NetEase Cloud Music renews multi-year Sony Music licensing deal
HANGZHOU -- November 13, 2026 -- NetEase Cloud Music (HKEX: 9899) and Sony Music Entertainment announced a multi-year licensing agreement on November 12, renewing a relationship both companies describe as long-standing. The deal gives a platform that reports more than 200 million monthly active users continued access to Sony Music's recorded catalog in China.
The companies did not disclose financial terms, the length of the term or which catalog titles the license covers.
The release names Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Harry Styles, Mariah Carey and Travis Scott among Sony Music's international artists. It also lists Chinese-language acts Jam Hsiao and A-Lin, Japanese artists Hikaru Utada and Kenshi Yonezu, and K-pop acts JENNIE and LISA. It does not say which of these are covered by the new agreement.
