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Sony Music Labels

Tokyo record company of the Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) group, formed on 1 April 2014 when Sony Music Records absorbed seven group label companies and took this name.

Registered in
🇯🇵 Japan
Founded
1 October 2001
Owned by
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Brands here
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Products here
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Who owns Sony Music Labels

Every company above Sony Music Labels, the top of the group first, each tie from a cited source.

Sony Music Labels
What the sources say about these ties
Sony Music Entertainment Japan owns
The Sony Music group's corporate page gives the shareholder as 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント, 100 %

About Sony Music Labels

Sony Music Labels Inc. (株式会社ソニー・ミュージックレーベルズ, SML) is a Tokyo record company wholly owned by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan).[1][2] It was founded on 1 October 2001 as Sony Music Records Inc.; on 1 April 2014 it absorbed seven label companies of the group, among them Sony Music Japan International, Epic Records Japan and Ki/oon Music, and changed its name to Sony Music Labels.[2][1] It absorbed Sony Music Direct in April 2022.[2] Its label groups include Sony Music Records, Epic Records Japan, Ki/oon Music, Ariola Japan, SACRA MUSIC and Sony Music Japan International, and catalogue numbers carry a two-letter sales code per group, such as SI for Sony Music Japan International.[3][2] It manufactured the 2014 Japanese paper-sleeve CD of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, SICP-30492.[4]

Brands tied to Sony Music Labels 1

Makes 1

Sony Music Labels is named on the pack or in a filing as the maker.

References

  1. ↑ 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックレーベルズ｜ソニーミュージックグループ コーポレートサイト Sony Music Group. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-25. 会社データ.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia (ja): ソニー・ミュージックレーベルズ Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-25. Infobox and 沿革. CC BY-SA 4.0.
  3. ↑ Discogs label 681762: Sony Music Labels Inc. Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 681762. Profile, parent label and label groups.
  4. ↑ Discogs release 5698374: Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks (CD, Limited Edition, Remastered, Japan, 2014) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 5698374. Identifiers, companies, credits, formats, notes, tracklist.
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