Sony Music Entertainment was founded in 1929 and has undergone several name changes over the years before becoming Sony Music Entertainment in 1991. It has over 200 artists signed across many genres, including major acts like Beyoncé, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake. Sony partnered with Universal Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media to create the online music platform Vevo. Sony Music UK works closely with labels like Simon Cowell's Syco label.

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2. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
 Sony Music Entertainment Sony music was founded in 1929 when several individual record companies
fused together to develop one company, the company started under the name American Record
Corporation it went through many different name changes, merging and being bought out by different
companies and labels, it eventually became Sony Music Entertainment on January 1st 1991. In 2004 Sony
entered in a joint venture with BMG becoming the newly named Sony BMG but after four years on
October 1st 2008 Sony bought out BMG’s 50% share in the company to once again become Sony Music
Entertainment as they are known today. Sony Music is part of one of the biggest music and
entertainment companies in the world. It has a vast variety of acts signed to the label, many of which
have achieved world wide fame.
 It has over 200 artists signed to the label covering a wide range of style and genre. Some of the top acts
include Beyoncé, Kings of Leon, Britney Spears, Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Miley
Cyrus and Usher.
 Vevo is an online music video and entertainment website set up by Sony Music Entertainment, Universal
Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media Company. It hosts music from three of the four major record labels;
Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI. Vevo was launched on 8th December 2009
and has become a well used website by music fans everywhere.
 Sony Music Entertainment UK is known for it’s partnership with other labels and people in the music
industry. One of these partnerships include Simon Cowell's label Syco which accounts for over 75% of
Sony Music UK's profits. Sony owns many other music labels. Three of the main are Columbia, RCA and
Sony CMG. Sony RED distribution company are owned by Sony Music Entertainment and handle releases
for 50+ independent record labels.

3. UNIVERSAL
 Universal Music Group is the largest music corporation in the
world. An American-based, French-owned multinational music
corporation, it currently operates as a subsidiary of Paris-based
media conglomerate Vivendi. Universal Music Group's global
corporate headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California.
 The company discovers, develops, markets and distributes
recorded music through a network of subsidiaries, joint
businesses and licensees in 77countries and represents 98% of
the music market.
 Akon, Black Eyes Peas, Mary J. Blige, Bon Jovi, Busta Rhymes, 50
Cent, Nelly Furtado, Kanye West are all successful artists signed
to Universal.
 Along with Sony, they own the online entertainment website
Vevo. The website is highly popular with music fans.

4. WARNER MUSIC GROUP
• Warner Music Group is an American major global record company headquartered in New York City. The
largest American-owned music conglomerate worldwide, it is the last of the 'big three' recording companies.
• The company operates some of the largest and most successful recording labels in the world, including its
flagship labels Warner Bros. Records, Parlophone Records and Atlantic Records.
• WMG also owns Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's largest music-publishing companies.
• The artists that are signed to WMG typically headline and play music festivals such as
Reading & Leeds Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Download Festival, Sonisphere Festival and
V Festival.
• Artists that are signed to WMG include: Bruno Mars, Biffy Clyro, Michael Bublé, Coldplay, Jason Derulo, Flo
Rida, Linkin Park, Paramore and Taylor Swift.