research into a music label

1. Sony Music Entertainment..

2. Basics..
• The company, which evolved into Sony Music, was
founded in 1929 as the American Record
Corporation (ARC) through the merger of several
smaller record companies.
• Sony Music Entertainment is part of the ‘Big Four’, it
is the second largest music record label.
• It also owns many record labels such as, Columbia
Records, roc nation, Legacy Recordings, plus many
more.

3. Want more details?
• Sony renamed the record company Sony Music
Entertainment (SME) on January 1, 1991, fulfilling the terms
set under the 1988 buyout, which granted only a transitional
license to the CBS trademark.
• Also on January 1, 1991, to replace the CBS label, Sony
reintroduced the Columbia label worldwide, which it
previously held in the United States and Canada only.
• Japan is the only country where Sony does not have rights to
the Columbia name as it is controlled by Nippon Columbia.
• In August 2004, Sony entered into a 50-50 joint venture
with Bertelsmann by merging Sony Music and Bertelsmann
Music Group (BMG) to form Sony BMG Music Entertainment

4. The Famous Faces..
Artists that we all love and adore that are signed
to Sony Music Entertainment...