vicente Amigo	CD	8	ES1991	468932 2	5099746893224
Marilyn Montreuil	Diane Tell	CD	12	FR1991	469191 2	5099746919122
What Is This Thing Called Love	Alexander O’Neal	8cm CD	2	AT1991	656731 1	5099765673111
Seal Our Fate	Gloria Estefan	CD	3	GB1991	656773 2	5099765677324
My Girl	The Temptations	CD	3	GB1991	657676 2	5099765767629
Feel So High	Des’ree	CD	4	GB1991	657689 2	5099765768923
Highwire / Love Is a Wonderful Thing	The Rolling Stones / Michael Bolton	7" Vinyl	2	CR1991	7116991
The Best of Me	Maxi Priest	CD	17	BR1991	786259-2	077778625926
Signos	Soda Stereo	CD	8	AR1991	80.327	0376208032724
Angélica	Angélica	12" Vinyl	10	BR1991	927.004/1-464189	7891073000041
Power Radio, Volume 1	Various Artists	CD	16	-1991	982687 2
Live For Loving You	Gloria Estefan	12" Vinyl	6	-1991	9870-73971-1
Jesus Was a Capricorn	Kris Kristofferson	CD	10	US1991	AK 47064	7464470642
The Weekender Classic Collection III	Various Artists	CD	27	GR1991	BSW 830992-2
Willie Waylon Kris & Cash	Willie, Waylon, Kris & Cash	Cassette	10	US1991	BT 22349	079892234947
Espectacular	Sandro	CD	12	US1991	CDB-80721
Epoca de oro, volumen 2	Trío Los Panchos	CD	12	MX1991	CDDE-28	7509900002822
All-Time Greatest Hits	Marty Robbins	CD	20	US1991	CK 31361	074643136129
Open Book	Fred Simon	CD	10	US1991	CK-46798
The Rock and Roll Decades: The Seventies	Various Artists	2×CD	20 + 20	GB1991	CSP 982 630-2	[none]
Love versus money	Noiseworks	CD	12	-1991	EPC 468447 2	5099746844721
My Heart The Beat	D-Shake	CD	3	DE1991	GOB 656633 2	5099765663327
Tankad, packad och klar	Kenneth & the Knutters	CD	11	SE1991	MCR 4681312	5099746813123
Dime que me quieres	Ricky Martin	12" Vinyl	4	MX1991	PRLP-272
Susana	Ricky Martin	12" Vinyl	2	MX1991	PRLP-95746
Rock Hard Presents: Tyrants of Rock	Various Artists	CD	4	DE1991	SAMP CD 1588
Concert of the Century	Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Horowitz, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Yehudi Menuhin, The Oratorio Society, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Lyndon Woodside	2×CD	3 + 21	US1991	SM2K 46743	074644674323
山口百惠超級精選	山口百惠	CD	16	HK1991	SMJ9008.2
Sun Jammin'	Various Artists	CD	18	CA1991	TVK24002	[none]
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks	CD	11	US1991	WK 75053	6692750532
Live at the Bottom Line	Patti Austin	CD	10	AT1991
Lo mejor de Los Panchos	Los Panchos	CD	12	ES1991
Mi viejo	Vicente Fernández	CD	14	-1991
Ray Conniff Plays Broadway	Ray Conniff	CD	10	US1991		074644799026
Romantic World	Caravelli	CD	12	FR1991		5099746940126
Sopa de caracol	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Vinyl	4	AR1991
Sopa de caracol	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Cassette	4	AR1991
The Best of Surface: A Nice Time 4 Lovin'	Surface	CD	10	US1991
Volumen 5	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Cassette	9	CL1991
Willie Waylon Kris & Cash	Willie, Waylon, Kris & Cash	CD	10	US1991		079892234923
Suzy Is a Rocker	Tom Paxton	CD	15	US1992-04-21
Sun Jammin' 2	Various Artists	Cassette	18	CA1992-06-13	TVT 24005
The Gospel Collection	Johnny Cash	CD	24	US1992-06-28	CK 48952	074644895223
Sextant	Herbie Hancock	CD	3	JP1992-07-01	SRCS 7047	4988009704722
God Bless America: 23 Patriotic Favorites	Mormon Tabernacle Choir	CD	23	US1992-07-14	MDK 48295	074644829525
Gonna Get High	The Dukes	Vinyl	3	AU1992-08
Iberia	John Williams	CD	15	-1992-09-08	48480	5099704848020
Amor y control	Rubén Blades y Son del Solar	CD	12	US1992-09-22	471643-2	03762808392
Big Band Instrumentals: 16 Most Requested Songs	Various Artists	Digital Media	16	-1992-10-13		[none]
Greatest Hits	Gloria Estefan	Digital Media	14	US1992-10-30		5099747233272
Mexicanísimo	Hermanas Huerta	CD	24	MX1992-11-17	CDBD-470626	7509947062629
Hits of the 60’s	Various Artists	CD	10	US1992-12-01	A 15911
Harbour City	The Dukes	CD	10	AU1992-12	472082 2
The Romanian Concert (Live At The Teatrul Dramatic, Brasov)	Norbert Detaeye	CD	16	BE1992	08-026447-10	[none]
Merry Christmas	Various Artists	CD	10	-1992	13846
Human Touch	Bruce Springsteen	Cassette	14	AR1992	170.187	[none]
After chabón	Sumo	CD	12	AR1992	2-470112	5099747011221
El ritmo mundial	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	CD	11	AR1992	2-470140	5099747014024
Con gusto a mujer	Sandro	CD	10	AR1992	2-470180
Contra reloj	Los Enanitos Verdes	CD	10	AR1992	2-470358	5099747035821
Solfafría	Milladoiro	CD	10	ES1992	460148 2	5099746014827
Miguel	Miguel Bosé	CD	11	ES1992	466559 2	5099746655921
The Epic Years	Shakin’ Stevens	CD	22	XE1992	472422	[none]
Polku	Neon 2	CD	11	FI1992	472615 2	5099747261527

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