Sony Music India

Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
GenreVarious
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Headquarters,
Key people
  • Shridhar Subramaniam (President)
  • Vinit Thakkar (Managing director)
Products
ParentSony Music
SubsidiariesSony Music South
Sony Music India
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers61.5 million[1]
Total views31.2 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers2012
1,000,000 subscribers2014
10,000,000 subscribers2018
50,000,000 subscribers2022

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.

  1. ^ a b "About Sony Music India". YouTube.
  2. ^ Sony to Represent Warner Music in India. Hollywood Reporter (31 December 1969). Retrieved on 2017-01-27.
  3. ^ Hu, Cherie (23 September 2017). "How India, The Global Music Industry's Sleeping Giant, Is Finally Waking Up". Forbes.
  4. ^ Malvania, Urvi (21 April 2014). "Sony Music eyes numero uno position in India". Business Standard.