Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment (abbreviated as SME, or commonly known as simply Sony Music) is a group of 4 major record labels, including Columbia, Epic, Arista and RCA. It is the music division of the Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. The company was created on January 1, 1991 after Sony purchased Columbia Records and its international arm from CBS Inc. and Laurence Tisch for $2 billion on November 17, 1987 and the sale was completed on January 5, 1988. They were later granted a temporary license to use the CBS name until the rename of the mentioned date.
==Sony Music Entertainment (first era)==
===1991–2004, 2008–2009===
The 1991 logo was reintroduced after the dissolution of Sony BMG on December 1, 2008.
====1992====
This logo was also used by its Japanese counterpart, only with "Music" added here.
====1998, 2009–present====
==Sony BMG Music Entertainment==
===2004–2008===
==Sony Music Entertainment (second era)==
===2009–2023===
An entirely new logo was unveiled in March 2009, with a red brushstroke symbol.
===2023–present===
A new logo was unveiled on November 3rd, 2023. It replaced the brushstroke symbol with a circular pattern of red dots, but the text remained the same.
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