Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian music record label operated by Sony and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company began operations in 1997 and was the first record company in India to be fully foreign-owned, with Sony being a Japanese corporation. From December 2013 to March 2020, the company distributed Warner Music Group releases in India and the SAARC region, until the launch of the Warner Music India division.[1] Sony Music India is the largest foreign-owned music label in the country and the second-largest overall. It holds a 25% share of the Indian music market, ranking behind T-Series and ahead of Zee Music Company, with which it has a strategic partnership.[2][3]
Labels
Sony Music South is a division of Sony Music India that focuses on film soundtracks and independent music from South India.[4] The label is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Hindi films
Hindi non-films
Tamil films
Sony Music South holds the audio rights for over more than 200 Tamil films.
Tamil non-films
Telugu films
Malayalam films
Malayalam non-films
Kannada films
Bengali films
Assamese films
Punjabi films
Punjabi non-films
References
- Nyay Bhushan. Sony to Represent Warner Music in India The Hollywood Reporter, 2013-12-11, retrieved 2026-01-29^
- Cherie Hu. How India, The Global Music Industry's Sleeping Giant, Is Finally Waking Up Forbes, 23 September 2017, retrieved 6 September 2018^
- Urvi Malvania. Sony Music eyes numero uno position in India Business Standard, 21 April 2014, retrieved 8 January 2019^
- Music Rights of Dulquer Salmaan starrer King of Kotha gets purchased Sony Music South Bollywood Hungama, 2023-05-13, retrieved 2026-01-29^
- Instagram post by @cybersystems.oz Instagram, retrieved 16 May 2025^
- Instagram post by @marcothefilm Instagram, retrieved 16 May 2025^
- Instagram post by @sonymusic_south Instagram, retrieved 16 May 2025^
- Pravinkoodu Shappu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP Apple Music, retrieved 16 May 2025^
- Thudarum (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP Apple Music, retrieved 16 May 2025^
- Instagram post by @narivetta Instagram, retrieved 16 May 2025^
- Instagram post by @vsbmmovie Instagram, retrieved 28 June 2025^