Music UK Columbia Records UK Relentless Records 5K Records Black Butter Records (joint-venture) Dream Life Records Insanity Records (joint-venture) Magic Star Robots + Humans Since ’93 Sony Music Nashville UK WEAREBLK (joint-venture) District 18 Entertainment (joint-venture) Distributed labels Robbins Entertainment Syco Music Nick Records Catalog Legacy Recordings Follow That Dream Records Louder Than Life Records International Ariola Records Intl. Defstar Records Intl. Relentless Records Som Livre Independent music distribution The Orchard RED Music IODA AWAL Previously affiliated labels 19 Recordings (2001–2010) (previously through BMG and RCA Music Group, now distributed by BMG Rights Management) Def Jam Recordings (1985–1994) (previously through Columbia Records, now part of Universal Music Group) Loud Records (1992–2002) (previously through Zoo Entertainment, then RCA Records, and later Columbia Records, now a new company called SRC Records through Universal Music Group) Chaos Recordings (1993–1995) (previously part of Columbia Records, now dissolved) The Work Group (1993–2000) (previously through Epic Records, now dissolved) Date Records (1958–1970) (previously through Columbia Records, now dissolved) Aware Records (1997–2010) (now part of Universal Music Group through Republic Records) PiperWorld Entertainment (2008–2013) (previously through Columbia Records) Roc Nation (2009–2013) (previously through Columbia Records; now distributed by Universal Music Group) The Echo Label (2013–2017) (owned by BMG Chrysalis; now distributed by Warner Music Group) Volcano Entertainment (1996–2019) (previously through Zomba Label Group and later RCA Records, now dissolved) See also List of Sony Music artists Sony Music Publishing Sony BMG Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal Sony Music Entertainment Japan Sony Music Australia Sony Music UK Sony Music India Tero Entertainment Lists of record labels References External links Yahoo! – Sony Music Entertainment Company Profile via Yahoo! Business Sony Music TV Sony Music American companies established in 1929 Companies based in New York City IFPI members Record label distributors Entertainment companies established in 1929 Recording Industry Association of America American subsidiaries of foreign companies