Address Update
How do I update my address?
For purposes of updating our files, and to ensure that any future or outstanding statements and/or payments are sent out accordingly, we need the following documentation:
A notarized letter directing us where to send royalty statements and/or payments. Please include the full name of the payee, address and social security number. Be sure to put your old address and a new one – as we need to confirm that you are the correct person to be paid. Address Change Request
Updated W-9 Tax Form signed by the PAYEE ONLY in order to verify that the information matches what is in our system. W9 W8BEN
The above documentation is required by company policy and protects our interests and those of our Royaltors. Please be advised that we cannot release ANY royalty information without the above documentation and that all address and payee changes must be approved by our Business & Legal Affairs Department.
Please return the above documentation to Sony Music Entertainment, Attn: Account Maintenance, 210 Clay Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, USA, by fax at (201) 777-3047 or by email to royalty.statements@sonymusic.com.
How do I change the payee on my account?
For purposes of updating our files, and to ensure that any future or outstanding statements and/or payments are sent out accordingly, we need the following documentation:
- A notarized letter from the ORIGINAL PAYEE directing us where to send royalty statements and/or payments. Please include the full name of the new payee, address and social security number. Be sure that both the old and new payee sign this form. Payee Change Request
- Updated W-9 Tax Form signed by the NEW PAYEE. W9 W8BEN
The above documentation is required by company policy and protects our interests and those of our Royaltors. Please be advised that we cannot release ANY royalty information without the above documentation and that all address and payee changes must be approved by our Business & Legal Affairs Department.
Please return the above documentation to Sony Music Entertainment, Attn: Account Maintenance, 210 Clay Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, USA, by fax at (201) 777-3047 or by email to royalty.statements@sonymusic.com.
I am the beneficiary of a royalty participant who has passed away. How do I update this account?
For purposes of updating our files, and to ensure that any future or outstanding statements and/or payments are sent out accordingly, we need the following documentation:
A notarized letter & written designation from the fiduciary concerned including full name, address and social security (or Federal Tax ID #: W-9) of the appropriate payee that directs us where to send these royalty statements and/or payments. To expedite, the form attached below can be filled out. If there are multiple payees being designated, then a notarized letter from all payees must be sent with detailing the way royalties are to be distributed going forward. Payee Change (due to death) W9
A recently certified copy of the letter testamentary (legal will) or letters of administration giving us details on who should be receiving these royalties.
A copy of the death certificate.
The above documentation is required by company policy and protects our interests and those of our Royaltors. Please be advised that we cannot release ANY royalty information without the above documentation and that all address and payee changes must be approved by our Business & Legal Affairs Department.
Please return the above documentation to Sony Music Entertainment, Attn: Account Maintenance, 210 Clay Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, USA, by fax at (201) 777-3047 or by email to royalty.statements@sonymusic.com.