Sony Music Entertainment Mexico and its recording studios opened their doors as part of Discos Columbia de México S.A., having as its first recording “The National Anthem of the United Mexican States” on 8 December 1947.
[1][2] From 1955 until 1 November 1961, Andre Toffel served as general artistic director of the label, responsible for building the company's roster of artists like Rosa de Castilla, Flor Silvestre, Sonia Furió, José Alfredo Jiménez, Amanda del Llano, María de Lourdes, Dora María, Luis Pérez Meza, La Prieta Linda, Elvira Quintana, Cuco Sánchez, and Irma Serrano.
[4] During the 1960s to 1980s, Discos CBS remained one of the most important record companies in the country.
From 2004 to 2008, Sony Music Entertainment and the then Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) founded a joint venture company called Sony BMG Music Entertainment, during those four years, Sony Music México and former longtime rival BMG México (which began in 1949 as RCA Victor Mexicana) worked together as Sony BMG México.
The follow is a list of artists current signed to Sony Music Mexico: