Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sub-label of Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH
About
German branch, not to be confused with a former Sony Germany company, , active until 2005. Operating under this name since 14 January 2009, following Sony's acquisition of all Sony BMG shares. Corporate chronology: Registered: 26 April 2004 as (Gütersloh company number HRB 6827) Acquired: 23 August 2004 some assets of (Gütersloh company number HRB 4066) Acquired: 24 March 2005 (Berlin company number HRB 84719) Name change: 24 March 2005 to SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (GERMANY) GMBH Re-registered: 11 July 2005 in Munich (company number HRB 157869) as 'Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) Gmbh' Acquired: 19 September 2005 Acquired: 24 October 2005 'KÖLN-PROFIL Kommunikations und Veranstaltungs GmbH' (Cologne company number HRB 24986) Acquired: 27 December 2005 'MUSIC & MORE Direct Marketing GmbH' (Berlin company number HRB 85005) Name change: 14 January 2009 to 'Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH' Acquired: 7 October 2009 (Bochum company number HRB 6612) Acquired: 4 January 2012 (Cologne company number HRB 33830) Acquired: 17 November 2014 'OCEAN ARTIST & BRAND GmbH' (Munich company number HRB 174415) Parent: from 12 May 2016 (Berlin company number HRB 107677) (later 'Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH' Munich company number HRB 225935) Re-registered: 22 April 2021 in Berlin (company number HRB 228359)
Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH Artist Roster
Sub-labels
NITRON concepts
German label.
Four Music
German label Die Fantastischen Vier's label founded in Stuttgart, 1996. The main office is now located in Berlin. Label Code: LC 2422 / LC 02422 Label Code LC 00144 = label "Four Music Prod...
Dragnet Records
Record company. ** For the label please use: NOTE: for unofficial releases, use: Dragnet Records (5)
Stereophonic
German label originally owned by . Label Code: LC 1518 / LC 01518
Ariola Express
German label Label Code: LC 8637 / LC 08637
Inside Out Music
German label that is sometimes noted as Inside Out, InsideOut Music and recently as InsideOutMusic. Label Code: LC 1414 / LC 01414 The GVL registered label name is "InsideOut Music". NOTE...
Europa
German label. Label Code: LC 0967 / LC 00967 Founded in 1965 by Andreas E. Beurmann, Wilhelm Wille and David L. Miller, best known for its radioplays, but also has a history fo...
Bertelsmann Schallplattenring
German club label Label Code: LC 0565 / LC 00565 Bertelsmann Schallplattenring was founded by on 1 July 1956 as a supplement club label to the Bertelsmann Lesering book sales club. Si...
Baccarola
German label Label Code: LC 0124 / LC 00124 Previously owned by , now owned by . The literal suffixes denotes a price code, exemplary from the Ariola Gesamtverzeichnis 1961/62: ...
Signal (2)
Europe Label Code: LC 05831
Diamant
German bargain label. Label Code: LC 4031 / LC 04031 Previous label owners: - Walter H. Schmitz KG () -
Herzklang
Herzklang or Herz Klang is a German label. Label Code: LC 6517 / LC 06517
Discoton
German club label. Label Code: LC 0530 / LC 00530 Please use just as Label. Discoton was the record label for classical pop and entertainment music of the German record club [l602...
105 Music
Labelcode: LC 12465 Joint Venture label founded 2003 by and .
Sony Music Media
Multinational label. Label Code: LC 2604 / LC 02604 Sony's general brand for commercial compilations of any style. Also often referred to as its acronym "SMM", but [b]not to be confused wi...
Ariola Montana
German label Label Code: LC 5723 / LC 05723 The label was launched in 1978 by German music impresario and to promote French artists signed to Beierlein's in Germany ...
Comfort Sounds
Spassgesellschaft
German comedy label. Label Code: LC 12735
Europa Exquisit
German label founded by in 1973. Label Code: LC 4051 / LC 04051 Used mainly for license recordings; most releases from 1973 / 1974. The label was purple and white and contains the Euro...
Orbis (2)
German club label. Label Code: LC 0292 / LC 00292 "Orbis - Musik der Welt" was the record label for classical music of the German record club . The label is now owned by .
Contact Label
Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH Bülowstraße 80 10783 Berlin Germany Phone: +49(0)30 – 13888 – 0 E-Mail: kontakt@sonymusic.com [Previous address] Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH Balanstraße 73, Haus 31 81541 München Federal Republic of Germany Tel: +49 (0)89 540 222-0 E-Mail: CorporateCommunicationsGSA(at)sonymusic.com