Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Also credited as:
Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
Sony Music Entertainment Inc
Sony Music Ent., Inc.
Sony Music Ent. Inc.
SMEI

[B]PLEASE NOTE - Sony Music Entertainment Inc. should be used for copyright, distribution, or record company credits. For the label, please use [l=Sony Music], [l=Sony BMG Music Entertainment] (2004-2009) or the other sublabels below.

[l=Sony Music Entertainment] should be used for the majority of post 2009 copyright & distribution credits.[/B]

Sony Music Entertainment Inc. was established by Sony on January 1, 1991 (4 January 1991 in New York) to fulfill the terms of the 1988 acquisition of [l=CBS] Records. From 11/17/1987 to 12/31/1990, Sony Music Entertainment used the [L=CBS Records Inc.] name.

In August 2004, Sony Music Entertainment Inc. collaborated with [l=BMG] to create [l=Sony BMG Music Entertainment].
In October 2008, Sony bought out BMG's half, and the company became [l=Sony Music Entertainment] on January 1, 2009.

NY company number: 1218162
Incorporated: 17 November 1987 as 'CBS Records Inc.'
Name change: 4 January 1991 to 'Sony Music Entertainment Inc.' - this page
Name change: 16 January 2009 to 'Sony Music Holdings Inc.