Mgwirizano:
Kugwirizana kwa Sony ndi BMG kunakhala kovomerezeka mu August, 2004, koma kumakhala nkhondo yowonongeka. Malembowa adatsutsidwa kuti kuphatikiza kunaphwanya malamulo osamalitsa ndi otsutsa, ndi malemba owonetsera okha pa msika waukulu wa nyimbo omwe anasonkhana potsutsa kuyanjana.
Pamene ntchitoyo idatha, Sony ndi BMG aliyense anali ndi gawo la 50% mu kampaniyo.
Ena mwa mawu opfuula kwambiri omwe amatsutsa ku mgwirizanowu anali ku European Union, ndipo chifukwa cha mlandu womwe unayambitsidwa ndi IMPALA, gulu lovomerezeka lodziimira okha, EU idasiya chigwirizano chawo mu July, 2006. Nkhaniyi ikuyembekezeredwa.
Payola Scandal:
Mu June 2005, Sony BMG inakakamizidwa kupereka ndalama zokwana madola 10 miliyoni pamalipiro atapatsidwa chilango ndi boma la New York pochita nawo payola. Ambiri mwa milanduyo adalipira malipiro a Jessica Simpson. Gawo la Epic la Sony BMG linasankhidwa kuti lipeze masewera olakwika kuti liphimbe payola yawo - DJ ndiwo anthu okha omwe adzalandire mphoto pamsewero wawo.
Makhalidwe a Kampani:
Sony BMG ili ndi ofesi m'maiko oposa 30 padziko lonse lapansi, ndi antchito zikwi zingapo.
Sony BMG Malemba:
Pansi pa ambulera yaikulu ya Sony BMG, pali malemba angapo oposa 20 omwe ali nawo ndipo akugawidwa ndi bungwe.
Mabuku a Sony BMG akuphatikizapo mayina akuluakulu mu bizinesi, monga:
- Mapepala
- Jive
- Columbia
- RCA
- Arista
- LaFace
- Zomba Music Group (kuphatikizapo Rough Trade ndi Pinnacle)
- SoSo Def
- Cholowa
- J Records
- Kugawidwa kwa Music Red
Sony BMG imagwiritsanso ntchito maulendo asanu ndi awiri:
- Independiente
- Nyimbo Zabwino
- Nick Records
- Mphepo
Sony BMG Artists:
Monga momwe mungaganizire ndi kampani yomwe imayang'anira 25% ya nyimbo zonse zogulitsa, Sony BMG ikuimira mayina akuluakulu mu nyimbo. Ena mwa otsatsa malonda omwe akugulitsidwa ndi awa:
- Britney Spears
- Jessica Simpson
- Celine Dion
- Franz Ferdinand
- The Fray
- Belle ndi Sebastian
- Justin Timberlake
- Kelis