Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is the record label operated by
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
in Chennai, India. The company began operation in 1997, and it was the first record company in India to be 100% foreign-owned, with Sony being a Japanese corporation. From December 2013 to March 2020, the company distributed
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...
releases for Indian and SAARC market, until the Warner Music India division was created. Sony Music India is the largest foreign-owned music label in India, and the country's second largest record label overall with up to 25% share of the
Indian music market, after
T-Series, and ahead of
Zee Music
Zee is the phonetic pronunciation of the letter Z in American English ("zed" in Commonwealth English).
Zee may also refer to:
People
*Zee (徐), a Wu Chinese surname, an equivalent of Xu
*Anthony Zee (b. 1945), Chinese-American physicist
* Chi ...
which Sony has a partnership with.
Sony Music South is affiliated with Sony Music India and it is specifically made for South Indian albums.
Hindi films
Hindi non-films
This is the incomplete list
Tamil films
Sony Music holds the soundtrack rights of above 200 Tamil movies.
Telugu films
Malayalam films
Kannada films
Bengali films
Punjabi films
Punjabi non films
References
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Sony Music
Record label distributors
Companies based in Chennai
Indian record labels
Indian music record labels
Record labels established in 1997
1997 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Indian companies established in 1997