550 Music

{{Short description|Unit of Sony Music Entertainment}}

{{More citations needed|date=February 2020}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{infobox record label

| name = 550 Music

| image =

| parent = Sony Music Entertainment

| founded = 1992

| founder =

| defunct = {{end date|2000}}

| status = Defunct

| distributor = Epic Records (in the US)

| genre = Various

| country = U.S.

| location = New York, New York

| url = {{URL|epicrecords.com}}

}}

550 Music (originally known as Sony 550 Music) was a unit of Sony Music Entertainment, which operated through Sony Music's Epic Records division while in activity.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Can 550 Music deliver on its rock promise? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22550+Music%22&pg=PA106 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 4, 1999 |access-date=21 February 2020 }} Launched in 1992, the "550" name was inspired by the address of the Sony building, located at 550 Madison Avenue in New York. The label was folded in 2000 by Epic Records, it was part of the restructuring when Tommy Mottola was leaving Sony Music.