Sony BMG: version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 12:49 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the 2008 European Sony BMG CD reissue of Natasha Bedingfield's Unwritten (88697368682, copy protected, carton sleeve, 13 tracks), completing a barcode named by family/unwritten-natasha-bedingfie. This is the current version.

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# Sony BMG <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony BMG
disambiguation: record label logo of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2004-2009
summary: Record label logo used on releases of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the Sony and Bertelsmann joint venture active under that name from 2004 to 2009.
founded: 2004-08-05
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                               | market | from       | until      | ended | status  | source           | note                                                                                                                                                                      |
| -------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment |        | 2004-08-05 | 2008-12-31 |       | sourced | ^discogs-sonybmg | Discogs files releases with the Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo under this label and gives the company's name change back to Sony Music Entertainment on 1 January 2009 |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                         | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment | name |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref             | url                                  | title                                             | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-sonybmg | https://api.discogs.com/labels/53569 | Discogs label 53569: Sony BMG Music Entertainment | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 53569     | profile |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony BMG is the label logo printed on releases of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the record company formed on 5 August 2004 as a 50/50 joint venture of Sony Music Entertainment and Bertelsmann Music Group.[^discogs-sonybmg] Sony bought Bertelsmann's half in August 2008 and the company took back the name Sony Music Entertainment on 1 January 2009, after which the logo appears only on reissues that kept older artwork.[^discogs-sonybmg]
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