SONY MUSIC

Sony Music was founded as American Recorded Corporation in 1929. In 1938, CBS Corporation took ownership of the company & changed the name to Columbia recording corporation & later Columbia Records inc & CBS Records. In 1987, Sony became the owners of the company & renamed it to its current name of Sony Music.

Sony's purpose is to "fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity & technology"

Their values include "pioneer the future with the dreams of curiosity" & "pursue the creating of the very best by harnessing diversity & varying viewpoints"

Some say this diversity can only be found in the artists signed to Sony & not in any of their other areas of employment:

CEOs:

- Doug Morris was CEO of sony music from 2011 to 2018

- He owns Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group & Warner Music Group

- He founded Big Tree Records, Universal Records, Hip-O Records & Rising Tide Records

- The current CEO of Sony Muisc Entertainment is English record executive, Rob Stringer, whose younger brother Howard Stringer was chairmen & CEO of Sony Corporation until 2012

- Stringer used to be CEO of Columbia Records but still has ties to it while working at Sony

- Another CEO of Sony Music is Jason Iley

Facts & statistics:

- Sony Music made over $2 billion in 2018 from streaming alone

- Sony Music was founded in 1929

- The 'big four' record companies control about 88% of the market:

- Universal Music Group - 29.85%

- Sony Music Entertainment - 29.29%

- Warner Music Group - 19.13%

- EMI Group - 9.62%

- Over 200 artists are signed to Sony. Click here to see a list of the artists signed to Sony

- Sony Music owns 43 record companies, including Columbia Records & Ministry of Sound Recordings

- Sony mostly distribute pop & R&B artists however they have signed various other genres as well

Labels:

Black Butter

Columbia Records

Insanity Records

Legacy

Ministry of Sound

Music for Nations

RCA

Relentless

Since '93

Syco Music