Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by Sony Corporation.

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Record label - Sony Corporation

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In 1988 Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records for $2 Billion and renamed the label to Sony Music Entertainment. CBS retained the rights to the name and the logo.

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1988 - Sony Corporation - CBS Records

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Sony introduced the Columbia label after it bought the international rights of the label from EMI. Epic Records is the other pop branch of Sony Records.

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Columbia - EMI - Epic Records

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In August 2004, Sony Music Entertainment merged with BMG Entertainment to form Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

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August - 2004 - BMG Entertainment - Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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