Royalty Information

• Sony Music eLink
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    Sony Music Entertainment launches online royalty statement portal called "Sony Music eLink".

    
    

    Not a registered user yet? Contact us now to sign up!

    
    

    We are also pleased to announce the launch of Sony Music eLink, a new secure web-based program which allows royalty
    participants to access their royalty statements, payments and account information online.

    
    

    The site allows a registered user to retrieve all information currently contained in the paper royalty statements
    and provides new tools, including access up to 3 years of historical statements.

    
    

    All royalty participants who receive a paper statement are eligible to obtain access to Sony Music eLink.

    
    

    Please contact our Royalty Help desk by email at royalty.statements@sonymusic.com or by phone at (201) 777-3448 and
    provide us with your Vendor Name and Vendor Number, and we will schedule you to join the next batch of royalty participants.

    
    

    Please note: Your Vendor Number can be located next to the field "Vendor" on the upper right hand corner of your
    Sony Music Entertainment Royalty Summary Statement.

• Address Update
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    Address Update

     

    How do I update my address?

     

    For purposes of updating our files, and to ensure that any future or outstanding statements and/or payments are sent out accordingly, we need the following documentation:

     

    1. A notarized letter directing us where to send royalty statements and/or payments. Please include the full name of the payee, address and social security number. Be sure to put your old address and a new one ? as we need to confirm that you are the correct person to be paid. Address Change Request

    2. Updated W-9 Tax Form signed by the PAYEE ONLY in order to verify that the information matches what is in our system. W9   W8BEN 

     

    The above documentation is required by company policy and protects our interests and those of our Royaltors. Please be advised that we cannot release ANY royalty information without the above documentation and that all address and payee changes must be approved by our Business & Legal Affairs Department.

     

    Please return the above documentation to Sony Music Entertainment, Attn: Account Maintenance, 210 Clay Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, USA, by fax at (201) 777-3047 or by email to royalty.statements@sonymusic.com. 

     

    How do I change the payee on my account?

     

    For purposes of updating our files, and to ensure that any future or outstanding statements and/or payments are sent out accordingly, we need the following documentation:

     

    1. A notarized letter from the ORIGINAL PAYEE directing us where to send royalty statements and/or payments. Please include the full name of the new payee, address and social security number. Be sure that both the old and new payee sign this form. Payee Change Request
    2. Updated W-9 Tax Form signed by the NEW PAYEE. W9 W8BEN 

     

    The above documentation is required by company policy and protects our interests and those of our Royaltors. Please be advised that we cannot release ANY royalty information without the above documentation and that all address and payee changes must be approved by our Business & Legal Affairs Department.

     

    Please return the above documentation to Sony Music Entertainment, Attn: Account Maintenance, 210 Clay Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, USA, by fax at (201) 777-3047 or by email to royalty.statements@sonymusic.com. 

     

     

    I am the beneficiary of a royalty participant who has passed away. How do I update this account?

     

    For purposes of updating our files, and to ensure that any future or outstanding statements and/or payments are sent out accordingly, we need the following documentation:

     

    1. A notarized letter & written designation from the fiduciary concerned including full name, address and social security      (or Federal Tax ID #: W-9) of the appropriate payee that directs us where to send these royalty statements and/or payments. To expedite, the form attached below can be filled out. If there are multiple payees being designated, then a notarized letter from all payees must be sent with detailing the way royalties are to be distributed going forward. Payee Change (due to death)  W9

    2. A recently certified copy of the letter testamentary (legal will) or letters of administration giving us details on who should be receiving these royalties.

    3. A copy of the death certificate.

     

    The above documentation is required by company policy and protects our interests and those of our Royaltors. Please be advised that we cannot release ANY royalty information without the above documentation and that all address and payee changes must be approved by our Business & Legal Affairs Department.

     

    Please return the above documentation to Sony Music Entertainment, Attn: Account Maintenance, 210 Clay Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, USA, by fax at (201) 777-3047 or by email to royalty.statements@sonymusic.com. 

• Missing Royalties?
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    ATTENTION Sony Music ROYALTY PARTICIPANTS: HELP US FIND YOU.

     

    If you are a Sony Music royalty participant on a Sony Music product entitled to an accounting from Sony Music, please click here to read Sony Music's Royalty Participant Address & Payee Change Policy and to access the on-line forms available to assist you in updating your information with our company.

    Thank you,

    
    Sony Music

     

    Sony Music's Royalty Participant Address & Payee Change Policy/On-line Forms

     

• FAQ

• Product Number Conversion
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    Sony Music Product Number Conversion

     

    Use the search function below to convert the core and prefix shown on your statement to the original BMG product number. Please note that this function is applicable to products that were originally released under the BMG, Arista and Zomba labels.
    
    Please search by entering the prefix and core in the space below. The search is not case sensitive.
    
    

    Prefix:

    Core:

• Contact Us
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    Contact Us

     

    Senior Staff

    Susan Zotian

     

    Do you have a question concerning your royalty statement?

    Please send an email to the royalty.statements@sonymusic.com or call the Royalty Help Line at (201)777-3448 with the following information in order to help us expedite your question.

    ·         Account Number

    ·         Account Name

    ·         Vendor Number

    ·         A description of the nature of your inquiry

    ·         Any issue ID previously provided by our Help Line (this applies if you have made a previous inquiry)