Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC (often referred to as Sony Music Latin) is a record label owned by Sony Music. The label focuses on artists of Latin music.

History

In 1979, CBS Records (now

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

) ended its partnership with Caytronics after eleven years of distribution. CBS established its own division for Latin music in 1980 called CBS Discos (also known as Discos CBS). In 1988, CBS Records was acquired by Sony and its Latin division was renamed to Sony Discos in 1991. In 2003, Sony Discos was re-branded as Sony Norte following the departure of former Sony Discos president

Oscar Llord Oscar Joseph Llord (born July 25, 1957) is a Latin music entertainment executive, producer and businessman. He is the owner of We R 1 Music Group. Llord headed Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment's Latin division (the Sony Discos ...

. A year later,

Bertelsmann Music Group Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music com ...

(BMG) merged with Sony Music and Sony Norte was renamed to Sony BMG Norte. After BMG sold its assets in 2008, Sony BMG Norte was retitled to its current name Sony Music Latin in 2009. Alex Gallardo is the current President of Sony Music Latin.

Labels distributed by Sony Music Latin

* Pina Records *

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* Top Stop Music * Anval Music *

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List of artists on Sony Music Latin

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Carlos Vives Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...

* Charlie Zaa * Chayanne * ChocQuibTown * CNCO *

Cristian Castro Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ...

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* Draco Rosa *

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* Diego Boneta * Diego Torres * Dyland & Lenny *

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* Ednita Nazario *

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...

* Emilia * Farina * F.A.N.S. *

Fortuna La Super F Israel Domingo Rodriguez De La Cruz (born April 5, 1992), known professionally as Fortuna La Súper F, is a Dominican singer-songwriter and record producer from Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At a young age, Fortuna took an in ...

* Franco De Vita * Farruko *

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* Gente de Zona * Gerardo Ortiz * Gilberto Santa Rosa *

Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan (; born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been ...

* Ha*Ash * Héctor el Father * Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas *

Il Volo Il Volo (; Italian for "The Flight") is an Italian operatic pop trio, consisting of baritone Gianluca Ginoble, and tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto. They describe their music as "popera". Having won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, the ...

* Jenni Rivera *

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* Julio Iglesias * Kany García * Kally's Mashup * Lali * Lapiz Conciente *

Leslie Shaw Leslie Ann Shaw Thays (born 27 February 1989), formerly musically known as Shaw, is a Peruvian singer, model, dancer and actress. She is best known for representing Peru in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival and being the Runner-u ...

* Leslie Grace * Lila Downs * Limi-T 21 *

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* Luis Coronel * Maluma * Mau y Ricky *

Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. A three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Gra ...

* Michel Teló * Miguel * Natalia Jiménez * Natalia Lafourcade * Nicky Jam * Noriel * OV7 * Ozuna * Pabllo Vittar * Paloma Mami * Pedro Capó * Pee Wee * Pizá * Prince Royce * Rauw Alejandro * Raquel Sofía * Reik * Ricardo Montaner * Ricky Martin * Jean Rodríguez * Río Roma * Roberto Carlos * Romeo Santos * Samo *

Sasha, Benny y Erik Sasha, Benny y Erik are a pop supergroup from Mexico. The group was formed by 3 former members of the Mexican pop group Timbiriche, consisting of Sasha Sokol, Benny Ibarra and Erik Rubin who are close friends in real life. With much anticipati ...

* Shakira *

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* Thalía * Tini * Víctor Manuelle *

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* Wisin * Yandel * Yuri

List of former artists on Sony Music Latin

These are artists who were formerly signed on to Sony Music Latin. * Aleks Syntek * Alejandro Fernández * Alexis & Fido *

Amaia Montero Amaia Montero Saldías (; born 26 August 1976) is a Spanish singer and songwriter mainly known as the former vocalist of the Spanish pop-band La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007. Amaia has sung in a variety of languages, including Basqu ...

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Banda Machos Banda Machos is a Regional Mexican band originally from Villa Corona, in the state of Jalisco. The band specializes in the Technobanda genre. They are best known for popularizing the Quebradita dancing style that became popular in the 1990s i ...

* Beatriz Luengo * Camila (currently signed to Sony Music Mexico) * Chambao *

Celia Cruz Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a naturalized Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during t ...

(Sony Discos) * Charlie Masso *

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* Da' Zoo * Daddy Yankee * Danny Rivera * Eddie Santiago (Sony Discos) *

El Canto del Loc EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...

El Compa Chuy EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...

El Compa Sacra, El Ultimo Razo EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...

* El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico * Estopa * Elvis Crespo * Fito Páez * Grupo Manía (Sony Discos) * Grupo Escolta * Gustavo Cerati * Gusttavo Lima * Ha*Ash * Hombres G *

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* Intocable * Ivy Queen (Sony Discos) * Jaci Velasquez (Sony Discos) * Jerry Rivera * Jorge Celedón & Jimmy Zambrano (currently signed on to Sony Music Colombia) * José Feliciano *

José Luis Rodríguez José Luis Rodríguez may refer to: * José Luis Rodríguez Vélez (1915–1984), Panamanian musician *José Luis Rodríguez (singer) (born 1943), ''El Puma'', Venezuelan singer and actor *José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 1960), former Prime Mi ...

Julieta Venegas Julieta Venegas Percevault (; born November 24, 1970) is an American-born Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer who sings pop-rock-indie in Spanish. She went on to join several bands including Mexican ska band Tijuana No!. Ven ...

Julio Reyes Georgel Julio Arevalo Reyes-Rosas (born January 18, 1985), known professionally as Julio Reyes, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, musician, actor, voice coach and vocal producer. A graduate of Berklee College with a degree in vocal performance and ...

* Juan Gabriel * Juan Magán * Kalimba *

La 5ª Estación La Quinta Estación (Spanish for "The Fifth Season/Station", often spelled La 5ª Estación) was a Spanish pop/rock band composed of two musicians from Madrid: Natalia Jiménez (lead singer and harmonica) and Ángel Reyero (guitar). Pablo Domín ...

La Adictiva Banda San José de Mesillas LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

* La Mafia * Leonel García *

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Los Cuates de Sinaloa Los Cuates de Sinaloa are a Regional Mexican band that specializes in the Sierreño (music), Sierreño genre. They are led by cousins Gabriel and Nano Berrelleza, originally from La Vainilla, Sinaloa, Mexico, but currently based in Phoenix, Arizona ...

La Oreja de Van Gogh La Oreja de Van Gogh (; English: "Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh's Ear") is a Spanish Pop music, pop band from San Sebastián, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. The band's lyrics and compositions are written primarily by Xabi San Martín, and addition ...

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* Los Pikadientes De Caborca *

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* Luis Enrique (Sony Discos) * Lourdes Robles * Lunna * Martin Castillo * Mennores * NG2 * Noel Schajris *

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* NOTA *

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* Playa Limbo * Raphael *

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* Reyli * Rey Ruiz (Sony Discos) * Roberto Carlos * Rocío Dúrcal *

Santiago Cruz Santiago Cruz Vélez (born 1 February 1976) is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Early life Cruz was born on 1 February 1976 in Ibagué, Colombia, the Colombian musical capital. He was raised by his mother, his two grandmothers and 10 aunts. Af ...

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* Sheryl Rubio *

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* Tempo * UFF! * Toby Love *

Vázquez Sounds Vázquez Sounds, also known as V-Sounds, is a Mexican musical trio formed by siblings Abelardo "Abe", Gustavo "Gus" and Angie Vázquez, Angela "Angie" Vázquez originating from the city of Mexicali, Baja California, in Mexico. They are known for t ...

* Vicente Fernández * Vicentico * Voltio * Yanni * Yolandita Monge * Yomo * Yuridia

References

External links

* {{Authority control Sony Music Latin Sony Music Latin music record labels Companies based in Miami Companies based in Miami-Dade County, Florida Record labels established in 1980 1980 establishments in Florida