UK-based record and holding company, operating under this name since 2 January 2009. Principal activities - production and exploitation of musical recordings through its numerous UK subsidiaries and joint ventures.
This is a company, not a label. (Please also do not confuse with Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. active from 1991 to 2004.)
Also appears as SME UK Ltd.
UK Company number: 01471066
Incorporated: 4 January 1980 as 'MBS Four Limited'
First name change: 11 March 1980 to label
Second name change: 16 June 1980 to label
Third name change: 1 April 1987 to BMG Records (UK) Ltd.
Fourth name change: 6 August 1996 to BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd.
Fifth name change: 8 April 2002 to label
Sixth name change: 1 November 2004 to label
Seventh name change: 2 January 2009 - this page
Immediate parent: Sony Music Entertainment UK Holdings Limited
Ultimate parent: Sony Group Corporation (registered in Japan)