Editing S2 Records (section)

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'''Sony S2 Records''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11557/halo/|title=HALO &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> formerly named as '''S2 Records''' and '''Sony Soho Square''' (typeset as '''Sony Soho<sup>2</sup>'''), was a subsidiary of [[Sony Music|Sony Music Entertainment (SME)]], which operated as a [[record label]] in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Sony Soho Square was named after its location at London's [[Soho Square]], with Lincoln Elias (who went on to become the Managing Director of [[Virgin Records]] in 2006 and now works with PMR Records)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-rise-retreat-and-re-emergence-of-lincoln-elias/|title=The rise, retreat and re-emergence of Lincoln Elias|date=24 April 2019|website=Music Business Worldwide}}</ref> being the founder of the label. It was later headed by [[Muff Winwood]], brother of musician [[Steve Winwood]], who had worked at CBS Records/Sony Music Entertainment since the later 1970s.

Sony S2 featured bands and singers such as [[Jamiroquai]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28264/jamiroquai/|title=Jamiroquai &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> [[Des'ree]], [[Reef (band)|Reef]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31406/reef/|title=REEF &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> [[Jimmy Ray]] and others.

In 2004 after [[Sony Music|SME]] and BMG (the original major label [[Bertelsmann Music Group]]) merged, Sony S2 was dissolved into [[Sony BMG Music Entertainment|Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK]]. At this point many of the bands on Sony S2 were dropped, with Jamiroquai's records going on to be released on the Sony BMG label, with marketing taken on by [[Columbia Records]].