Sony 550 Music

550 Music (originally known as Sony 550 Music) is a currently defunct unit of Sony Music Entertainment, which operated through Sony Music's Epic Records division while in activity. Launched in 1993, the "550" name was inspired by the address of the Sony building, located at 550 Madison Avenue in New York. The label was hibernated in 2000, while most of its retained acts transferred to the main Epic label.
top ↑ top ↑

We can also tell you Sony 550 Music is a…

If you know more about Sony 550 Music, you can add more facts here »

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Epic Street Records

    Epic Street Records

    EPIC STREET RECORDS was a urban music division of EPIC RECORDS in the mid 90's.
  • Pixar

    Pixar

    Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. To date, the studio has earned twenty-two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements. It is one of the most critically...
  • Bad Boy South

    Bad Boy South

    Bad Boy South is a southern spin-off label of Bad Boy Records. The label was founded by Sean Combs in 2003. Bad Boy South was founded in 2003 after this signing of 8 Ball & MJG. The label was created to capitalize on the success of southern hip hop and to have one label simply focus on that genre...
  • Epic Records

    Epic Records

    Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment.
  • TVT Records

    TVT Records was an American record label founded by Steve Gottlieb, who initially launched the label from his New York City apartment in 1985 with the release of Television's Greatest Hits. It was an album featuring theme songs from various TV shows; hence the label's acronym, TVT (Tee Vee Toons)....
  • Restless Records

    Restless Records was a Hollywood, California based independent record label which was started by Enigma Records. In the 1980s to mid-1990s, it released primarily alternative rock/ indie rock albums. Restless also licensed some material from Twin/Tone and the U.K.'s Mute Records. Restless had at...
  • Sony Records

    Sony Records is a record label courtesy of Columbia, Epic, American Recordings. It has many divisions, including the preceding. As with other labels, other divisions may be region or genre-specific. Other divisions of Sony include Harmony Records. This label first founded in 1988.
  • 550 Music

    550 Music (originally known as Sony 550 Music) is a currently defunct unit of Sony Music Entertainment, which operated through Sony Music's Epic Records division while in activity. Launched in 1992, the "550" name was inspired by the address of the Sony building, located at 550 Madison Avenue in...
  • Posh Boy Records

    Posh Boy Records was a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Robbie Fields, a sometime high school substitute teacher who took an interest in the emerging punk rock scene in Orange County, California during the mid-late 70's. Its releases enjoyed substantial airplay on Rodney...
  • Time Bomb Recordings

    Time Bomb Recordings is a Laguna Beach, California based record label founded by Social Distortion manager Jim Guerinot in a 1994 joint-venture agreement with Arista Records. In the following 6 years, the artist roster grew to encompass a variety of musical genres (punk, indie, rock-a-billy);...

You can help improve this topic by adding more facts here

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution