2.  Sony Music, which includes Sony Music Entertainment (SME), Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ)
and a 50% stake in publisher Sony / ATV, reported operating income up 31.1% year-on-year for the 12
months to March 31 2010 at $393m (£266m)
 Sony says the increase of profit was due to the growth in sales for Michael Jackson catalogue product
(such as concerts, film and television, and sponsorships) as well as a year-on-year decrease in overhead
and restructuring costs.
 Best-selling releases in 2010 included Glee The Music Volume 1 and 2, Alicia Keys’ The Element Of
Freedom, Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dream and Michael Jackson’s This Is It soundtrack and catalogue.
 The company adds music sales increased during its fourth fiscal quarter due to releases for example
Usher’s Raymond v Raymond, Ke$ha’s Animal andSade’s Soldier Of Love.
 Sales for the fiscal year increased 35.0% year-on-year to $5.6bn (£3.8bn), although Sony says this is
largely the result of the consolidation of SME.

3. Columbia Nashville Records is one of
the subsidiary labels of Sony which
focuses mainly on country-pop music.

6. - Formerly known as Yellow Cavalier
-They’re an American Christian boy band
originating from Nashville, Tennessee.
-Anthem Lights can trace their roots back to
2007 when Alan Powell joined solo artist
Chad Graham. Both living in Los Angeles at
the time to ballpoint songs for Chad.
- They were first signed to Reunion Records
then got signed to Provident Label