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26 unusual facts about Sony BMG


And the Glass Handed Kites

And the Glass Handed Kites is the fourth studio album by Danish band Mew, released 19 September 2005 in Denmark, 24 September 2005 in the United Kingdom and 25 July 2006 in the United States on Sony BMG.

Bullets and Octane

Their second album, In the Mouth of the Young, was released in April 2006 on the band's first Major Record label, Sony BMG/RCA Records.

Chresten

After he won, he was signed to Sony Music and his debut single "Let Go" charted in the Danish Singles Chart, reaching number 8.

City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra works with labels such as Decca, EMI, Sony BMG and many international film studios.

Cómplices Al Rescate: El Gran Final

Cómplices Al Rescate: El Gran Final is the third soundtrack for the Mexican television series Cómplices Al Rescate (Friends to the Rescue), it was released in Mexico by Sony BMG.

Cómplices Al Rescate: Mariana

Cómplices Al Rescate: Mariana is the second soundtrack for the Mexican television series Cómplices Al Rescate (Friends to the Rescue) and was released in Mexico by Sony BMG.

Cómplices Al Rescate: Silvana

Cómplices Al Rescate: Silvana is the first soundtrack for the Mexican television series Cómplices Al Rescate (Friends to the Rescue), it was released in Mexico by Sony BMG.

Ekin Cheng

As of 2009, Cheng has once again returned as an artist of Sony BMG.

Emre Elivar

His new CD recently released by Sony BMG with works by F. Schubert (Three Piano Pieces D 946) and R. Schumann (Symphonic Etudes op. 13) earned great reviews internationally.

Engelberg Codex

A recording with 18 pieces from the codex entitled Engelberg 314 by the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) was published in 1990 by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DHM), the label of Sony BMG predominantly devoted to preclassical music.

Glide with Me

Glided with Me is an album by Australian R&B and dance group CDB released in 1995 on Sony Music and their debut album.

Kostas Martakis

Shortly after, he was booked by Sony BMG Russia to release an English album in all the ex-soviet countries in 2008, although this never materialized and his collaboration with the Russian branch was terminated.

Shortly after his appearance on Dream Show, he signed a contract with Sony BMG Greece and released his first CD-single in the summer of 2006 titled "Panda Mazi" (Always together).

Krypteria

Ji-In Cho, was chosen as the lead vocalist for the song and Sony/BMG, decided to re-release an edited version of their first album under the same name.

María Villalón

Her album after her win was Te espero aquí by Sony BMG, although she had two pre-X Factor albums through a small Andalusian record label.

Max Koffler

In 2005, Max Koffler recorded his first studio album "taboo" together with different musicians which was released in 2008 on trigger music, a sublabel of 313JWP (distributed by Sony BMG).

Oleksiy Kuznetsov

He won two million Ukrainian hryvnias in cash prizes, as well as a musical contract with Sony Music Russia, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

Peter Kotuľa

He was in the finals of Slovensko hľadá SuperStar ("Slovakia is searching for a SuperStar") in 2005, and immediately following released a very successful album entitled Poď so mnou on Sony BMG.

Se Thelo Me Trela

"Se Thelo Me Trela" is a CD single by the popular Greek singer Kelly Kelekidou, released in November 2007 by Sony BMG.

Six Feet Above Yesterday

Six Feet Above Yesterday is the first album by Infusion on Sony BMG.

Sona Family

They went on to become the first ever desi rap group to be signed to Sony BMG, through which they released their only official album to date called "Make Some Noise" in 2007.

Ta Prota Hronia

It was released in 2005 by Sony BMG Greece and includes the songs of her first two albums: Peggy Zina and Anevaines, which are part of the BMG Greece back catalogue.

The Best of Crash Test Dummies

It is released by Sony BMG and it includes songs from both the band's BMG and independent releases.

The Pious Bird of Good Omen

In 2002, the tracks from this album were repackaged by Sony BMG and released as a new collection very closely resembling the 1971 Greatest Hits album, but with the addition of "Shake Your Moneymaker" and "Love That Burns".

Thomas Reilly

On November 30, 2005 Reilly said that he was conducting an investigation of Sony BMG over their use of the XCP Digital Rights Management DRM on Sony audio CDs.

Try It on My Own

She sang the song twice during the show, first in the final performance night as Sony BMG's choice and second in the final results night when she was crowned the winner.


Barbara Orbison

She produced Damien Leith's album, Roy: A Tribute To Roy Orbison, which was released by Sony BMG in Australia on 15 April 2011 to coincide with what would have been Roy Orbison's 75th birthday.

Ben Lummis

Immediately after his victory, Lummis signed a recording contract with music giant Sony BMG and released his debut single "They Can't Take That Away", which debuted at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

Carla Morrison

Although the band is was in at the time signed with Sony BMG and booked a tour of Mexico, Carla instead decided to return to Phoenix and strengthen her abilities as an artist by resuming her musical studies at Mesa Community College, learning piano, guitar, vocal performance, song and folk music of the world.

Chris Cantada

Sponge Cola's debut album Palabas, was released in 2004 under Sony BMG, spawning radio hits like "KLSP", "Gemini", and "Jeepney".

Colin Tilney

Tilney has a long discography of harpsichord and fortepiano performances from labels including Dorian, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Oiseau-Lyre, EMI Reflexe, Nonesuch, Vangard, DoReMi and several others.

DCD Rights

The company works with a wide range of international producers/directors and represents programmes on behalf of companies as diverse as BBC Productions, MTV, Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI, US public groups such as Rainbow Networks (owners of AMC, IFC and Sundance).

DJ Delicious

A variety of successful remixes and commissions followed in the next few years: these were released under a large number of different pseudonyms on Urban/Polydor, Sony, and WEA.

Emily Williams

After Idol, Williams signed with Sony BMG and became a member of all-girl pop group Young Divas, known for their singles "This Time I Know It's For Real" and "Happenin' All Over Again".

Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert 08.30.08

Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert 08.30.08 is a live concert album from the Filipino alternative rock band The Eraserheads; it was released by Sony BMG Music.

Find Out Who Your Friends Are

The week before the single reached Number One, Sony BMG (the parent company of BNA Records, the label to which Chesney is signed) e-mailed a cease-and-desist order to several radio stations that were monitored by Billboard, demanding that these stations cease playing the version featuring McGraw's and Chesney's vocals.

Keltech

Keltech's music has been published under multiple labels, including Second Skin, Intelligent, New Vision, Symbiosis, Broadcast, Headfuk and Sony BMG, and has been licensed to companies such as Sonic Foundry, BBC and MTV (for the Madonna/P Diddy profile show).

LaFace Records

In 2004, after the corporate restructuring of the BMG labels, LaFace was reactivated as one quarter of the newly reconstructed Zomba Music Group during the Sony BMG joint venture at the time.

Los Flamers

Between 1978 and 1995 the group released a string of albums on RCA Records/Sony BMG.

Luke Ebbin

Most recently Ebbin has been writing and producing with Richie Sambora for his third solo album Aftermath of the Lowdown, Australian singer Shannon Noll's latest release on Sony BMG, Australian singer Renee Cassar's debut release on Island Australia, and developing independent artist Danielle Barbe.

Marilou

Her career started in 2002 when she had her first single Je serai la pour toi in a duo with Canadian Gino Quilico who is the French version of the cover "There For Me" singing in the original version by Sarah Brightman in duet with José Cura and signed with the Sony BMG Canada in 2004 before going on a tour opening for Garou.

Mimpi

Sixteen years after the release of "Mimpi" and "Bayang Bayang Ilusi", Anggun re-released the songs along with "Takut" on her Best Of album in 2006 under label Sony BMG in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Sony Urban Music

Sony Urban Music was a division of Sony BMG, active from 2004 to 2006, The division handled R&B, soul, and hip hop releases by artists nominally signed to Sony's Columbia and Epic labels.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

The national jury that provided 50% of the Swedish vote in the first semi-final and the final consisted of: Ralf Gyllenhammar (singer), Erik Rapp (singer), Daniel Breitholtz (A&R-manager at Sony BMG), Karin Gunnarsson (Sveriges Radio P3 editor) and Monika Starck (backing vocalist).

The Essential Byrds

The Essential Byrds is a comprehensive two-CD compilation album released by the American rock band The Byrds in 2003 as part of Sony BMG's The Essential series.

Trina Medina

In an impromptu musical show with Luis Enrique yand Tony Vega, held in Puerto Rico, the President of Sony BMG Latin America, Ángel Carrasco, proposed a recording contract, and she then became a solo artist in 1995.

Vendor lock-in

As of January 6, 2009, all 4 big music studios (Warner Bros., Sony BMG, Universal, and EMI) have signed up to remove the DRM from their tracks, at no extra cost.