Sony Music Entertainment

Background
Sony Music Entertainment was originally known as the CBS Records Group until it was sold to Sony Corporation of Japan on January 5, 1988, when Sony licensed the CBS name and was renamed as "Sony Music Entertainment" on January 1, 1991. On July 20, 2004, Sony Music Entertainment and Bertelsmann Music Group merged their 50% of their music enterprise to form "Sony BMG Music Entertainment", which was approved by the European Union. On October 1, 2008, Bertelsmann AG agreed to sell the rest of the Sony BMG stake to Sony, renaming the enterprise back to Sony Music Entertainment as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

1st Logo (2009-)


Logo: On a white background, we see a simple paintbrush swoosh drawing downward and the text "SONY MUSIC" in the respective Sony font appears in. The swoosh looks like the motion of a guitar pick going across the strings of a guitar. The logo would slowly zoom in afterward.

Variant: An in-credit version appears on reruns of Victorious and Big Time Rush.

Technique: The paintbrush drawing, the zooming in.

Music/Sounds:
 * On Big Time Rush, the end theme of the show plays over the logo.
 * Victorious has a "swoosh" sound when the paintbrush draws, followed by a random quote that varies on each episode of the show.
 * Split-screen credits (later generic) airings of both shows have this logo silent.
 * On most Nickelodeon UK airings of Victorious, there is no quote.

Availability: Seen on music video releases. It also appeared on Victorious and Big Time Rush on Nickelodeon and TeenNick.

2nd Logo (2016-)
Logo: TBA.

Technique: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Uncommon. It often appears before several Indian movies from the late 2010s.

3rd Logo (201?-)


Logo: TBA.

Technique: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: TBA.