Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

Sub-label of Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH

9 releases 20 sub-labels 1995–2021

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)

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