BNA Records

BNA Records
Parent company Sony Music Entertainment
Founded April 1991[1][2]
Founder Boomer Castleman
Status Defunct (absorbed into Columbia Nashville)
Distributor(s) Sony Music Nashville (US)
Genre Country
Country of origin United States
Location Nashville, Tennessee

BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, was a label group that shared ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, BNA featured country music acts on its roster. The company derived its name from the IATA and ICAO airport codes for Nashville International Airport.

The label was founded by Boomer Castleman, who sold it to BMG Music in 1993. The first act signed was The Remingtons.

In August 2011, Sony Nashville announced a major corporate restructuring which included the merger of Columbia Nashville into BNA.[3] The BNA name was retired in June 2012, with the last remaining artists moving to a newly re-established Columbia Nashville.[4]

Former artists

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sony BMG: One Word, Three Letters and a Whole Lot of History
  2. ↑ Kingsbury, Paul (2004). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Sourcebooks, Inc. p. 42. ISBN 0-19-517608-1.
  3. ↑ Sony Restructures Rosters, Promo Teams
  4. ↑ http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/106752/kenny-chesney-renews-deal-with-sony-bna-imprint-re
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