Also credited as:
Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
Sony Music Entertainment Inc
Sony Music Ent., Inc.
Sony Music Ent. Inc.
SMEI

PLEASE NOTE - Sony Music Entertainment Inc. should be used for copyright, distribution, or record company credits. For the label, please use Sony Music Entertainment should be used for the majority of post 2009 copyright & distribution credits.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc. was established by Sony on January 1, 1991 (4 January 1991 in New York) to fulfill the of the 1988 acquisition of CBS Records Inc. name.

In August 2004, Sony Music Entertainment Inc. collaborated with Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
In October 2008, Sony bought out BMG's half, and the company became Sony Music Entertainment on January 1, 2009.

NY company number: 1218162
Incorporated: 17 November 1987 as 'CBS Records Inc.'
Name change: 4 January 1991 to 'Sony Music Entertainment Inc.' - this page
Name change: 16 January 2009 to 'Sony Music Holdings Inc.