Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Sony Music Entertainment Japan, founded 1968: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (SMEJ), also known as Sony Music Japan, is a Japanese entertainment company wholly owned by Sony Group Corporation. SMEJ's extensive operations encompass record labels, music publishing, anime production, and event organization. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, the company operates independently from the United States–based Sony Music Entertainment due to its diversity and strength in the Japanese market. Its prominent subsidiaries include Sony Music Labels, which manages and operates its various record labels; Sony Music Solutions, which provides comprehensive support services like physical distribution, merchandise sales, and event planning; and the animation production company, Aniplex. The company holds a dominant position in the Anime song market, with its artists providing songs for several series per year.
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Artists on Sony Music Entertainment Japan
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Japanese record and visual brand management company, incorporated in April 1991. Known in Japanese as 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックエンタテインメント.
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Its predecessor was CBS/Sony Records Inc., established in 1968 as a Tokyo-based 50/50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and U.S. conglomerate CBS to distribute the latter's music releases in Japan. In August 1973, the company was renamed to CBS/Sony Inc., and in 1983 to CBS/Sony Group Inc. In March 1988, four wholly owned subsidiaries were folded into CBS/Sony Group: , Inc., and International.
Until March 2007, Sony Music Japan also had its own North American sublabel, . Sony Music Japan releases now appear on Columbia or Epic in North America.
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. is wholly owned by the of Japan and independent from the US-based Sony Music Entertainment Inc. which is owned by .
Many Japanese CDs from 1991 till 2007 have a mould manufacturing print around the center hole in the HUB as 'SMJ' - please use: 'Pressed By' in LCCN.
Mastering SID codes registered to this company were L271-L280 with mould codes prefixed IFPI 45xx.
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