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Background

Sony Music Entertainment was originally known as the CBS Records Group until it was sold to Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation on January 5, 1988; for a time after the acquisition, Sony licensed the CBS name for use on its new recorded music arm. On New Year's Day 1991, it was renamed to "Sony Music Entertainment".

On July 20, 2004, Sony Music Entertainment and Bertelsmann Music Group merged 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, with the entire company, now a wholly-owned subsidiary, readopting the name Sony Music Entertainment in early 2009.

The labels under SME currently consist of Columbia Records, Epic Records, RCA Records, Arista Records, Alamo Records and the Orchard. Sony's music arm previously had its own video and film divisions: Sony Music Film, Columbia Music Video, Epic Music Video, Sony Wonder and Zomba Films.

Contents

1st Logo (November 28, 2009-)	2nd Logo (2016-)	3rd Logo (April 14, 2024-)

1st Logo (November 28, 2009-)

Visuals: On a white background, there is a simple red paintbrush swoosh drawing downward and the text "SONY MUSIC" in the respective Sony font appears in, as it slowly zooms in afterward.

Variant: An in-credit version exists.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A "swoosh" sound when the paintbrush draws, none, or the end theme of the show.

Audio Variant: On Victorious, after the sound, there is a random quote that varies on each episode of the show (although this is omitted from UK airings).

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

2nd Logo (2016-)

Visuals: The first element shown is a red sphere reflected over a white background, which multiplies into several other spheres that move back in three jumpcuts. Then there's a line made out of these spheres, which moves as a visualizer while several other grouped spheres appear moving out quickly in sync to the beat. The visualizer then morphs into a red/purple ripple. The camera turns as a red ring moves above the ripple. The screen then cuts into three of these red rings forming, and air appears moving through them. The screen then cuts into a group of red and black ribbons waving, and the camera changes perspective as the ribbons move back into a red circle, which changes into the paintbrush swoosh from the previous logo with the "SONY MUSIC" text appearing below. Red and purple waves appear from the sides as the logo zooms in while a few black particles appear, then the logo zooms in close for another instance.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Several drumbeats along with a few whooshing sounds.

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

3rd Logo (April 14, 2024-)

Visuals: On a black background, a set of red dots pop in and shrink to an equal size from top to bottom, forming a circular shape made of said elements. Afterwards, "SONY MUSIC", in the same font as before, fades in below.

Technique: Flash animation.

Audio: The closing theme of the program.

Availability: The logo debuted on Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden.

External Links

Sony Music Entertainment article on Wikipedia

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Sony Music Entertainment

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 ===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.
+'''Sony Music Entertainment''' was originally known as the CBS Records Group until it was sold to Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation on January 5, 1988; for a time after the acquisition, Sony licensed the CBS name for use on its new recorded music arm. On New Year's Day 1991, it was renamed to "Sony Music Entertainment".
+On July 20, 2004, Sony Music Entertainment and Bertelsmann Music Group merged 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, with the entire company, now a wholly-owned subsidiary, readopting the name Sony Music Entertainment in early 2009.
-==CBS Music Video Enterprises==
-===(1986-1991)===
-[[File:CMV.jpg|350px|center]]
-{{YouTube|id=6MI41Hnawn4}}
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a 3-D bottomless tricolor pyramid spinning around, with the cut-out letters "C" on the {{color|red}} side, "M" on the {{color|green}} side, and "V" on the {{color|blue}} side. Then, two more pyramids just like the first one slide out of the bottom of it and they all spin. Then the pyramids get together, and as they do that, each of them turn into triangles, and the letters turn white. "E N T E R P R I S E S" fades in under "CMV".
+The labels under SME currently consist of Columbia Records, Epic Records, RCA Records, Arista Records, Alamo Records and the Orchard. Sony's music arm previously had its own video and film divisions: [[Sony Music Film]], [[Columbia Music Video]], [[Epic Music Video]], [[Sony Wonder]] and [[Zomba Films]].
-'''Technique:''' Excellent CGI which holds up very well despite being made in the mid-1980s.
+{{ImageTOC
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A modern-sounding synth theme with ticks throughout and 3 deep bangs as the pyramids turns into triangles.
+|SME_2009.jpg|1st Logo (November 28, 2009-)
+|Sony_Music_India_(2022).png|2nd Logo (2016-)
+|Sony Music (2024) (From - Billy Joel The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden).png|3rd Logo (April 14, 2024-)
+}}
+===1st Logo (November 28, 2009-)===
-'''Availability:''' Very rare. It can be found on CBS Music Video releases, such as the 1987 VHS release of ''Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium'' and a Laserdisc release of ''The Forbidden Dance is Lambada''.
+[[File:SME 2009.jpg|350px|center]]
+{{YouTube|id=ordLjLMFbAI|id2=600M6s8ZHxk|id3=zzYq2lJxHPM|id4=jTqo44QT-0g|id5=E6H9Zuhtnes}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, there is a simple {{color|red}} paintbrush swoosh drawing downward and the text "SONY MUSIC" in the respective Sony font appears in, as it slowly zooms in afterward.
+'''Variant:''' An in-credit version exists.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-==Sony Music Entertainment (first era)==
-===1st Logo (1991-2004?)===
-[[File:SMV 1991.jpg|350px|center]]
-{{YouTube|id=XtEPbejnJL8|id2=-8Z3G5dko3A}}
-'''Logo:''' Same as the CMV Enterprises logo, but the "C" has been replaced with an "S". The whole logo also appears to have been redone; the letters are bolder, the colors are a bit brighter and the pyramids spin slightly differently.
-'''Variant:''' On the 1996 VHS of ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'', the logo is shortened to the last few seconds.
+'''Audio:''' A "swoosh" sound when the paintbrush draws, none, or the end theme of the show.
+'''Audio Variant:''' On <u>''Victorious''</u>, after the sound, there is a random quote that varies on each episode of the show (although this is omitted from UK airings).
-'''Technique:''' Same as the CMV Enterprises logo.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on music video releases. It also appeared on ''Victorious'' and ''Big Time Rush'' on Nickelodeon and TeenNick.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the CMV Enterprises logo. On the variant, we only hear re-arranged drumbeats and the synth strum.
+===2nd Logo (2016-)===
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon.
-*It can be seen on many Sony Music Video releases from the era such as the VHS/DVD releases of ''Celine Dion: Unison'', ''Celine Dion: All the Way - A Decade of Song and Video'', and ''Mariah Carey: #1's''.
-*It can also be found on many 90's [[MTV Home Video]] releases from the era, such as early ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and ''MTV Unplugged'' VHS releases.
-*The short variant appeared on the 1996 VHS of ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie''.
-===2nd Logo (1996-2004)===
-[[File:SMV 1996.jpg|350px|center]]
-{{YouTube|id=fl6ojsWXE6o}}
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a {{color|gold}} ball moving upward. Then, two {{color|blue}} balls move downward, left and right of the {{color|gold}} ball. These move away, as it fades into 3 black smoking circles with the left and right circle with {{color|blue}} outlining and the middle circle with {{color|gold}} outlining. These outlines then spin around, as the smoke disappears and the letters "S" on the left circle in white, "M" on the middle circle in {{color|blue}}, and "V" on the right circle in white appear. The circles turn to the colors of the outlines of the circle, then the words "s o n y m u s i c entertainment" appear one-by-one. "sony music" is spaced out more to fit the width of "entertainment" below.
-'''Technique:''' More great CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as before.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon.
-*Seen on many Sony Music Entertainment VHS and DVD releases from the era, including ''Computer Animation Festival'', ''Alice in Chains: Music Bank - The Videos'', ''Jennifer Lopez: Feelin So Good'', and ''Kathy Smith'' re-releases from the company.
-*It also appears on many late 1990's-early 2000's MTV Home Video releases such as ''MTV Gamebrain'', ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and ''The Real World'' video tapes.
-*Strangely, this logo made a surprise appearance on the packaging of the 2006 [[Shout! Factory]] DVD sets ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show'' and ''The Best of the Electric Company'', as well as all four seasons of ''Home Movies'', but this logo never appeared on the DVDs themselves.
-'''Legacy:''' It's rather odd how the logo still reads "SMV" despite the company name now being Sony Music ''Entertainment''.
-==Sony BMG Music Entertainment==
-===1st Logo (2004-2009)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:Sony Music India (2022).png
-SonyBMG.jpg
-SonyBMG HomeEnt.jpg
-SonyBMG Film.jpg
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=LxKnox3GNJo|id2=UoToo5MWh_U|id3=kAwKD9Ii1rQ|id4=Spr8hT9zUvQ}}
+{{YouTube|id=AEoOlgst384}}
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see a spinning {{color|red}} fuchsia and a {{color|blue}} treble clef. It slowly zooms out to the words "SONY" and "BMG" (in their corporate fonts) and the treble clef falls on the words. The background becomes faded, then a flash occurs and two lines and the words "{{font|Serif|MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT}}" in Trajan Pro fade in. The treble clef shines.
+'''Visuals:''' The first element shown is a {{color|red}} sphere reflected over a white background, which multiplies into several other spheres that move back in three jumpcuts. Then there's a line made out of these spheres, which moves as a visualizer while several other grouped spheres appear moving out quickly in sync to the beat. The visualizer then morphs into a {{color|red}}/{{color|darkviolet|purple}} ripple. The camera turns as a red ring moves above the ripple. The screen then cuts into three of these red rings forming, and air appears moving through them. The screen then cuts into a group of {{color|red}} and black ribbons waving, and the camera changes perspective as the ribbons move back into a {{color|red}} circle, which changes into the paintbrush swoosh from the previous logo with the "SONY MUSIC" text appearing below. {{color|Red}} and {{color|darkviolet|purple}} waves appear from the sides as the logo zooms in while a few black particles appear, then the logo zooms in close for another instance.
-'''Variants:'''
-*An alternate version exists where the letters of "{{font|Serif|'''SONY BMG'''}}" flash randomly for split seconds, forming the text letter-by-letter on a clear white background, then the lines slide in from both sides and the treble clef and "{{font|Serif|MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT}}" fade in. The whole logo then zooms in and blurs away.
-*On the 2006 DVD of ''Transformers the Movie'', the words "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" appear by a light effect a few seconds later.
-*On movies from the company, after the main logo is finished, it zooms out towards the top and the large word "{{font|Serif|FILM}}" appears by a light effect.
-'''Technique:''' The treble clef spinning, the names zooming out, all in great CGI.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Wind sounds, followed by a loud synth chord and some twinkling sounds.
+'''Audio:''' Several drumbeats along with a few whooshing sounds.
+'''Availability:'''  It often appears before several Indian movies from the late 2010s.
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
-*The alternate version features subtle pounding and a swoosh.
-*The home entertainment and film variants have an additional whoosh for the respective texts.
+===3rd Logo (April 14, 2024-)===
-'''Availability:''' Common.
+<tabber>
-*It appeared on many music DVDs and DualDisc releases such as ''Michael Jackson: Thriller 25'', ''Beyoncé B-Day'', and R. Kelly's infamous ''Trapped in the Closet'' series of music videos.
+Image=
-*The "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" version appeared on the 2006 DVD of ''Transformers The Movie: 20th Anniversary Edition''.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-*The "FILM" version appeared on the films ''Ghosts of Cité Soleil'' and ''Feel the Noise''. It was also seen on the trailer for ''Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten''.
+Sony Music (2024) (From - Billy Joel The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden).png
-===2nd Logo (2005-Late 2000's)===
-{{YouTube|id=RhCLdaYTqDE}}
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
-'''Technique:''' TBA.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.
-'''Availability:''' TBA.
-===3rd Logo (Mid 2000's)===
-{{YouTube|id=Q69pLlMdv5A}}
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
-'''Technique:''' TBA.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.
-'''Availability:''' TBA.
-==Sony Music Entertainment (second era)==
-===1st Logo (2009-)===
-[[File:SME 2009.jpg|350px|center]]
-{{YouTube|id=ordLjLMFbAI|id2=600M6s8ZHxk}}
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see a simple {{color|red}} paintbrush effect drawing down and the text "SONY MUSIC" in the respective Sony font appears in. 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-)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights="200">
-File:Sony Music India (2022).png
 </gallery>
+|-|
-{{YouTube|id=da4wFrjzq7c}}
+Video=
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
+{{YouTube|id=vMRTff9Jfb0|t=7}}
+</tabber>
-'''Technique:''' TBA.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon. It often appears before several Indian movies from the late 2010s.
-===3rd Logo (201?-)===
-{{YouTube|id=jpoESMXQ1O0}}
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a set of {{color|red}} dots pop in and shrink to an equal size from top to bottom, forming a circular shape made of said elements. Afterwards, "SONY MUSIC", in the same font as before, fades in below.
-'''Technique:''' TBA.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.
+'''Technique:''' Flash animation.
+'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the program.
-'''Availability:''' TBA.
+'''Availability:''' The logo debuted on ''Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden''.
+==External Links==
+* {{Wikipedia link}}
+{{Chronology|[[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]]}}
 {{Navbox-Sony}}
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+[[Category:Logos that vary depending on the source]]