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Sony Music Latin

American record label

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Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC (often referred to as Sony Music Latin) is an American record label owned by Sony Music. The label focuses on artists of Latin music. Sony Latin was also a division of the Sony Discos label.

01History

In 1979, CBS Records (now Columbia Records) ended its partnership with Caytronics after eleven years of distribution. CBS established its own division for Latin music in 1980 called CBS Discos (also known as Discos CBS). In 1988, CBS Records was acquired by Sony and its Latin division was renamed to Sony Discos in 1991. In 2003, Sony Discos was re-branded as Sony Norte following the departure of former Sony Discos president Oscar Llord. A year later, Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) merged with Sony Music and Sony Norte was renamed to Sony BMG Norte. After BMG sold its assets in 2008, Sony BMG Norte was retitled to its current name Sony Music Latin in 2009. Alex Gallardo is the current President of Sony Music Latin.

The logo used until 2023
The logo used until 2023

02Labels distributed by Sony Music Latin

03List of artists on Sony Music Latin

This is a list of artist currently signed to Sony Music Latin.

04List of former artists on Sony Music Latin

These are artists who were formerly signed to Sony Music Latin.

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List of Sony Music labels

This is a list of record labels owned by, or associated with Sony Music Entertainment. According to the Sony Music official website, the main labels are Columbia Records, RCA Records, Epic Records, Arista Records, Legacy Recordings, Alamo Records, AWAL, Santa Anna Records, Ultra Records, Sony Music Latin, Sony Masterworks, Provident Label Group, and Sony Classical, as well as the Nashville divisions of the first four named.