ba ' s ▁for ay ▁into ▁the ▁Christian ▁music ▁market , ▁was ▁re ass igned ▁as ▁a ▁R CA ▁sub - label . ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁record ▁labels ▁were ▁re organ ized ▁under ▁the ▁Z om ba ▁Label ▁Group . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁B M G ▁and ▁Sony ▁Music ▁Entertainment ▁merged ▁to ▁form ▁Sony ▁B M G ▁Music ▁Entertainment ▁taking ▁Z om ba ▁with ▁it . ▁ ▁Though ▁the ▁mer ger ▁was ▁pl ag ued ▁with ▁controvers y ▁and ▁eventually ▁ended ▁with ▁Sony ▁bu ying ▁out ▁B M G ' s ▁st ake ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Z om ba ▁execut ives ▁continued ▁to ▁expand ▁the ▁company ' s ▁operations ▁in ▁various ▁aspects . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Sony ▁B M G ▁integration ▁and ▁cons olid ation , ▁R CA ▁Music ▁Group ▁and ▁Z om ba ▁Label ▁Group ▁merged ▁their ▁international , ▁sales ▁and ▁field ▁staff s ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁B M G ▁Label ▁Group ▁under ▁Sony ▁B M G . ▁ ▁R CA ▁and ▁Z om ba ▁kept ▁separate ▁groups ▁under ▁B M G , ▁but ▁this ▁configuration ▁was ▁short - l ived ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁dissol ution ▁of ▁the ▁Sony ▁B M G ▁mer ger . ▁ ▁Z om ba ▁is ▁currently ▁owned ▁wh olly ▁by , ▁and ▁oper ates ▁under ▁Sony . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁the ▁American ▁Federation ▁of ▁Mus icians