Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. SMEA also formerly published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony Imagesoft and Sony Electronic Publishing Europe until 1995. Sony Music Entertainment Australia as of July 2017 also runs British multimedia

Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio. James ...

Recordings' Australian operations on behalf of

Sony Music UK Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainme ...

, taking over from recently renamed TMRW Music, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Ministry of Sound until 2004.

Current artists

The follow is a list of artists current signed to Sony Music Australia: *

AC/DC AC/DC (stylised as ACϟDC) are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm Young, Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and Heavy metal ...

* A.D.K.O.B * Adam Harvey * Amy Shark *

Becca Hatch Rebecca Hatch, known by her stage name Becca Hatch, is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter from Sydney, Australia. She signed to "Forever Ever Records", a joint venture label between Australian hip hop host Hau Latukefu and Sony Music ...

* The Belligerents * Billy Davis * Carmouflage Rose * Clews * Conrad Sewell * Cosmo's Midnight * Darling Brando * Daryl Braithwaite (also contracted to

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 ...

) * David Campbell *

Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born November 9, 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Goodrem signed to Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive week ...

(also contracted to Columbia Records) * DNA Songs * Drapht *

Elk Road Rory Garton-Smith, better known by his stage name Elk Road, is an Australian musician and record producer from Perth. He began remixing tracks from Carmada, Kaskade, Britney Spears and Charli XCX which were uploaded to his SoundCloud account ...

* Emalia * Finding Faith * Gang of Youths * Georgie Mae * Graace * Guy Sebastian (''Australian Idol'' winner, 2003) * Happiness Is Wealth * Hollow Coves * Holy Holy * Human Nature * Illy (since 2018) * Isaiah Firebrace * Jai Waetford (''X Factor'' third place, 2013) * Jessica Mauboy (''Australian Idol'' runner-up, 2006) * Joe Moore *

John Farnham John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...

* Josh Pyke * Karnivool *

Kira Puru Kira Puru is a gender-fluid Australian musician. She is of Maori descent, her father being from the Tainui tribe, and grew up in Cardiff, New South Wales, near Newcastle. Puru has been described as "Señorita, swagger and a troublemaker" by ...

Kota Banks Jessica Mimi Porfiri (born 13 October 1994), who performs as Kota Banks, is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and musician. She signed to Nina Las Vegas's label, NLV Records, in May 2017, which released Banks' ten-track extended play, ''Prize ...

Lah-Lah Lah-Lah is a five-member children's music group from Sydney, Australia. Lah-Lah has both recorded albums and filmed television content, and also performs at live events. The music of ''Lah-Lah'' ranges in styles from world music and surf-rock to ...

* Lil Tr33zy * LDRU * Maddy Jane * Mark Vincent (''Australia's Got Talent'' winner, 2009) * May-a *

Midnight Oil Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by ...

* Mike Waters *

Montaigne Michel Eyquem, Sieur de Montaigne ( ; ; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), also known as the Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a liter ...

Natalie Bassingthwaighte Natalie Bassingthwaighte (; born 1 September 1975) is an Australian recording artist, actress, and Celebrity, television personality. Born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, she began her career in musical theatre. She later pursued an ...

* Northeast Party House * O'Shea * The Paper Kites * Peking Duk * Pete Murray * Peter Garrett * Pinkish Blu * Rival Fire * Robinson * Roland Tings * Ruel * RÜFÜS DU SOL * Samantha Jade (''X Factor'' winner, 2012) * Tash Sultana * Tayla Mae * Tim Wheatley * Tones and I *

Triple One Triple One are a hip hop/rap group from Inner West Sydney, Australia. Members include Lil Dijon (vocalist), Marty Bugatti and Obi Ill Terrors (rappers), and Billy Gunns (production). They are best known for their single "Butter", which reach ...

The Vanns The Vanns are an Australian Indie rock group formed in 2012. They released their debut album in 2019. History 2012–2018: Formation and EPs The Vanns began as a jamming group in 2012 and went onto win the 2012 Red Bull Bedroom Jam, which gav ...

* The Veronicas

Former artists

* The 1975 (under licence from Dirty Hit) * Akouo *

Alexander Biggs Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Ale ...

* Altiyan Childs (''X Factor'' winner, 2010) *

Amy Meredith Amy Meredith were a One hit wonder Australian pop band who released a self-titled EP in 2008. In 2009, having already been dropped from their label Tsubi/Ksubi, Amy Meredith signed a deal with Sony Music Australia, and released their debut sin ...

Amy Pearson Amy Elizabeth Pearson (born 19 July 1985) is an English singer-songwriter. Her debut album, " Who I Am", was released April 2008. Early life Pearson was born on 19 July 1985 in Birmingham, England. Whilst signed to a production company calle ...

(Peppermint Blue/Columbia) *

Anise K Anise Arsalon Khoshmashrab (born 20 February 1985) is an Australian "recording artist", record producer, and songwriter known by their stage name Anise K. In 2012 they was signed to Sony Music Australia, and later in 2014 signed with Cobalt Music ...

Anthony Callea Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of '' Australian Idol''. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocel ...

(''Australian Idol'' runner-up, 2004) * Ashley Burke (2013) * Augie March * ''

Australia's Got Talent ''Australia's Got Talent'' is an Australian reality television talent show. The show is based on the ''Got Talent'' series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell. The first six seasons aired on the Seven Network, from 2 ...

'' (2007–2013) * ''

Australian Idol ''Australian Idol'' is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the ''Idol'' franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program ''Pop Idol' ...

'' (2003–2009) * Axle Whitehead * '' The X Factor Australia'' (2011–2017) *

Beau Ryan Beau Ryan (born 11 May 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, television presenter, actor and singer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Ryan is also well ...

* Bella Ferraro (''X Factor'' fourth place, 2012) * Bonnie Anderson ( Australia's Got Talent winner, 2007) * Brooke Fraser * Brothers3 (''X Factor'' third place, 2014) *

Carmada Carmada is an electronic music project by Australian record producer Yahtzel (Max Armata), and formerly a duo with record producer L D R U Drew Carmody, better known by his stage name L D R U, is an Australian DJ and record producer. His fir ...

* Casey Donovan (''Australian Idol'' winner, 2004) * Kate Ceberano *

Cassie Davis Cassie Davis (born 1987) is an Australian singer and songwriter from Perth. Her debut album, '' Differently,'' was released in 2009. Biography Davis was born in Gnangara, Western Australia, the second child of a family of four. Her father, ...

* Chris Rose * Channel Seven personalities and shows * Cold Clinical Love * Coldrain * The Collective (''X Factor'' third place, 2012) * Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird * Cyrus Villanueva (''X Factor'' winner, 2015) * Dami Im (''X Factor'' winner, 2013) * Damien Leith ( Australian Idol season 4 winner) *

Dean Ray Dean Pritchard, better known by his stage name Dean Ray, is an Australian singer and songwriter. In 2014, he was the runner-up on the sixth season of ''The X Factor Australia''. Ray subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Aus ...

(''X Factor'' runner-up, 2014) * Dewayne Everettsmith * Didier Cohen * Emily Williams (''Australian Idol'' runner-up, 2005) * Georgia Perry * Geri Halliwell *

Glass Towers Glass Towers are an Australian indie rock band based in Sydney, New South Wales. The original lineup of lead vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Hannam, bassist Cameron Holdstock, drummer Daniel Muszynski and guitarist Sam Speck met and formed in a ...

* Helena * Hi-5 * Halycon Drive *

Hazlett Hazlett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Allan Hazlett, American philosopher *Bill Hazlett (1905–1978), New Zealand athlete in rugby *Charles E. Hazlett (1838–1863), U.S. Army officer, Union artillery commander killed at t ...

Hoodoo Gurus Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, ha ...

* Jack Vidgen (''Australia's Got Talent'' winner, 2011) * Jackie Onassis * Jackson McLaren * The Janoskians * Jason Owen (''X Factor'' runner-up, 2012) *

Jess & Matt Jess & Matt are a pop music duo consisting of husband and wife Jess Dunbar and Matt Price. They started out as solo artists but became a duo in 2014. Career 2015: ''The X Factor'' In 2015, Jess & Matt auditioned for season seven of ''The X Fact ...

(''X Factor'' third place, 2015) * Jezzabell Doran *

Johnny Ruffo John Patrick Ruffo (born 8 March 1988) is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and television presenter notable for being a finalist on the The X Factor (Australia season 3), third season of ''The X Factor (Australian TV series), The ...

(''X Factor'' third place, 2011) *

Jordan Jansen Jordan Jansen (born 12 March 1998) is an Australian pop singer from Gold Coast, Queensland.

* JOY *

Justice Crew Justice Crew is an Australian dance and music group consisting of John and Len Pearce, Lukas Bellesini, Paul Merciadez, Samson Smith, and Solo Tohi. Although the group is Australian, members Samson and Solo are from New Zealand. The group origin ...

( Australia's Got Talent winners 2010) * Kate DeAraugo (''Australian Idol'' winner, 2005) * Kate Miller-Heidke * Katie Noonan * Kaz James *

Kids of 88 Kids of 88 were a New Zealand new wave duo based in Auckland, New Zealand, consisting of Jordan Arts and Sam McCarthy. They are best known for their 2009 single, " My House". They have since signed through Dryden Street to Sony Music and re ...

* Krill * Kyle Bielfield * Leony * Little Sea * Lovers Electric *

The Lulu Raes ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

* M4sonic * Marcus Santoro * Marlisa Punzalan (''X Factor'' winner, 2014) * Matthew Hardy * Max & Bianca *

Michael Paynter Michael Paynter (born 29 January 1986), is an Australian singer-songwriter. Paynter has released five singles, " Closer", "A Victim Song", " Love the Fall", "How Sweet It Is" and "Weary Stars". Paynter competed in the second season of ''The Vo ...

* Miracle * Missy Lancaster * Mr. Little Jeans * MuteMath *

Natalie Gauci Natalie Rose Gauci (born 26 November 1981) is an Australian musician, producer and teacher. Gauci undertook music tuition at the Victorian College of the Arts, formed her own band that played gigs in Melbourne, while also working as a music te ...

(''Australian Idol'' winner, 2007) * Nathaniel Willemse (''X Factor'' finalist, 2012) * ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' (1989–2011) *

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

(1989–2011) * Old Man River * Olivia Newton-John * Paulini (''Australian Idol'' fourth place, 2003) *

The Prodigy The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band formed in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by producer, keyboard player and songwriter Liam Howlett. The original line-up also featured dancer and singer Keith Flint and dancer and occasional l ...

(1992-2004; licensed from XL Recordings) * Tim Freedman * Rachael Beck * Reece Mastin (''X Factor'' winner, 2011) * Reigan Derry (''X Factor'' fourth place, 2014) * Rogue Traders *

Scarlett Belle Scarlett Belle was an Australian pop duo formed in 2007, that initially consisted of Tamara Jaber, Reigan Derry and Hayley Aitken. Aitken left the group in 2008, leaving them as a duo. Scarlett Belle's debut single " Closure" was released in Jun ...

* Stan Walker ( Australian Idol winner, 2009) * Taylor Henderson (''X Factor'' runner up, 2013) * Shannon Noll (''Australian Idol'' runner-up, 2003) *

Skybombers Skybombers is a rock band from Melbourne. They were formed as Collusion by Scotch College students Hugh Gurney, Ravi Sharma, Scott McMurtrie and Sam Bethune. They later changed to Skybombers, a name inspired by an icy-pole. Their placing a demo s ...

* Small Mercies * ''

So Fresh ''So Fresh'' is an Australian compilation album series. It began in 2000, as a joint venture from Sony Music Australia, Sony, Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG (later merged into Sony) and Universal Music Australia, Universal, replacing the prior ...

'' compilation albums (previously joint with

Universal Music Australia Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd. (UMA) is the largest Australian music corporation. It is a division of the Universal Music Group. Universal Music Australia's corporate headquarters are located in Sydney, Australia. Labels Universal Musi ...

) * '' Smoothfm'' compilation albums * '' So You Think You Can Dance Australia'' (2008–2010) * Straalen McCallum * Syndicate * The Ten Tenors *

Third Degree ''Third Degree'' is a 1986 album by Johnny Winter and the final one of the trilogy he made for Alligator Records. For the occasion Winter temporarily reunited with Tommy Shannon and Uncle Red Turner, who were the rhythm section on his first thr ...

(''X Factor'' fourth place, 2013) * Tim Omaji (''

'' third place, 2011) * Tonight Alive * The Vines * Wes Carr (''Australian Idol'' winner, 2008) * The Wiggles * Young Divas *

Young Men Society Young Men Society are an Australian boy band consisting of members Andi Tahta, Josh Fonmosa and Nathan Tamati. They rose to fame as grand finalists on the third season of ''The X Factor Australia'' in 2011. The group later signed with Sony Mus ...

(''X Factor'' finalist, 2011) * Way of the Eagle * Will Sparks

Sony sub labels

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 ...
/ CBS Records

* Daryl Braithwaite *

Cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

* Craig Maclachlan & Check 1/2 * Died Pretty * Matt Finish *

* Moscos & Stone * Nikka Costa * The Atlantics * The Fan Club * Tina Arena * Uncanny X-Men * Wa Wa Nee

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...

* CDB *

INXS INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboar ...

* Serious Young Insects * The Poor

RCA Records

* ABBA *

Chicks Incorporated Chicks Incorporated were an Australian dance rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland in 1977. Their sound was largely derived from American soul, funk, pop, rock and disco. Starting out as an almost all-female band with guitarist Chris Mitchell ...

* Divinyls * Girl Overboard * Girlfriend * Natalie Imbruglia *

Max Merritt & The Meteors Maxwell James Merritt (30 April 1941 – 24 September 2020) was a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who was renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B. As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors, his best known hits are " Slipp ...

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* Solid Citizens * Southern Sons * You Am I

Ariola Records

Bodyjar Bodyjar are an Australian pop punk band which formed in 1990. They began performing under the name Bodyjar in 1994; their previous names included Damnation (1990–91) and Helium (1992–93). The latter group released an album, ''You Can't Hold ...

* Boom Crash Opera * Divinyls *

GF4 Girlfriend was an Australian girl group formed in 1991. Their debut album ''Make It Come True'' was released in 1992 and contained four ARIA top 50 singles, including the #1 hit, " Take It From Me". The group also became recognised for its fash ...

Jack Jones Jack Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *Jack Jones (American singer) (born 1938), American jazz and pop singer *Jack Jones, stage name of Australian singer Irwin Thomas (born 1971) *Jack Jones (Welsh musician) (born 1992), Welsh mu ...

Art Records (via
BMG BMG may refer to: Organizations * Music publishing companies: Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008 * Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that wa ...
)

Custard Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency fro ...

Melissa James Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''M ...

* Ratcat * The Screaming Jets * Wendy Matthews * You Am I

Gotham Records, Transistor, JVC (via BMG)

* Bachelor Girl * Trial Kennedy * Merril Bainbridge *

Nikki Webster Nicole Marie Webster (born 30 April 1987) is an Australian pop singer. She is best known for her role in performing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics opening ceremony and her song "Strawberry Kisses", which made number 21 on the list of Top 2 ...

* Katie Underwood * Vanessa Amorosi

References

External links

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