Sony music:
Sony Music is an American global music conglomerate owned by
Sony and incorporated as a general partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc.
through Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America,
which in turn is a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony Corporation.
Sony Music UK is owned and operated by Sony Music
Entertainment in the United Kingdom. Since 2014, Jason Iley has been Chairman
and CEO of Sony Music UK. Though owned by Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music
UK has standalone operations in the UK to promote musicians within the UK.
2014 saw Sony's best singles success for 33 years, with 11
number 1 singles. Sony Music artists won a total of five individual awards at
the BRITs 2015, including Best Female Solo Artist for Paloma Faith and Mark Ronson's
'Uptown Funk', which picked up Best British Single. Several other of the
label's artists - Foo Fighters, One Direction and Pharrell Williams - also
collected awards.
In the last three years, Sony Music UK has made key
acquisitions including forming Insanity Records with Insanity Management. Craig
David became the first artist to sign an album deal with Insanity Records. Sony
Music UK signed Robbie Williams, who released his 11th album 'The Heavy
Entertainment Show' in 2016. Jason Iley commented that the agreement was
"a once in a lifetime signing with the biggest male solo artist of our
generation.
There are many famous artist signed by Sony Music like
Michael Jackson, Beyonce, R Kelly.
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