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ABOUT UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Universal Music Group (UMG) is
the largest business group and family of record
labels in the recording industry. With a 25.5% market
share, it is one of the Big Four record labels. It belongs
to the French conglomerate Vivendi
SA.
UMG's record labels have many of the world's biggest artists including Tupac
Shakur, Wisin & Yandel, Latin
Fresh, Rammstein, The Killers, Don Omar, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Elton John, Method
Man, Luny Tunes, Jay-Z, Mariah
Carey, t.A.T.u., Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, G-Unit, Diana
Ross, Hector El Father, Luciano Pavarotti, U2, blink-182, Kanye West, Rihanna, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Black Eyed Peas, Nelly
Furtado, Tokio Hotel, Notch, Nelly and Gwen
Stefani. UMG now owns the largest music publishing business
in the world, the Universal Music Publishing
Group, (after their acquisition of BMG Music Publishing in June
2007).
In the United
States UMG is located in Santa Monica, California, and New York City, New York along with Universal Music Group Nashville;
in the UK the group has a number of offices in London and Romford. Vivendi's headquarters are in France,
in Paris.
History of
Universal Music Group
"Universal Music" was once the music company
attached to film studio Universal Pictures. Its origins go back
to the formation of the American branch of Decca
Records in 1934. MCA bought American Decca in 1962. The
present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram and merged it with Universal Music Group
in 1998.
However, the name first appeared in 1996 when MCA
Music Entertainment was renamed Universal Music Group.
With the 2004 acquisition of Vivendi's Vivendi Universal Entertainment by General Electric's NBC, Universal
Music Group was separated entirely from its film studio namesake for
the first time.
In February 2006, the group became 100% owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA when Vivendi purchased the last 20%
from Matsushita, the group's
sole owner from 1990 to 1995 and co-owner from 1995 to 2006.
On September
6, 2006 it was announced that Universal Music will purchase BMG Music Publishing (to become Universal Music Publishing
Group), for €1.63 billion ($2.1 billion), subject to regulatory
approval.
Universal
Music Group Labels
Universal Music Group owns, or has a joint share
in, a large number of record
labels, including:
Interscope-Geffen-A&M
Interscope Records
Geffen Records
A&M
Records
The Universal
Motown/Universal Republic Group
The Island Def Jam Music Group
Def Jam Recordings
Island Records
Mercury Records
Roc-A-Fella Records
So So Def Recordings
Universal Music Classics Group
Universal Music Group Nashville
Verve Music Group
Machete Music
Sanctuary Records
UMG’s
Standalone Labels
Independent
Labels Distributed by UMG
UMG Labels
Outside of the US
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For more about Universal
Music Group,
please the company's Web site.
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