Institutional research on sony records

1. Institutional research on Sony records
Sonymusic,or alsoknownas Sonymusicentertainment(SME),isanAmericanmusicrecordlabel
ownedbySony.It isthe secondlargestrecordlabel inthe worldbehind,Universalmusicgroupand
Warner musicgroup.Howeveritisthe largestmusicpublisher inthe worldandalsoownsSYCO
entertainmentwhichisone of the largestTV formatsinthe world.Sonymusicisownedbyand
operatedinthe UK by Sonymusicentertainment,in2014 it saw the bestsuccessforover 30 years,
with11 number1 singles. Alsowon5BRIT awards in2015 thiswas forbestfemale artist(Paloma
Faith) andbestBritishsingle (MarkRonan)
Historyof Sonyrecords
 1929–1938: AmericanRecordCorporation
 1938–1970: Columbia/CBSRecords
 1971–1991: CBS RecordsGroup
 1991–2004: Birthof SonyMusic Entertainment
 2004–2008: SonyBMG: Jointventure withBertelsmann
 2008–present: SonyMusic Entertainmentandrestructuring