List of Sony Music labels
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This is a list of record labels owned by, or associated with Sony Music Entertainment (SME).
According to the Sony Music official website, the main labels are Columbia Records, RCA Records, Epic Records, Arista Records, Legacy Recordings, Alamo Records, AWAL, Santa Anna Records, Ultra Records, Sony Music Latin, Sony Masterworks, Provident Label Group, and Sony Classical, as well as the Nashville divisions of the first four named.
Flagship labels
Columbia Records
RCA Records
Sony Classical Records
Epic Records
Arista Records
Jive Records
Columbia Records
30th Century Records
Alamo Records
Hypnotize Minds
i am OTHER
Reach Records
Disruptor Records
Erskine Records
Epic Records
Cactus Jack Records
Dreamcatcher Company (South Korea)
Battery Records
Vested In Culture
Freebandz
MJJ Music
will.i.am Music Group
RCA Records
Jive Records
RCA Inspiration
Chris Brown Entetartainment (Chris Brown)
GospoCentric Records
Orange Records
Keep Cool Records
KQ Entertainment (KQ Artists)
Verity Records
ByStorm Entertainment
Nappy Boy Entertainment
Francis Records
Polo Grounds Music
ASAP Mob
Kemosabe Records
Roswell Records
House of Iona
Sony Music Nashville
Columbia Nashville
RCA Records Nashville
Provident Label Group
Brentwood Records
Benson Records
Essential Records
Flicker Records
Beach Street Records
Reunion Records
Provident Special Markets
Sony Masterworks
Milan Records
Playbill Records
Bluebird Records
Masterworks Broadway
Okeh Records
Portrait Records
RCA Red Seal Records
Odyssey Records
Legacy Recordings
Legacy handles the archives of Sony Music–owned labels, including:
Columbia Records
Epic Records
RCA Records
Sony Classical Records
RCA Records Nashville
J Records
Windham Hill Records
Arista Records
LaFace Records
Jive Records
Buddah Records
Kama Sutra Records
Philadelphia International Records
It also handles the catalog of recordings produced by Phil Spector on Philles Records (originally from EMI Music Publishing, which was acquired by Sony/ATV Music Publishing).
The Orchard
Sony Music Publishing
Sony Music UK
Columbia Records UK
RCA Label Group
Epic Records UK
Relentless Records
Ministry of Sound
Music For Nations
5K Records
Black Butter Records (joint-venture)
Dream Life Records
Insanity Records (joint-venture)
Magic Star
Sony Music Masterworks
Sony Classical
Masterworks
Masterworks Broadway
OKeh,
Portrait
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Milan
Robots + Humans
Since ’93
Sony Commercial Group
Sony Music Nashville UK
WEAREBLK (joint-venture)
AWAL
Sony Music Entertainment Japan (independent operation)
Other Sony Music national companies
Independent labels distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
Former/defunct labels
Columbia Records
Epic Records
Zomba Group of Companies
Battery Records
Internal Affairs
EBUL
Jive Electro
Volcano Entertainment
Zoo Entertainment
Scotti Brothers Records
Capricorn Records
RED Distribution
Loud Records
Ruthless Records
RCA Records
Arista Records
BMG Entertainment
Sony Music Nashville
Arista Nashville
Epic Records Nashville
Sony Music UK
Sony S2 (Sony Soho Square)
Silvertone Records
Phonogenic Records
Other former labels
Nick Records
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