Sony Music India
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Genre | Various |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | , |
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| Owner | Sony |
| Parent | Sony Music |
| Subsidiaries | Sony Music South |
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| Subscribers | 61.5 million[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Total views | 31.2 billion[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 24 August, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is the record label operated by Sony in Mumbai, Maharashtra, 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 releases for Indian and SAARC market, until the Warner Music India division was created.[2] Sony Music India is the largest foreign-owned music label in India, and the country's second largest record label overall. It has a 25% share of the Indian music market, after T-Series, and ahead of Zee Music Company, which Sony has a partnership with. [3][4]
Sony Music South is affiliated with Sony Music India and it is specifically made for South Indian movie and independent albums. They are currently working out of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Hindi films
[edit]Hindi non-films
[edit]This is the incomplete list
| Year | Album(s) | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Dance Masti | Instant Karma |
| Duniya | Raageshwari | |
| Jogi - The Ultimate Remix Album | Anaida, Mehnaz, Piyush Soni | |
| Vande Mataram | A.R. Rahman | |
| 1998 | Deewane To Deewane Hai | Shweta Shetty |
| Kismat | Sonu Nigam | |
| Na Jaane | Nitin Bali | |
| Sawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag | Mika Singh | |
| Lolipop | Bina Mistry | |
| Maa | Sagarika | |
| Sifar | Lucky Ali | |
| The Way We Do It | Colonial Cousins | |
| Tunak Tunak Tun | Daler Mehndi | |
| 1999 | Pal | Krishna Kumar Kunnath |
| Mausam | Mehnaz Hoosein | |
| Sonu Nigam | ||
| Return of Dance Masti | Instant Karma | |
| 2000 | Kaisa Yeh Jadoo | Bela Shende |
| Gulzar’s Sunset Point | Vishal | |
| Aks | Lucky Ali | |
| 2001 | Tum Aaye | Hariharan, Alka Yagnik |
| Mere Liye | Vocalist(s): Sagarika, Shaan, Zubeen Garg Backing Vocalist(s): Suchitra Pillai | |
| 2002 | Mahalakshmi | Mahalakshmi Iyer |
| Dance Masti Again | Instant Karma | |
| Yeh Bhi Woh Bhi | A Band of Boys | |
| 2003 | Chalo India | Various |
| 2004 | Jeet Lo Dil | Strings and Euphoria |
| 2005 | Tera Intezaar | Rahul Vaidya |
| 2021 | ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 Official Anthem - Single | Amit Trivedi, Sharvi Yadav & Anand Bhaskar (lyricist: Kausar Munir) |
Tamil films
[edit]Sony Music holds the soundtrack rights of over 200 Tamil movies.
Telugu films
[edit]Malayalam films
[edit]| Year | Movie(s) |
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| 2015 | Amar Akbar Anthony |
| 2017 | The Sound Story |
| Rosapoo | |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2012 | Yuvvh Album |
Kannada films
[edit]| Year | Movie(s) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Nagarahavu |
| 2018 | Dhwaja |
Bengali films
[edit]| Year | Movie(s) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Colkatay Columbus |
| 2022 | Kacher Manush |
| 2023 | Manobjomin |
| Doctor Bakshi |
Punjabi films
[edit]| Year | Movie |
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| 2014 | Mundeyan Ton Bachke Rahin |
| 2019 | Do Dooni Panj |
Punjabi non films
[edit]| Album(s) |
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| Landers Punjabi |
| Cut Like A Diamond |
| This Is Hardy Sandhu |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Sony Music India". YouTube.
- ^ Sony to Represent Warner Music in India. Hollywood Reporter (31 December 1969). Retrieved on 2017-01-27.
- ^ Hu, Cherie (23 September 2017). "How India, The Global Music Industry's Sleeping Giant, Is Finally Waking Up". Forbes.
- ^ Malvania, Urvi (21 April 2014). "Sony Music eyes numero uno position in India". Business Standard.
