Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia: version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 16:20 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Asian CD of George Michael – Patience (4893391111624), one barcode shared by four Discogs pressings (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, pan-Asia), with the 14-track list from MusicBrainz, per-pres. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia
summary: Sony's Malaysian record company, successor to CBS Records (Malaysia), named Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd from 1991 and Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia Sdn Bhd since December 2008.
legal_name: Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia Sdn Bhd
country: MY
founded: 1991
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address                                                                                         | country | source        | note                                  |
| ---- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------- |
|      | office | C16 & C17, Jalan Ampang Utama 1/1, Off Jalan Ampang, Taman Ampang Utama, 68000 Ampang, Selangor | MY      | ^discogs-smmy | Address from 1993 to 2003 per Discogs |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                      | type  | locale | from    | until |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ------- | ----- |
| Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd     | legal | ms     | 1991    | 2004  |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd | legal | ms     | 2005    | 2008  |
| Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia Sdn Bhd | legal | ms     | 2008-12 |       |
| CBS Records (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.          | legal | ms     | 1982    | 1990  |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref          | url                                      | title                                                                          | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                                          | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-my   | https://api.discogs.com/releases/7499686 | Discogs release 7499686: George Michael – Patience (CD, Album, Malaysia, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 7499686   | identifiers, labels, companies, notes            |         |             |          |
| discogs-smmy | https://api.discogs.com/labels/367034    | Discogs label 367034: Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd                    | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 367034    | profile, barcode usage, predecessors, successors |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia is Sony's record company in Malaysia, where Sony's business began in 1981–1982 under the CBS label; it was renamed Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd in 1991, traded as Sony BMG Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd from 2005 to 2008 and as Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia Sdn Bhd from December 2008.[^discogs-smmy]

From 1995 to 1997 its local releases used barcodes beginning 9 557011; from 1998 to 2004 most used Sony's international 5 0997 barcodes, while some Western releases carried 4 893391 barcodes because Sony Music Asia handled their distribution.[^discogs-smmy] It distributed the Malaysian edition of George Michael's Patience (2004).[^discogs-my]
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