{{Infobox company | name = Sony Music Entertainment Chile S.A. | logo = Sony Music Entertainment Logo 2023.svg | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | type = Subsidiary | founded = {{Start date and age|1981}} | former_name = {{plainlist| * CBS Records Chile Ltda. (1981–1991) * Sony Music Entertainment Chile Ltda. (1991–2005)<ref>{{cite web |title=87.944.500-0 Sony Music Entertainment Chile Ltda. |url=https://registros19862.gob.cl/institucion/87944500/ficha |website=Registros 19862 - Chilean Ministry of Finance |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=2005}}</ref> * Sony BMG Music Entertainment Chile S.A. (2005–2009) }} | hq_location = Presidente Riesco 5435, Las Condes | hq_location_city = Santiago | hq_location_country = Chile | founder = | key_people = Arturo Valverde (Country Manager) | defunct = | industry = Music | genre = Record label | products = | parent = Sony Music Entertainment | area_served = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|sonymusic.cl}} }} '''Sony Music Entertainment Chile S.A.''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Términos y Condiciones |url=https://www.sonymusic.cl/terminos-y-condiciones/ |website=Sony Music Chile |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=22 May 2024}}</ref> commonly known as '''Sony Music Chile''', is the Chilean subsidiary of Sony Music, which emerged following the rebrand of CBS Records Chile in 1990.
The label has no direct affiliation with the Sony Music Latin label based in the US.<ref name="MonLaferte">{{cite web |last1=Contreras |first1=Emilio |title=Mon Laferte firma con Sony Music Latin en EE.UU: "Estamos convencidos de que es el lugar" |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/artes-y-cultura/musica/2024/05/15/mon-laferte-firma-con-influyente-sello-multinacional-en-ee-uu-estamos-convencidos-que-es-el-lugar.shtml |website=BioBioChile |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=15 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="PolimaWestcoast">{{cite web |last1=Flores |first1=Griselda |title=Chilean Singer Polimá Westcoast Signs Global Deal With Sony Music Latin |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/polima-westcoast-signs-global-deal-sony-music-latin/ |website=Billboard |access-date=26 February 2026}}</ref>
== Background == Since its inception, Sony Music Chile has been one of the main multinational record labels operating in Chile, along with Warner Music and Universal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gaete |first1=Patricio |title=La evolución de la industria discográfica en Chile durante los últimos 30 años |url=https://www.elnaveghable.cl/noticia/cultura/la-evolucion-de-la-industria-discografica-en-chile-durante-los-ultimos-30-anos |website=El Naveghable |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="Cooperativa2014">{{cite web |title=Música chilena: Al otro lado de los sellos multinacionales |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/magazine/musica/musica-chilena/musica-chilena-al-otro-lado-de-los-sellos-multinacionales/2014-07-04/000004.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=8 July 2014}}</ref> They also operate in Bolivia.<ref name="La Razón">{{cite web |last1=Deheza |first1=Pablo |title=‘El panorama de la industria musical es muy favorable al artista por el permeo musical mundial’ |url=https://hemeroteca.larazon.bo/financiero/2023/03/12/el-panorama-de-la-industria-musical-es-muy-favorable-al-artista-por-el-permeo-musical-mundial/ |website=La Razón |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=12 March 2023}}</ref>
During the 1990s, amid a growing local rock scene, the growing popularity of radio stations such as Rock & Pop and other emerging media outlets, Sony Music Chile made efforts develop the local Chilean music scene, of which the most notable was the a strategic alliance they made with independent label Alerce in 1995. This alliance involved Sony handling distribution and marketing for Alerce emerging artists, while Alerce retained artistic control.<ref name="El Nuevo Rock Chileno">{{cite web |title=Nota N° 4: "Rock e industria discográfica. El Chile de los '90: ¿La alegría ya viene? |url=https://elnuevorockchileno.jimdofree.com/notas/nota-n-4/ |website=El Nuevo Rock Chileno |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es}}</ref> Sony's investment in these efforts was reported as substantial, with contemporary press noting it exceeded the budget for promoting Michael Jackson's ''HIStory'' album.<ref name="El Nuevo Rock Chileno"/> As part of its strategy, Sony Music Chile established a subsidiary label called Kráter in the mid-to-late 1990s to develop additional local rock catalogs, complementing its own roster and the Alerce partnership. Their most important artist during this decade was Los Tres. They signed them in 1993, and the label invested significantly in them in order to expand their career throughout Latin America, in an attempt to replicate the trajectory of La Ley supported by Warner Music Chile.<ref>{{cite web |last1=García |first1=Marisol |title=Los Tres Biography |url=https://www.musicapopular.cl/grupo/los-tres-2023/ |website=MusicaPopular.cl |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=23 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Retamal |first1=Felipe |title=Los Tres reviven La Espada & la Pared a 30 años: “Ha sido muy entretenido” |url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/noticia/los-tres-reviven-la-espada-la-pared-a-30-anos-ha-sido-muy-entretenido/ |website=La Tercera |access-date=26 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717090054/https://www.latercera.com/culto/noticia/los-tres-reviven-la-espada-la-pared-a-30-anos-ha-sido-muy-entretenido/ |archive-date=17 July 2025 |language=es |date=23 June 2025}}</ref> The alliance with Alerce dissolved by the end of the 1990s, influenced by lower-than-expected album sales, piracy, and the rise of the internet, contributing to a broader retreat of multinational labels from intensive local development.<ref name="El Nuevo Rock Chileno"/>
During the 2000s, the Chilean music industry faced one of the worst sales declines of the decade, with an overall disc sales drop amid widespread piracy and changing consumption habits since the late 1990s.<ref name="El Mostrador 2004">{{cite web |title=Sellos discográficos enfrentan la peor baja en ventas de la década |url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2004/09/27/sellos-discograficos-enfrentan-la-peor-baja-en-ventas-de-la-decada/ |website=El Mostrador |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=27 September 2004}}</ref> During this period, the label's most profitable artist was María José Quintanilla, with reported sales of over 200,000 copies.<ref name="El Mostrador 2004"/>
In 2006, the label—along with EMI, Warner, and Universal—formed the Association of Phonographic and Videographic Producers of Chile (PROFOVI), which collects royalties from commercial establishments that use music, covering not only public performance rights but also reproduction or storage rights.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reyes |first1=Joaquín |last2=Reyes |first2=Felipe |title=El monopolio de la música: los cobros que SCD, Profovi y otras imponen a locales, pubs y restaurants |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/especial/reportajes/2021/01/18/el-monopolio-de-la-musica-los-cobros-que-scd-profovi-y-otras-imponen-a-locales-pubs-y-restaurants.shtml |website=BioBioChile |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
In the early 2010s, the label shifted away from developing local artists or projects, citing declining physical sales and a focus on larger international markets.<ref name="Cooperativa2014"/> However, by the end of the decade, shifted its focus and began placing significant emphasis on the growing local urban music scene, signing and promoting several emerging Chilean artists in genres such as trap, reggaeton, and urban pop. This strategic focus aligned with the broader regional and global rise of Latin urban sounds, allowing the label to capitalize on the increasing popularity of these styles among younger audiences in Chile and beyond, and to integrate local talent into wider streaming and digital platforms. During this period, they signed several urban artists, including Paloma Mami, Young Cister, Galee Galee, and Polimá Westcoast.<ref>{{cite web |title=De Chile para el mundo: Los artistas urbanos nacionales que tienes que conocer en medio del boom |url=https://www.chilevision.cl/noticias/urbanos/de-chile-para-el-mundo-los-artistas-urbanos-nacionales-que-tienes-que |website=Chilevisión |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
In 2018, Paloma Mami became the first Chilean artist to be signed with the US-based label Sony Music Latin.<ref name="Paloma Mami">{{cite web |last1=Vilches |first1=José Manuel |title=El gran año de Paloma Mami, la primera cantante chilena en firmar un contrato con Sony Music Latin |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Espectaculos/2018/12/28/932354/Paloma-Mami-la-primera-chilena-en-firmar-contrato-con-Sony-Latin-Music.html |website=Emol.com |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=28 December 2018}}</ref> Subsequently, other Sony Music Chile acts, such as Polimá Westcoast, followed this same path.<ref name="PolimaWestcoast"/>
== Artists == === Current === {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * Américo<ref>{{cite web |title=Américo se incorporó a Sony Music Chile |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/magazine/musica/musica-chilena/americo-se-incorporo-a-sony-music-chile/2016-10-07/235138.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=7 October 2016}}</ref> * Princesa Alba<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quililongo |first1=Pascale |title=¡Princesa Alba tiene una nueva casa discográfica! |url=https://los40.cl/2022/princesa-alba-tiene-una-nueva-casa-discografica-131499.html |website=Los 40 |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="Artists2026">{{cite web |title=Artists |url=https://www.sonymusic.cl/#artists |website=Sony Music Chile |access-date=26 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260121165652/https://www.sonymusic.cl/#artists |archive-date=21 January 2026 |language=es}}</ref> * Young Cister<ref name="Artists2026"/> * Polimá Westcoast<ref name="PolimaWestcoast"/> * Louki<ref name="Artists2026"/> * Nyruz<ref name="Artists2026"/> * Martinwhite<ref name="Artists2026"/> * Paloma Mami<ref name="Artists2026"/>
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=== Former === {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * Eva Ayllón<ref name="Cooperativa-1">{{cite web |title=Eva Ayllón y Pedro Aznar firmaron con Sony Music Chile |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/eva-ayllon-y-pedro-aznar-firmaron-con-sony-music-chile/2001-09-27/102200.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=27 September 2001}}</ref> * Pedro Aznar<ref name="Cooperativa-1"/> * Azul Azul<ref>{{cite web |title=Por culpa de Sony Music Chile se separó grupo Azul Azul |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/por-culpa-de-sony-music-chile-se-separo-grupo-azul-azul/2001-07-21/151000.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=21 July 2001}}</ref> * Los Bandoleros de Teno<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puebla |first1=Diego |title=Los Bandoleros de Teno suman miles de visitas con su último video |url=https://www.futuro.cl/2021/03/los-bandoleros-de-teno-suman-miles-de-visitas-con-su-ultimo-video/ |website=Futuro |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=23 March 2021}}</ref> * Mariana Bfly<ref>{{cite web |title=Mariana Bfly impulsa su carrera musical al firmar con Sony Music Chile |url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2024/01/31/mariana-bfly-impulsa-su-carrera-musical-al-firmar-con-sony-music-chile/ |website=La Tercera |access-date=26 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201024401/https://www.latercera.com/culto/2024/01/31/mariana-bfly-impulsa-su-carrera-musical-al-firmar-con-sony-music-chile/ |archive-date=1 February 2024 |language=es |date=31 January 2024}}</ref> * Los Bunkers<ref name="SonyMarch2003"/> * Catiusca<ref>{{cite web |title=La cantante chilena "Catiusca", cierra contrato con Sony Music |url=https://zumbido.cl/la-cantante-chilena-catiusca-cierra-contrato-con-sony-music/ |website=Zumbido |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=16 August 2021}}</ref> * Chancho en Piedra<ref name="SonyMarch2003"/> * Douglas<ref name="SMEChile2001">{{cite web |title=Perú, el nuevo mercado musical para los chilenos |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/peru-el-nuevo-mercado-musical-para-los-chilenos/2001-07-31/183500.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=31 July 2001}}</ref><ref name="SonyMarch2003"/> * Giovanni Falchetti<ref>{{cite web |title=Giovanni Falchetti: Un chileno que triunfa en centro y Norteamérica |url=https://bionoticias.cl/giovanni-falchetti-un-chileno-que-triunfa-en-centro-y-norteamerica/ |website=Bionoticias.cl |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=21 September 2020}}</ref> * La Frecuencia Rebelde<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tudela |first1=César |title=“Ha llegado el fin de siglo”: Los discos chilenos que sonaron en 1999 |url=https://eldesconcierto.cl/2019/12/23/ha-llegado-el-fin-de-siglo-los-discos-chilenos-que-sonaron-en-1999 |website=El Desconcierto |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=23 December 2019}}</ref> * Furia Fobia<ref>{{cite web |last1=Navarro |first1=Sofía |title=Dejó la odontología por la música: conoce al productor chileno que triunfa en Estados Unidos |url=https://www.soychile.cl/Valparaiso/Espectaculos/2024/07/19/869278/productor-chileno-musica-estados-unidos.html |website=Soychile.cl |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=19 July 2024}}</ref> * Go<ref>{{cite web |title=Go: el chileno que se abrió camino en EEUU con su música inspirada en el soul y R&B |url=https://www.lanacion.cl/go-el-chileno-que-se-abrio-camino-en-eeuu-con-su-musica-inspirada-en-el-soul-y-rb/ |website=La Nación |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=18 January 2017}}</ref> * Galee Galee<ref>{{cite web |title=Galee Galee firmó como artista Sony Music Chile |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/magazine/musica/musica-chilena/galee-galee-firmo-como-artista-sony-music-chile/2022-03-03/173022.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=3 March 2022}}</ref> * Hechizo<ref>{{cite web |title=Grupo Hechizo explora en nuevos ritmos tropicales |url=http://www.lacuarta.com/diario/2001/03/26/26.25.4a.ESP.HECHIZO.html |website=La Cuarta |access-date=27 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050525191658/http://www.lacuarta.com/diario/2001/03/26/26.25.4a.ESP.HECHIZO.html |archive-date=25 May 2005 |language=es |date=26 March 2001}}</ref> * Myriam Hernández<ref name="SMEChile2001"/> * Pablo Herrera<ref name="SonyMarch2003"/> * Los Jaivas<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pacheco |first1=Claudia |title=Los Jaivas se rajan con 4 vinilos: "Obras Cumbres" |url=https://www.lacuarta.com/espectacular/noticia/los-jaivas-se-rajan-4-vinilos-obras-cumbres/173515/ |website=La Cuarta |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=13 September 2016}}</ref> * Luis Jara<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucho Jara festeja 35 años de carrera con su disco número 19 |url=https://mexicoenlared.tv/lucho-jara-festeja-35-anos-de-carrera-con-su-disco-numero-19/ |website=México en la Red |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=18 May 2021}}</ref> * Sergio Járlaz<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cerda |first1=Sebastián |title=Ganador de "Factor X" estrena disco y se atreve con un Teatro Oriente |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2011/09/27/505271/ganador-de-factor-x-estrena-disco-y-se-atreve-con-un-teatro-oriente.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=27 September 2011}}</ref> * Javiera y Los Imposibles<ref name="SonyMarch2003">{{cite web |title=Latest News |url=http://www.sonymusic.cl/ |website=Sony Music Chile |access-date=26 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030320031004/http://www.sonymusic.cl/ |archive-date=20 March 2003 |language=es |date=}}</ref> * Makiza<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neira |first1=Loreta |title=Anita Tijoux: "No creo en los referentes porque no creo en las iglesias" |url=https://indiehoy.com/entrevistas/anita-tijoux/ |website=Indie Hoy |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=23 May 2016}}</ref> * Javiera Mena<ref>{{cite web |title=Javiera Mena firmó contrato con disquera Sony Music |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/magazine/musica/musica-chilena/javiera-mena-firmo-contrato-con-disquera-sony-music/2017-06-06/203838.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=6 June 2017}}</ref> * Bárbara Muñoz<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molina |first1=Jean Pierre |title=Chicos-realities chilenos: Los que se consagraron y los que murieron en el intento |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/2012/04/22/chicos-realities-chilenos-los-que-se-consagraron-y-los-que-murieron-en-el-intento.shtml |website=BíoBío.cl |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=22 April 2012}}</ref> * Octavia<ref>{{cite web |title=Octavia Artist Profile |url=http://www.sonymusic.cl/MArtistaD.asp?ID=189 |website=Sony Music Chile |access-date=26 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218064652fw_/http://www.sonymusic.cl/MArtistaD.asp?ID=236 |archive-date=18 December 2002 |language=es}}</ref> * Katherine Orellana<ref>{{cite web |title=Katherine Orellana Biography |url=https://www.musicapopular.cl/artista/katherine-orellana/ |website=MusicaPopular.cl |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=9 February 2026}}</ref> * Luis Pedraza<ref>{{cite web |last1=Núñez |first1=Scarleth |title=Quién es Luis Pedraza, "Toco Toco", cantante "Rojo" y ganador de "The Voice Chile" |url=https://www.encancha.cl/tiempo-x/redes/2022/10/19/quien-es-luis-pedraza-toco-toco-cantante-rojo-ganador-de-the-voice-chile-184342/ |website=En Cancha |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=19 October 2022}}</ref> * María José Quintanilla<ref name="El Mostrador 2004"/> * Raiza<ref>{{cite web |title=Raiza Artist Profile |url=http://www.sonymusic.cl/MArtistaD.asp?ID=189 |website=Sony Music Chile |access-date=26 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218064408fw_/http://www.sonymusic.cl/MArtistaD.asp?ID=189 |archive-date=18 December 2002 |language=es}}</ref> * Camila Silva<ref>{{cite web |last1=Galleguillos |first1=Cristóbal |title=El estrecho vínculo de Incubus con Chile: De los 33 mineros a su “país favorito para tocar” |url=https://www.chilevision.cl/noticias/show/el-estrecho-vinculo-de-incubus-con-chile-festival-de-vina-2025 |website=Chilevisión |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=22 February 2025}}</ref> * Stereo 3<ref name="SMEChile2001"/> * Supernova<ref>{{cite web |title=Supernova - Retráctate |url=https://www.musicapopular.cl/disco/retractate/ |website=MusicaPopular.cl |access-date=27 February 2026 |language=es |date=2002}}</ref> * Los Tetas<ref>{{cite web |title=A fines de mes Los Tetas lanzarán oficialmente su nuevo disco "Tómala" |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/a-fines-de-mes-los-tetas-lanzaran-oficialmente-su-nuevo-disco-tomala/2002-09-19/124900.html |website=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=19 September 2001}}</ref> * Tiro de Gracia<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiro de Gracia firma con Sony Music Chile |url=https://zumbido.cl/tiro-de-gracia-firma-con-sony-music-chile/ |website=Zumbido |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=22 November 2021}}</ref> * Los Tres<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muñoz |first1=Hector |title=Los Tres y «Se Remata el Siglo»: el entorno global con ojos chilenos |url=https://www.futuro.cl/2023/04/los-tres-y-se-remata-el-siglo-el-entorno-global-con-ojos-chilenos/ |website=Futuro |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=6 April 2023}}</ref> * Francisca Valenzuela<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inostroza |first1=María Ignacia |title=Fran Valenzuela firma por Sony Music Chile |url=https://www.rockandpop.cl/2019/07/fran-valenzuela-firma-por-sony-music-chile/ |website=Rock&Pop |access-date=26 February 2026 |language=es |date=5 July 2019}}</ref>
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== References == {{reflist}}
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