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Sony BMG Music Entertainment
2004–2008
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Austria) GmbH
use as © & ℗ holders or as distributors only
Sony Interactive Entertainment
interactive and digital entertainment publishers
Sony Music
global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment (Brasil) Ltda.
not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A.
not for release label use! Sony Music Entertainment FR subsidiary from 1988–2003
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
parent company, not normally a label – see subsidiaries
Sony Music Entertainment Argentina S.A.
post‐2008
Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd.
not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SME since 2009
Sony Music Entertainment Denmark A/S
post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
not for use as release label! © & ℗ holders or distributors since 2009/01/14
Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong Ltd.
for ℗ & © rights use only, releases issued 2009 or later
Sony Music Entertainment Italy S.p.A.
not for release label use! Sony Music Entertainment's IT subsidiary, since 2009
Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. de C.V.
not for release label use; MX subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V.
Sony Music Entertainment’s NL subsidiary since 2009
Sony Music Entertainment New Zealand Limited
not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment Norway AS
Norwegian subsidiary of SME since 2009; do not use as an imprint!
Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sp. z o.o.
not for release label use! PL subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment since 2009
Sony Music Entertainment Sweden AB
do not use as a release label! SE subsdiary of SME since 2009
Sony Music Japan International Inc.
do not use as a label, see the annotation
Sony Music Labels Inc.
record company established in 2014; rights and manufacturer use primarily, not an imprint
Sony Music Solutions Inc.
absorbed the distribution services from Sony Music Marketing; not normally a release label
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
1995–2020
Soprane Records
French contemporary jazz label