Sony Music Asia: version 1
Saved 2026-09-26 13:07 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Indonesian/Malaysian Enhanced CD of The Fighting Temptations soundtrack (CK 90286, EAN 4893391104527), named by the family page. Sources: Discogs releases 24208469 and 14328644, Discogs mast. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Sony Music Asia <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Asia
disambiguation: Sony's regional record company for Asia, based in Hong Kong; not Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
summary: Sony's regional record company for South East Asia, based in Singapore from 1993 to 1995 and in Hong Kong since, registered as Sony Music Entertainment Asia Inc.
legal_name: Sony Music Entertainment Asia Inc.
country: US
register_ids: HK-CR:F0006849
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 4893391
founded: 1994-12-19
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Sony Music Entertainment Asia Inc. | legal | en | 2009-02-09 | |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Asia) Inc. | legal | en | 2005-04-23 | 2009-02-08 |
| Sony Music (Asia) Inc. | legal | en | 1994-12-19 | 2005-04-22 |
| Sony Music Asia Inc. | name | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-sma-inc | https://api.discogs.com/labels/432048 | Discogs label 432048: Sony Music (Asia) Inc. | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 432048 | Profile, incorporation, name changes | | | |
| discogs-smea | https://api.discogs.com/labels/882500 | Discogs label 882500: Sony Music Entertainment Asia Inc. | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 882500 | Profile, HK CR number | | | |
| discogs-my | https://api.discogs.com/releases/14328644 | Discogs release 14328644: The Fighting Temptations (Music From The Motion Picture) (CD, Compilation, Enhanced, Malaysia, 2003) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 14328644 | Identifiers, labels, companies, credits, notes and tracklist | | | |
| discogs-sma | https://api.discogs.com/labels/71473 | Discogs label 71473: Sony Music Asia | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 71473 | Profile and parent label | | | |
| mb-block | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release?query=barcode:489339*&fmt=json&limit=100 | MusicBrainz: releases with barcodes beginning 489339 | 2026-09-26 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | | 106 releases, all under 4893391 | CC0 | MusicBrainz | |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Asia is the Sony group's regional record company for South East Asia, based in Singapore from 1993 to 1995 and in Hong Kong from 1995 onwards.[^discogs-sma] Its legal entity was incorporated in the United States on 19 December 1994 as Sony Music (Asia) Inc., renamed Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Asia) Inc. on 23 April 2005 and Sony Music Entertainment Asia Inc. on 9 February 2009, and is registered in Hong Kong as a non-Hong Kong company under number F0006849.[^discogs-sma-inc][^discogs-smea]
The company is credited as distributor of Sony's regional CD pressings, among them the Indonesian and Malaysian edition of The Fighting Temptations soundtrack.[^discogs-my] GS1 prefix 4893391 is inferred to be its block: every MusicBrainz release with a barcode beginning 489339 carries 4893391 and names Sony group labels or Sony Music Asia, across Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand releases (106 read on 2026-09-26).[^mb-block]
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