Company Introduction

Sony Music Entertainment is the music business group of Japan's Sony Corporation, formerly Sony BMG. Music Entertainment).

Sony Music (Sony Music) and BMG (BMG), the music department of the German media group Bertel***ann AG, were established in November 2004. The headquarters is Located in New York, USA, it is the third largest music record company in the world. In Japan, Sony Music Group Japan is independent from the global Sony BMG, but BMG JAPAN is directly under the global Sony BMG Group.

On August 5, 2008, Sony announced the acquisition of the other 50% equity of Sony Boardman held by Boardman (also translated as Bertelsmann), and it officially took effect on October 1, Sony Board Sony became a 100% US subsidiary of Sony and changed its name back to "Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SME)"

In April 2012, Sony acquired the world's top five record labels for US$2.2 billion The company's EMI Records. By this time, Sony will own one-third of the world's music copyrights. Representative artists

Yu Chengqing, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Miley Hsiao (ELVA), Liu Yifei, Chen Kun, Fei Yuqing, Caihua Sweet Mama, F4, Beyonce, Avril Lavigne ( Avril), four brothers, etc.

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Chen Jiawei, Cai Minyou, Chen Kun, cauliflower sweet mother Cui Jian

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Dai Ailing, Du Huajin

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F4 Fei Yuqing

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Han Xue, Huang Yi, Hu Xia

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Kang Kangke Zhendong

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Li Yifeng Li Quan Liu Yifei Lu Xuerui Lu Yao

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Nanquan mother Ni Ruisi

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Su Xing

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Wang Lanfei, Wang Leehom WOW, Wang Ruolin and Wang Ye< /p>

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Also: In 2010, Sony Records cooperated with the Taiwanese variety show Super Avenue of Stars to provide the winner with a record contract. On May 14, 2010, Hu Xia, a 19-year-old music-loving Guangxi kid, won the championship and got a contract with Sony Records; three potential outstanding players, Du Huajin, a Beijing girl from Starlight Class 6 who was runner-up and Zeng Zhihao, who was tenth, were also favored and signed with Sony Records. Artist introduction

Chen Jiawei is a Taiwanese female singer. Her main works include Who's Renee and Miracle. Can create and dance.

Minyou Tsai is a well-known idol singer-songwriter from Taiwan who debuted in 2006.

Chen Kun is a mainland Chinese actor. In 1995, he was admitted to the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe as a soloist. In 2000, he graduated from the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy with a grade of 96.

Dai Ailing mainly refers to the famous Taiwanese female singer-Ailing Tai in contemporary times.

F4 is a Taiwanese men's group whose members include Yan Chengxu, Wu Jianhao, Zhu Xiaotian and Zhou Yimin.

Su Xing is a new generation super popular idol in Mainland China.

The 2007 Happy Boys runner-up is a singer-songwriter, actor and host all in one. Fans are called alert. In 2008, he released his first EP "Autumn". Joined Sony Music in 2009. The release of his first personal original album "Missing Style" in 2010 had a great impact. In 2011, the second personal original album "Progress" was released and was well received by fans, which continued to increase its popularity. With her superb dancing skills, Su Xing participated in Hunan Satellite TV's Dance Miracle and lived up to expectations and won the runner-up. And with his excellent eloquence and fluent English ability, he has hosted many programs on Hunan Satellite TV. He is recognized as an all-around high-quality idol who can sing, dance, create, host and act.

Huang Yi is a famous actress in mainland China and graduated from the Film and Drama Department of Shanghai Oriental Culture Institute.

Kang Kang Taiwan variety show host.

Li Quan graduated from the Piano and Composition Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and is a well-known music producer in China

Liu Yifei was born in Wuhan, her father is a university professor and her mother is a dancer.

Lu Xuerui’s experience: Global Rookie King, Spicy Queen’s Palace, Taiwan TV New Year’s Eve special program, CCTV program (mainland)

Ni Ruisi participated in the National Singer Competition in 2000

Nanquan Mama and their group are a creative talent group certified by Jay Chou.

Caihua Sweet Mama (Cai Hongping) was the runner-up in the second season of China’s Got Talent

Wang Lanfei was a major newcomer to the Chinese music scene in 2009.

Leehom Wang was born in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province. He is a Chinese-American pop song composer, a famous male singer and a record producer. He is now a director. "Love Announcement" broke the box office of the director's debut. He has also made great contributions to public welfare and is caring. And he created a unique chinked-out music style. Combining Eastern opera and Western hip-hop. Now involved in film career.

WOW 2010 Asia's Most Attracted Perfect Flower Boy 2 in 1 AK

Wang Ruolin It was her father Wang Zhiping who opened the door to Joanna's music, but it also brought invisible pressure.

Xiao Hongren participated in the Five Lantern Awards in 1996 and won the championship five times in ten months and four years of folk song restaurant singing

Jerry Yan, a famous Taiwanese actor and singer, was famous for his performance in the Taiwan version in 2001 In "Meteor Garden", he successfully portrayed the corner of Daoming Temple and became famous.

Yang Naiwen is a Taiwanese pop rock singer who has won the Golden Melody Award.

Zhang Xuan is a Taiwanese singer whose real name is Jiao Anpu.

Zhou Yumin was born on June 9, 1981, his English name is Vic Chou, a native of Yilan, Taiwan. He is a singer, actor, and a member of F4.

You Hongming is a talented singer-songwriter who sings soul-soothing songs with a unique magnetic voice and creates the most beautiful "You's Love Song" with his heart.

Fei Yuqing, the golden-voiced singer, is an ICON of Chinese pop music. With his unique singing voice, he stands out from different generations. In 2010, on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of his debut and the 100th concert in Taiwan, Fei Yuqing officially joined Sony.

Wang Ye was among the top seven in the National Happy Boys Awards in 2010. The first EP "Warm as Wild" has been released, carefully produced by Sony.

Hu Xia is the sixth overall winner of the Super Avenue of Stars and the first mainland singer to win the championship in Taiwan’s talent show. The first solo album "Hu Aixia" has been released, and the second album "Randian" was released on February 24, 2012. His voice is clean and clear, and he is known as the "Prince of Clear Spring". He is very popular in Taiwan and the Mainland. He served as the lead singer of the theme song "Those Years" in the movie "The Girls We Chased Together" and became an instant hit with "Those Years". He swept through major award ceremonies on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places, won numerous awards, and became the hottest newcomer. singer. In 2012, he entered the big screen, and his debut film "Sad Fairy Tale" was released, and his acting skills were outstanding. Company History

CBS Period

Columbia Records, founded in 1888, is currently the oldest record label in the world. record label, established in the District of Columbia and named after the District of Columbia. Columbia initially sold Edison's phonographs and phonograph cylinders in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Delaware.

In 1893, Edison and the North American Phonograph Company ceased sales and phonograph manufacturing in Columbia.

In 1938, it was acquired by its subsidiary CBS for US$700,000. It belongs to the American CBS Film and Television Group together with Columbia Tristar Productions.

CBS/Sony period

In 1968, Japan's Sony Corporation took a stake and was reorganized into CBS/Sony Records.

Sony Columbia Period

In January 1988, under the leadership of Akio Morita, Sony successively acquired the film and music departments of CBS, making CBS/Sony 100% the music department of Sony. , and changed its name to Sony Music. The official Chinese name is "Sony Columbia Music Entertainment", or "Xinli Music" in short.

The Sony Boardman Period

In November 2004, led by Howard Stringer, then chairman of Sony USA, Sony Music and the global media giant Boardman’s music The divisions BMG Music merged to form Sony Boardman Music Entertainment on a 50-50 basis.

Sony Music Period

On August 5, 2008, Sony announced the acquisition of the other 50% equity of Sony Boardman held by Boardman, becoming a 100% US subsidiary of Sony. And changed its name back to "Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SMEI)". Industry status

Looking at today's Chinese music scene, Sony Records has become the well-deserved ace boss with its strong strength and golden lineup of many Chinese first-line singers. Sony Records established Sony Columbia Music Co., Ltd. in Taipei in the early 1990s to enter the Chinese music scene. Different from the mainstream Hong Kong and Taiwan pop music at that time, Sony Records entered the Chinese market with a popular Westernized music route.

Throughout the 1990s, Sony Records boldly introduced Western pop music elements such as R&B. From the first signing of Hu Chengqing to the later Coco Lee, Ke Yimin and Wang Leehom, they all adhered to the international music route without exception. Coupled with the good quality of records by Meng Tingwei, Peng Ling, Lin Zhixuan and others, Sony's record business was beginning to take shape in the late 1990s. Sony Records ushered in a truly glorious period after two thousand years. Not only did it create the idol myth of F4, but it also spent a lot of money to recruit people and build SONY's "top flagship" with fashionable and diverse styles. In two years, they obtained the record distribution rights of Jay Chou of "Alfa Music" and Faye Wong of "Silver Fish Music" in one fell swoop, acquiring two absolute aces in the Chinese music industry.

In 2005, Liu Yifei, the most popular female star of the year for the past three years, was signed. At present, Sony Records has male singers Adu, Wang Leehom, Lai Ming, Wu Sikai, and Yu Chengqing. The idols have their own emphasis. Female singers Faye Wong, Jolin Tsai, Rainie Yang, Liu Yifei, Karen Mok, Coco Lee, both new and old have distinctive personalities. Idol groups F4, Komi The boy is even more closely following the young customer base and has the courage to sign a contract with the world’s oldest cauliflower sugar mummy. Compared with other big companies, Sony Records has more elite troops and strong generals, and the respective promotions of many big names are also quite successful. Strong capital, keeping up with the mainstream, diversified music, detailed market, and being targeted are the success of Sony Records, which also allows them to successfully stand at the commanding heights of the Chinese music scene. However, there have always been objections to Sony's positioning of high-priced records, but for Sony Records, which is known for its scale and singers.

Sony and Bertelsmann jointly announced in New York on the morning of August 5, 2008. According to information announced by both parties, Sony spent US$1.2 billion to acquire the 50% stake in SonyBMG held by Bertelsmann. In addition to the other 50% of the shares originally held by Sony, SonyBMG will be wholly owned by Sony in the future. All artists under the original SonyBMG The copyright will be transferred to Sony, and SonyBMG will be renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc. At the same time, all Bertelsmann digital music distribution channels will continue to serve Sony for another six years.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that music has always been Sony's most valued asset, and this successful acquisition allows Sony to better integrate music and related electronic products.

However, Bertelsmann did not completely lose all SonyBMG copyrights. They retained the European management rights of about 200 artists. These artists will be operated by the BMG label owned by Bertelsmann, and their works will also be Distributed by Sony Corporation.

SonyBMG was formed by the merger of two major record companies, Sony (called Sony Records in Asia) and BMG at the end of 2004. This was one of the biggest news in the record industry that year. After this transaction, Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Jive Records, RCA Records and Zomba, formerly SonyBMG's sub-labels, were all brought under Sony's umbrella.

The outlook remains quite optimistic. Controversial Issues

Sony Boardman Merger Dispute

On July 13, 2006, the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg overturned the EU’s 2004 decision on Sony Music and Boardman The approval of the BMG merger puts Sony BMG, the world's second largest record company, in danger of being split up. In this historic judgment, the European Court of First Instance stated that the European Commission, which approved the merger at the time, only conducted a very cursory examination of the consequences of the merger. The Commission did not provide sufficient evidence to legally prove that "the two were not together before the merger." There is a dominant market position, and this possibility does not exist after the merger." The ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union means that Sony Music and BMG will resubmit their merger plans to the EU, and the new plans will include current market conditions. The European Commission will review the merger of Japan's Sony Music and Germany's BMG.

XCP Copy Protection Software Controversy

In October 2005, Mark Russinovich, who worked for Sysinternals, revealed that music CDs sold by Sony BMG used a so-called It is a rootkit hacking technique that installs digital copyright management software (DRM) on the user's computer without knowing the user. This software was developed by the British company First 4 Inter and is called Extended Copy Protection (XCP) software. It is difficult for ordinary users to detect and remove. In many countries, it is illegal to install software without informing users, causing serious security hazards to the user's system and affecting the performance of the user's system.

The original removal software provided by Sony Boardman installed another program called dial-home after removing the rootkit. This created another bigger safety hazard and made Sony Boardman even more controversial. Sony Boardman finally offers a true removal software and recycling of XPC-containing music CDs. At the same time, Sony Boardman also faced several related legal proceedings. In November 2006, Sony BMG successively settled with courts in various states in the United States. After admitting that it installed anti-piracy technology on music CDs, Sony BMG would pay 39 states *** an amount of US$4.25 million a year as settlement and compensation. $175 per consumer whose CDs were damaged because they were played on a computer.