Sony Music Group’s (SMG) approach to giving is to affect change in communities around the world that need it most, both inside and outside the music industry.
Our goal is to establish meaningful partnerships and provide strategic investments with well-established organizations that implement and operate charitable endeavors directly impacting historically excluded populations and industry-related causes. The Company’s philanthropic focus supports a variety of non-profit partners in areas of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), COVID Relief, Environmental Sustainability, and Social Justice.
October 29, 2024
Sony Music Group (SMG) today announced its third-annual giving campaign designed to address food insecurity, homelessness and music education in local communities around the world. Together with its global roster...
July 31, 2024
Sony Music Group today announced the return of Your Voice, Your Power, Your Vote in the U.S. to help educate artists, songwriters, music industry professionals, and communities across...
June 6, 2024
A message from Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman and CEO, Sony Group Corporation:
In today’s world, where diversity is more crucial than ever, our Purpose remains steadfast: to fill the world with...
May 1, 2024
Sony Music Group today announced the launch of YOUR VOICE, YOUR, POWER, YOUR VOTE – A non-partisan campaign to encourage voter participation in the European Union elections with a...
January 22, 2024
To commemorate the four-year anniversary of Sony Music Group’s Beyond The Instrument initiative, SMG and Notes for Notes are once again opening the doors to its recording studio at Watts-Willowbrook Boys &...
October 26, 2023
Sony Music Group (SMG) today announced its second-annual giving campaign together with its global roster of artists and songwriters. Beginning in November, the Company will make donations to organizations addressing...
June 28, 2023
This June marks the three-year anniversary of Sony Group’s Global Social Justice Fund, a $100 million commitment to help fight racial and social injustice around the world. Through this collaborative...
March 15, 2023
Now in its third year, the Beyond the Instrument initiative partnered with non-profit partners Notes for Notes and Fender Play Foundation to host activations in the U.S. and U.K. in...
February 13, 2023
We have all seen the tragic situation unfolding in Turkey and Syria, following an earthquake which caused the deaths, injuries and displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in both countries....
January 30, 2023
Sony Music Group (SMG) today announced the global expansion of its annual Beyond The Instrument initiative. Now in its third year, the program will include academic activations in the U.S. and U.K....
November 28, 2022
Sony Music Group has partnered with its artists and songwriters to support every local community in which it operates during the holiday season. This year, the Company launched its ‘Season of...
November 3, 2022
October 29, 2024
Sony Music Group (SMG) today announced its third-annual giving campaign designed to address food insecurity, homelessness and music education in local communities around the world. Together with its global roster of artists and songwriters, the Company will continue its commitment to support organizations in regions where SMG has a presence. By...
July 31, 2024
Sony Music Group today announced the return of Your Voice, Your Power, Your Vote in the U.S. to help educate artists, songwriters, music industry professionals, and communities across America about voter registration and turnout before the 2024 election on November 5. Initially launched in 2020, the non-partisan voter campaign encouraged civic participation and...
June 6, 2024
A message from Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman and CEO, Sony Group Corporation: In today’s world, where diversity is more crucial than ever, our Purpose remains steadfast: to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology. Diversity is one of our core Values at Sony Group. We are...
May 1, 2024
Sony Music Group today announced the launch of YOUR VOICE, YOUR, POWER, YOUR VOTE – A non-partisan campaign to encourage voter participation in the European Union elections with a focus on young people and underrepresented groups. Run in partnership with the European Youth Forum, which represents over 100 youth organisations across the continent, the...
February 20, 2024
That’s a wrap for this year’s Beyond the Instrument. Kicking things off in LA, we visited the Notes for Notes recording studio where the Watts/Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club members performed original work in front of special guests Laurentia Editha, Camilo Forero, Adam Schiff, Jacob Shea, Dahi, Theron Thomas, DIXSON...
January 24, 2024
Throughout the 2023 holiday season, Sony Music Group alongside our global roster of artists and songwriters, made charitable donations and volunteered at various organizations around the world during its second annual ‘Season of Giving’ initiative. The initiative represents SMG’s continued commitment – both as an organization, and as a collective...
January 22, 2024
To commemorate the four-year anniversary of Sony Music Group’s Beyond The Instrument initiative, SMG and Notes for Notes are once again opening the doors to its recording studio at Watts-Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club, built in 2023, to showcase original works from students leveraging the year-round tools to develop their personal and musical...
October 26, 2023
Sony Music Group (SMG) today announced its second-annual giving campaign together with its global roster of artists and songwriters. Beginning in November, the Company will make donations to organizations addressing food insecurity, homelessness and education around the world for its ‘Season of Giving’ program. Throughout the month, SMG will facilitate...
June 28, 2023
This June marks the three-year anniversary of Sony Group’s Global Social Justice Fund, a $100 million commitment to help fight racial and social injustice around the world. Through this collaborative effort, each Sony company including Sony Corporation of America (SCA), Sony Electronics Inc. (SEL), Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), Sony Music...