What is Sony Music Entertainment?
{{Use mdy dates|date = June 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Sony Music Entertainment | logo = Sony Music Entertainment Logo 2023.svg | image = Metropolitan Life North Building, Manhattan, New York City.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Sony Music Entertainment's headquarters in 25 Madison Avenue, [[New York City]] | former_names = [[American Record Corporation]] (1929–1938)<br />[[Columbia Records|Columbia Records, USA]] (1938–1957)<br />CBS Records (1957–1991)<br />Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (first incarnation; 1991–2004)<br />[[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]] (2004–2008) | type = Subsidiary (incorporated as a [[general partnership]]) | industry = [[Music industry|Music]], [[Entertainment]] | predecessor = [[Victor Talking Machine]] (1906–1924)<br />[[RCA Victor]] (1924–1985)<br />[[Ariola Records]] (1937–1985)<br />[[RCA Ariola]] (1985–1988)<br />[[BMG Ariola]] (1988–1994)<br />[[BMG Music]] (1994–2004) | genre = Various | founded = {{Start date and age|1929|9|9}} | location = [[Metropolitan Life North Building|25 Madison Avenue]] | hq_location_city = [[New York City]] | hq_location_country = United States | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = [[Rob Stringer]]<br />{{small|(CEO)}} | products = Music and entertainment | revenue = {{increase}} US${{Format price|8858000000}} <ref name= FY2020>[[FY (fiscal year)|FY]] 2020 revenue & operating income: {{cite web| url=https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/20q4_sonypre.pdf| title= Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2021| publisher= Sony| location= Tokyo, Japan| page= 18| date= April 28, 2021| access-date= April 28, 2021}}</ref> | revenue_year = FY 2020 | operating_income = {{increase}} US${{Format price| 1742000000}} <ref name= FY2020 /> | income_year = FY 2020 | owner = [[Sony|Sony Group Corporation]]<br />(1988–present)<br /> [[Tencent]] (44%) | num_employees = 8,500 | num_employees_year = 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Working At Sony Music Entertainment: Employee Reviews and Culture |url=https://www.zi