Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands: version 2

Saved 2026-09-26 14:10 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the flag: added a renamed_from relation to company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment-netherlands (from 2009), sourced to Discogs label 266054 (existing References row discogs-smenl), whose profile names Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands) BV (2004-2009) as the predecessor. Re-fetched Discogs 266054 on 2026-09-26: address, parent label and aliases unchanged. No new References rows. Wikidata Q137218045 matches the legal name only as a record-label item (P31 Q18127, Discogs label id), not the legal entity, so wikidata left empty. No KvK/register source reached, so founded and register_ids stay empty; the owned_by row to Sony Music Entertainment remains sourced to Discogs parent label.. This is the current version.

Source of v2

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

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands
summary: Dutch record company of Sony Music Entertainment in Hilversum, successor to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands) and Sony Music Entertainment (Holland).
legal_name: Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V.
country: NL
website: http://www.sonymusic.nl
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role         | target                                           | market | from | until | ended | status  | source         | note                                                                         |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by     | company/sony-music-entertainment                 |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^discogs-smenl | Discogs files it under the parent label Sony Music Entertainment             |
| renamed_from | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment-netherlands |        | 2009 |       |       | sourced | ^discogs-smenl | Discogs: preceded by Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands) BV 2004–2009 |
<!--/relations-->

## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address                           | country | source         | note                             |
| ---- | ------ | --------------------------------- | ------- | -------------- | -------------------------------- |
|      | office | Sumatralaan 45, 1217 GP Hilversum | NL      | ^discogs-smenl | Contact address given on Discogs |
<!--/establishments-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                      | type   | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V. | legal  |        |      |       |
| Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands BV   | search |        |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                       | title                                                                                                | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                                                            | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-moc   | https://api.discogs.com/releases/11620129 | Discogs release 11620129: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, Reissue, Netherlands, 2017) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 11620129  | identifiers, labels, companies, formats, notes, tracklist, credits |         |             |          |
| discogs-smenl | https://api.discogs.com/labels/266054     | Discogs label 266054: Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V.                                      | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 266054    | profile, contact info, parent label                                |         |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V. is the Dutch division of Sony Music Entertainment, based in Hilversum; Discogs names Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V. (until 2004) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands) BV (2004–2009) as its predecessors.[^discogs-smenl] It licensed the Coral's The Invisible Invasion to Music On CD for the label's 2017 reissue.[^discogs-moc]
<!--/about-->