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For Universal Records 1988–1989, see <a href="/wiki/Universal_Records_(1988)" title="Universal Records (1988)">Universal Records (1988)</a>. For Universal Records 1995–2006, see <a href="/wiki/Universal_Records_(1995%E2%88%922006)" title="Universal Records (1995−2006)">Universal Records (1995−2006)</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Universal_Records_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Universal Records (disambiguation)">Universal Records (disambiguation)</a>. For the Chicago recording studio, see <a href="/wiki/Universal_Recording_Corporation" title="Universal Recording Corporation">Universal Recording Corporation</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style>Universal Music Group N.V.<a href="#cite_note-:3-3">[3]</a> (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a>–<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> multinational <a href="/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">music corporation</a> under <a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Netherlands" title="Law of the Netherlands">Dutch law</a>. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in <a href="/wiki/Hilversum" title="Hilversum">Hilversum</a>, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica">Santa Monica</a>, California.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> The biggest music company in the world,<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> it is one of the "<a href="/wiki/Record_label#Major_labels" title="Record label">Big Three</a>" record labels, along with <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Group" title="Sony Music Group">Sony Music Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a> acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pershing_Square_Holdings" title="Pershing Square Holdings">Pershing Square Holdings</a> later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">IPO</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Euronext_Amsterdam" title="Euronext Amsterdam">Euronext Amsterdam</a> stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion.<a href="#cite_note-:2-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Universal Music Group N.V.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><a href="/wiki/File:Universal_Music_Group_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Universal_Music_Group_logo.svg/220px-Universal_Music_Group_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Universal_Music_Group_logo.svg/330px-Universal_Music_Group_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Universal_Music_Group_logo.svg/440px-Universal_Music_Group_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="371"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><a href="/wiki/File:Umgheadquarters.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Umgheadquarters.jpg/250px-Umgheadquarters.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Umgheadquarters.jpg/375px-Umgheadquarters.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Umgheadquarters.jpg/500px-Umgheadquarters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456"></a><div class="infobox-caption">Operational headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica">Santa Monica</a>, California</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> (USA business) (1934–1971)</li><li><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a> (1971–1989)</li><li>MCA Music Entertainment Group (1989–1996)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Euronext_Amsterdam" title="Euronext Amsterdam">Euronext Amsterdam</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://euronext.com/products/equities/NL0015000IY2-XAMS/quotes">UMG</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/AEX_index" title="AEX index">AEX</a> component</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Securities_Identification_Number" title="International Securities Identification Number">ISIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a class="external text" href="https://isin.toolforge.org/?language=en&isin=NL0015000IY2">NL0015000IY2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">Entertainment</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">Music</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">September 1934; 90 years ago (1934-09)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Hilversum" title="Hilversum">Hilversum</a>, Netherlands (corporate) <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S. (operational)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide (except for Russia & Belarus)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucian_Grainge" title="Lucian Grainge">Lucian Grainge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Sherry_Lansing" title="Sherry Lansing">Sherry Lansing</a> (chairwoman of the board)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Music_publisher" title="Music publisher">Music publishing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"> <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>11.108 billion (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>14.7 billion) (2023)<a href="#cite_note-FY2023-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"> €1.418 billion (US$1.88 billion) (2023)<a href="#cite_note-FY2023-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a> (20%)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Bollor%C3%A9" title="Vincent Bolloré">Bolloré family</a> (18%)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a> (10%)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Pershing_Square_Holdings" title="Pershing Square Holdings">Pershing Square Holdings</a> (10%)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,319 (2018)<a href="#cite_note-vivendi_18-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Universal_Music_Group_labels" title="List of Universal Music Group labels">List of Universal Music Group labels</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://universalmusic.com/">universalmusic.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> As of April 2024, UMG's catalogue includes over 3 million recordings and 4 million compositions. As of November 2024, UMG is facing accusations of violating the <a href="/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act" title="Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act">Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act</a>; and using deceptive business practices and false advertising under New York state law, to illegally inflate music streams using bots, payola and other methods.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History">1 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Early_history">1.1 Early history</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#2004:_Consolidating_into_a_Vivendi_subsidiary">1.2 2004: Consolidating into a Vivendi subsidiary</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#2007%E2%80%932012:_UMG_acquisitions_and_EMI_purchase">1.3 2007–2012: UMG acquisitions and EMI purchase</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#2012%E2%80%932017:_EMI_integration_and_divisions_reorganization">1.4 2012–2017: EMI integration and divisions reorganization</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#2018%E2%80%932022:_Continued_growth,_Tencent,_public_offering">1.5 2018–2022: Continued growth, Tencent, public offering</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#2023%E2%80%93present:_Appointment_of_Sherry_Lansing,_2024_earnings_call_and_restructuring">1.6 2023–present: Appointment of Sherry Lansing, 2024 earnings call and restructuring</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Labels">2 Labels</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Vevo">3 Vevo</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Locations">4 Locations</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Los_Angeles_metropolitan_area">4.1 Los Angeles metropolitan area</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Santa_Monica">4.1.1 Santa Monica</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Hollywood">4.1.2 Hollywood</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Woodland_Hills">4.1.3 Woodland Hills</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Miami">4.2 Miami</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Nashville">4.3 Nashville</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#New_York_City">4.4 New York City</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Madrid">4.5 Madrid</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#London">4.6 London</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Berlin">4.7 Berlin</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Warsaw">4.8 Warsaw</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Toronto">4.9 Toronto</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Japan">4.10 Japan</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Other_locations">4.11 Other locations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Shareholders">5 Shareholders</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#Criticisms_and_controversies">6 Criticisms and controversies</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#CD_price_fixing">6.1 CD price fixing</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Payola">6.2 Payola</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#YouTube">6.3 YouTube</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Imeem">6.4 Imeem</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Universal_archive_fire_(2008)">6.5 Universal archive fire (2008)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Megaupload">6.6 Megaupload</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Copyright_termination_lawsuit">6.7 Copyright termination lawsuit</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Removal_of_UMG_songs_from_TikTok">6.8 Removal of UMG songs from TikTok</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="#See_also">7 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-36"><a href="#References">8 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-37"><a href="#External_links">9 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information on UMG's history prior to 1996: <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records#History" title="MCA Records">MCA Records § History</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3></div> The company's origins go back to the formation of the American branch of <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> in September 1934, and its name and company logo originate from <a href="/wiki/Carl_Laemmle" title="Carl Laemmle">Carl Laemmle</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>. Although the movie studio and the music business share a common history, today the former is part of <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> and the latter an independent commercial entity.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, many record companies donated their <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metal_master" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:metal master">metal masters</a> to recycling for the war effort. However, Universal was an exception and donated more than 200,000 of their historic <a href="/wiki/Master_recordings" title="Master recordings">master recordings</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <a href="/wiki/MCA_Inc." title="MCA Inc.">MCA Inc.</a> merged with American Decca in 1962.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In November 1990, Japanese multinational conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Panasonic" title="Panasonic">Matsushita Electric</a> agreed to acquire MCA for $6.59 billion.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> In 1995, <a href="/wiki/Seagram_Company_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Seagram Company Ltd.">Seagram</a> acquired 80 percent of MCA from Matsushita.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> On December 9, 1996, the company was renamed <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios,_Inc." title="Universal Studios, Inc.">Universal Studios, Inc.</a>,<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> and its music division was renamed Universal Music Group; MCA Records continued as a label within the Universal Music Group. In May 1998, Seagram purchased <a href="/wiki/PolyGram" title="PolyGram">PolyGram</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Seagram's entertainment assets were then sold to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> media conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a> in 2000, along with UMG. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004:_Consolidating_into_a_Vivendi_subsidiary">2004: Consolidating into a Vivendi subsidiary</h3></div> In May 2004, Universal Music Group was cast under separate management from Universal Studios, when Vivendi sold 80% of the latter to <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, who subsequently merged it with <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> to form <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a>. This came two months after the separation of <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a> from <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Time Warner</a>. In February 2006, Vivendi purchased the remaining 20 percent of UMG from <a href="/wiki/Matsushita_Electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsushita Electric">Matsushita Electric</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> On September 6, 2006, Vivendi announced its €1.63 billion ($2.4 billion) purchase of <a href="/wiki/BMG_Music_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="BMG Music Publishing">BMG Music Publishing</a>; after receiving European Union regulatory approval, the acquisition was completed on June 25, 2007.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2012:_UMG_acquisitions_and_EMI_purchase">2007–2012: UMG acquisitions and EMI purchase</h3></div> In June 2007, UMG acquired Sanctuary, which eventually became UMG's entertainment merchandising and brand management division, Bravado.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> In 2008, Universal Music Group agreed to make its catalog available to <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>, then a new streaming service, for use outside the U.S. on a limited basis.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Morris" title="Doug Morris">Doug Morris</a> stepped down from his position as CEO on January 1, 2011. Former chairman/CEO of Universal Music International <a href="/wiki/Lucian_Grainge" title="Lucian Grainge">Lucian Grainge</a> was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a> of the company. Grainge later replaced Morris as chairman on March 9, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Morris became the next chairman of <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a> on July 1, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> With Grainge's appointment as CEO at UMG, <a href="/wiki/Max_Hole" title="Max Hole">Max Hole</a> was promoted to COO of UMGI, effective July 1, 2010. In January 2011, UMG announced it was donating 200,000 master recordings from the 1920s to 1940s to the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> for preservation.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In 2011, EMI agreed to sell its recorded music operations to Universal Music Group for £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) and its music publishing operations to a <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>-led consortium for $2.2 billion.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Among the other companies that had competed for the recorded music business was <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a> which was reported to have made a $2 billion bid.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <a href="/wiki/IMPALA" class="mw-redirect" title="IMPALA">IMPALA</a> opposed the merger.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In March 2012, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> opened an investigation into the acquisition<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> The EU asked rivals and consumer groups whether the deal would result in higher prices and shut out competitors.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> On September 21, 2012, the sale of EMI to UMG was approved in the European Union and the United States by the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> and <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> respectively.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> However, the European Commission approved the deal only under the condition the merged company divest one third of its total operations to other companies with a proven track record in the music industry. UMG divested <a href="/wiki/Mute_Records" title="Mute Records">Mute Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parlophone" title="Parlophone">Parlophone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roxy_Recordings" title="Roxy Recordings">Roxy Recordings</a>, <a href="/wiki/MPS_Records" title="MPS Records">MPS Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cooperative_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooperative Music">Cooperative Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!" title="Now That's What I Call Music!">Now That's What I Call Music!</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazzland_Recordings" title="Jazzland Recordings">Jazzland</a>, Universal Greece, <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Sanctuary Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Records" title="Chrysalis Records">Chrysalis Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/EMI_Classics" title="EMI Classics">EMI Classics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Classics" title="Virgin Classics">Virgin Classics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_EMI_labels#EMI_Europe" title="List of EMI labels">EMI's European regional labels</a> to comply with this condition. UMG retained <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> (formerly of Parlophone) and <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a> (formerly of Chrysalis). The Beatles catalogue was transferred to UMG's newly formed <a href="/wiki/Calderstone_Productions" title="Calderstone Productions">Calderstone Productions</a>, while Williams' catalogue was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island Records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-emiapproved-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012–2017:_EMI_integration_and_divisions_reorganization">2012–2017: EMI integration and divisions reorganization</h3></div> Universal Music Group completed their acquisition of <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> on September 28, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In November 2012, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Barnett_(music_executive)" title="Steve Barnett (music executive)">Steve Barnett</a> was appointed chairman and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Music_Group" title="Capitol Music Group">Capitol Music Group</a>. He formerly served as COO of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In compliance the conditions of the European Commission after purchase of EMI, Universal Music Group sold the Mute catalogue to the German-based <a href="/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management" title="BMG Rights Management">BMG Rights Management</a> on December 22, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Two months later, BMG acquired <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Sanctuary Records</a> for €50 million ($58 million).<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> On February 8, 2013, <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a> acquired the Parlophone Label Group (consisting of <a href="/wiki/Parlophone_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Parlophone Records">Parlophone Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Records" title="Chrysalis Records">Chrysalis Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/EMI_Classics" title="EMI Classics">EMI Classics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Classics" title="Virgin Classics">Virgin Classics</a> and EMI Records' Belgian, Czech, Danish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovak and Swedish divisions) for $765 million (£487 million).<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Later in February, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a> acquired UMG's European share in <a href="/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Now That's What I Call Music">Now That's What I Call Music</a> for approximately $60 million.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> <a href="/wiki/PIAS_Recordings" title="PIAS Recordings">Play It Again Sam</a> acquired Co-Operative Music for £500,000 in March 2013.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> With EMI's absorption into Universal Music complete, its British operations consist of five label units: Island, Polydor, Decca, Virgin EMI and Capitol.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In the Greek market, as part of its divesture plans, Universal Music retained Minos EMI and sold Universal Music Greece to Greek investors who renamed it Cobalt Music.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <a href="/wiki/Edel_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Edel AG">Edel AG</a> acquired the MPS catalogue from Universal in January 2014.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> On March 20, 2013, UMG announced the worldwide extension of their exclusive distribution deal with the <a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Group" title="Disney Music Group">Disney Music Group</a>, excluding Japan. As a result of this deal DMG's labels and artists have access to UMG's roster of producers and songwriters on a worldwide basis.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The exclusive deal also saw UMG granted unlimited access to all rights pertaining to Disney's 85-year back catalog of soundtracks and albums.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> On April 2, 2013, the gospel music divisions of <a href="/wiki/Motown_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Motown Records">Motown Records</a> and EMI merged to form a new label called Motown Gospel.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> In May 2013, Japanese company <a href="/wiki/SoftBank" class="mw-redirect" title="SoftBank">SoftBank</a> offered $8.5 billion to Vivendi for the acquisition of UMG, but Vivendi rejected it.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> In July 2018, JPMorgan said that UMG could be worth as much as $40 billion<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> and then increased the valuation to $50 billion in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In August 2013, UMG became the first company in the US to have nine of the Top 10 songs on the digital charts, according to <a href="/wiki/SoundScan" class="mw-redirect" title="SoundScan">SoundScan</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> and weeks later, became the first company to hold all 10 of the Top 10 spots on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100 Chart</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> In September 2013, UMG received a <a href="/wiki/SAG-AFTRA" title="SAG-AFTRA">SAG-AFTRA</a> American Scene Award for the company's commitment to diversity as exemplified by its "entire catalog and roster of artists."<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> On April 1, 2014, Universal Music announced the disbandment of <a href="/wiki/The_Island_Def_Jam_Music_Group" title="The Island Def Jam Music Group">Island Def Jam Music</a>, one of four operational umbrella groups within Universal Music. Universal CEO <a href="/wiki/Lucian_Grainge" title="Lucian Grainge">Lucian Grainge</a> said of the closure, "No matter how much we might work to build 'IDJ' as a brand, that brand could never be as powerful as each of IDJ's constituent parts."<a href="#cite_note-NY_Times_2014-67">[67]</a> <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam</a> now operate as autonomous record labels. David Massey and Bartels, who worked respectively at Island and Def Jam Records, were named to the new record labels independently.<a href="#cite_note-NY_Times_2014-67">[67]</a> <a href="/wiki/Barry_Weiss" title="Barry Weiss">Barry Weiss</a>, who previously moved from <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">Sony Music</a> to lead Island Def Jam Music in 2012 when <a href="/wiki/Motown_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Motown Records">Motown Records</a> was incorporated into Island Def Jam, stepped down from Universal Music. Additionally, as part of the changes to the labels, Motown Records transferred to Los Angeles to become part of the <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Music_Group" title="Capitol Music Group">Capitol Music Group</a> and previous Vice President <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_Habtemariam" title="Ethiopia Habtemariam">Ethiopia Habtemariam</a> was promoted to Label President for Motown Records.<a href="#cite_note-NY_Times_2014-67">[67]</a> Universal Music Group entered into film and TV production with the 2014 purchase of <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Rock_Entertainment" title="Eagle Rock Entertainment">Eagle Rock Entertainment</a>. UMG's first major film production was <a href="/wiki/Amy_(2015_film)" title="Amy (2015 film)">Amy</a>, which won an Oscar for Best Documentary,<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> while taking part in <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Cobain:_Montage_of_Heck" title="Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck">Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles:_Eight_Days_a_Week" title="The Beatles: Eight Days a Week">The Beatles: Eight Days a Week</a> documentaries. In January 2016, UMG hired David Blackman from Laurence Mark Production where he was president of production as head of film and television development and production, and theater producer Scott Landis as special advisor on theatrical development and production. UMG Executive Vice President Michele Anthony and Universal Music Publishing Group Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson have oversight of the pair.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> On February 11, 2017, <a href="/wiki/PolyGram_Entertainment" title="PolyGram Entertainment">PolyGram Entertainment</a> was relaunched as a film and television unit of Universal Music Group under David Blackman.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In 2015, UMG's <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> earned all the major <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> for the year, with <a href="/wiki/Sam_Smith_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Smith (singer)">Sam Smith</a> receiving <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist" title="Grammy Award for Best New Artist">Best New Artist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Record of the Year</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year</a> awards and <a href="/wiki/Beck" title="Beck">Beck</a> winning <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> In March 2016, Universal Music Canada donated the archives of EMI Music Canada to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Calgary" title="University of Calgary">University of Calgary</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> In May 2016, UMG acquired Famehouse, a digital marketing agency.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> That same year, <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a> both signed to UMG's Capitol Records, including their catalog releases.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> In April 2017, UMG signed a new multi-year licensing agreement with <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>, the world's leading streaming service, and in May 2017, UMG signed a deal with <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a>, China's biggest gaming and social media firm.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> In July 2017, "<a href="/wiki/Despacito" title="Despacito">Despacito</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Luis_Fonsi" title="Luis Fonsi">Luis Fonsi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daddy_Yankee" title="Daddy Yankee">Daddy Yankee</a> and featuring <a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a>, became the most streamed track of all time. By 2018, the song had broken several <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a>, including Most Weeks at Number 1 on <a href="/wiki/Hot_Latin_Songs" title="Hot Latin Songs">Billboard Hot Latin Songs</a> chart and most-viewed video online.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> In August 2017, UMG and <a href="/wiki/Beyond_International_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Beyond International Group">Grace/Beyond</a> agreed to develop three new music-based television series, 27, Melody Island and Mixtape. 27 would focus on musicians at the age of 27, an age at which <a href="/wiki/27_Club" title="27 Club">several iconic musicians died</a>. Melody Island was an animated series based on tropical island music with live craft segments. Mixtape had twelve episodes, with each episode connected to a song.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> In October 2017, UMG announced the launch of its Accelerator Engagement Network, an initiative aimed to help develop music-based startups around the world.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> In November 2017, <a href="/wiki/USC_Annenberg_School_for_Communication_and_Journalism" title="USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism">USC Annenberg</a> announced UMG's partnership in the "Annenberg Inclusion Initiative", becoming the first music company to do so. The initiative is meant to create change for representation of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the media industry.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In December 2017, Universal Music Group acquired <a href="/wiki/Stiff_Records" title="Stiff Records">Stiff</a> and <a href="/wiki/ZTT_Records" title="ZTT Records">ZTT</a> labels, along with Perfect Songs Publishing, from <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Horn" title="Trevor Horn">Trevor Horn</a>'s SPZ Group;<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> <a href="/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management" title="BMG Rights Management">BMG Rights Management</a>, through Union Square Music subsidiary, retained its back catalogues. That same month, UMG signed a global, multi-year agreement with Facebook becoming the first of The "<a href="/wiki/Record_label#3" title="Record label">Big Three</a>" to license its recorded music and publishing catalogs for video and other social experiences across <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oculus_(brand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oculus (brand)">Oculus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> Sony and Warner signed similar contracts with Facebook the following year. Furthermore, on December 19, 2017, UMG signed a multi-year licensing agreement with <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018–2022:_Continued_growth,_Tencent,_public_offering">2018–2022: Continued growth, Tencent, public offering</h3></div> In June 2018, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Japan" title="Universal Music Japan">Universal Music Japan</a> announced an exclusive license agreement with <a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Group" title="Disney Music Group">Disney Music Group</a>.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> With the addition of Japan, UMG distributes releases from Disney Music Group globally. In July, <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a> signed a worldwide agreement with UMG covering the band's recorded music and audio-visual catalogues, archival support, global merchandising and brand management.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> That same month, Vivendi announced it would explore selling as much as half of Universal Music Group to one or more investors.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Holdings" title="Nielsen Holdings">Nielsen's</a> 2018 US Music Mid-Year report, UMG made history with eight of the Top 10 artists, including all of the top five, as well as all of the top eight artists ranked by on-demand audio streams.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> In August 2018, UMG announced a strategic expansion in Africa, opening an office in <a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a> to oversee French-speaking Africa, and also unveiling a Universal Music Nigeria office in <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> to focus on signing local artists and taking them global.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> In September 2018, singer <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> signed a global partnership agreement with UMG across recorded music, music publishing, brand management, and licensing rights.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> On November 19, 2018, singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> signed a new multi-album deal with UMG, in the United States, her future releases will be promoted under the <a href="/wiki/Republic_Records" title="Republic Records">Republic Records</a> imprint. In addition to the promised ownership of her master recordings, UMG agreed to, in case it sells portions of its stake in <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>, distribute proceeds among its artists and make them non-recoupable.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> In December 2018, <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen's</a> "<a href="/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody" title="Bohemian Rhapsody">Bohemian Rhapsody</a>" became the most-streamed song from the pre-streaming era and the most-streamed classic rock song of all time.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> In February 2019, UMG fully acquired music distributor <a href="/wiki/INgrooves" class="mw-redirect" title="INgrooves">INgrooves</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> In June 2019, YouTube and UMG announced that they were upgrading more than 1,000 popular music videos to high definition, releasing them through 2020.<a href="#cite_note-ny_times-_music_videos-101">[101]</a> In August 2019, <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a> started negotiation to sell 10% Vivendi's stake of Universal Music to Tencent.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> The deal is expected to be of $3.36 billion.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> In February 2020, <a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a> announced it was planning to go public in an IPO within three years.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> On June 16, 2020, Universal rebranded Virgin EMI Records as EMI Records and named Rebecca Allen (former president of UMG's Decca label) as the label's president,<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> bringing back the EMI brand. The same day, UMG announced launch of its new affiliates in Morocco and Israel.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> In July 2020, UMG signed a new multi-year licensing agreement with <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> In June 2021, <a href="/wiki/Pershing_Square_Holdings" title="Pershing Square Holdings">Pershing Square Tontine Holdings</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_company" title="Special-purpose acquisition company">special-purpose acquisition company</a> run by investor Bill Ackman, announced it would acquire 10 percent of UMG before it went public, in a $4 billion transaction. The deal collapsed in July 2021 due to regulatory concerns, and it was announced that Ackman's <a href="/wiki/Pershing_Square_Holdings" title="Pershing Square Holdings">Pershing Square Holdings</a> would complete the purchase instead.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In September 2021, <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">IPO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Euronext_Amsterdam" title="Euronext Amsterdam">Euronext Amsterdam</a> announces an introduction price of €18,50[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>] and <a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a> set an initial valuation for UMG at €33 billion ($38.3 billion). Vivendi distributed 60% of its UMG shares and retaining 10%. The family of French businessman <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Bollor%C3%A9" title="Vincent Bolloré">Vincent Bolloré</a> is revealed as the majority shareholder with 28% of UMG shares, through its holding company <a href="/wiki/Bollor%C3%A9" title="Bolloré">Bolloré</a> (18%) and its subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi</a> (10%), headed by his son <a href="/wiki/Yannick_Bollor%C3%A9" title="Yannick Bolloré">Yannick Bolloré</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a> emerged as UMG's biggest corporate shareholder with 20% of shares. <a href="/wiki/Pershing_Square_Holdings" title="Pershing Square Holdings">Pershing Square Holdings</a> held 10% of UMG shares. In its IPO, UMG hits €54 billion ($62.6 billion) valuation which is over a third bigger than initial valuation.<a href="#cite_note-:2-11">[11]</a> In January 2022, UMG (through <a href="/wiki/INgrooves" class="mw-redirect" title="INgrooves">INgrooves</a>) acquired the Icelandic record label Alda Music, which owned the rights to nearly 80 percent of all music released in Iceland.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> In February 2022, Universal Music Group announced a partnership with Curio, an <a href="/wiki/NFT" class="mw-redirect" title="NFT">NFT</a> platform, to create NFT collections for its record labels and artists.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> On May 31, 2022, Universal Music Group announced Baa1/BBB long-term credit ratings from Moody's and S&P.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> In October 2022, Mercedes-Benz launched a new in-car audio collaboration with Apple Music and Universal Music Group. With this new audio standard, UMG allows its artists to base their song approval process on how the final mix sounds in a Mercedes‑Benz and introduced the "Approved in a Mercedes‑Benz" label as a standard.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> In November 2022, Universal Music Group acquired a 49% stake in Play It Again Sam (PIAS Group), which brings together a series of independent labels.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023–present:_Appointment_of_Sherry_Lansing,_2024_earnings_call_and_restructuring">2023–present: Appointment of Sherry Lansing, 2024 earnings call and restructuring</h3></div> In January 2023, <a href="/wiki/Sherry_Lansing" title="Sherry Lansing">Sherry Lansing</a> was named the Chairman of Board of Directors of the Universal Music Group.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> In August 2023, it was announced UMG had acquired the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">UAE</a>-based music marketing, digital publishing and distribution agency, Chabaka.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> In 2023, Universal Music Group and <a href="/wiki/Deezer" title="Deezer">Deezer</a> announced their initiative to explore potential new business models for music streaming that better recognize the value created by artists.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Indeed, in September 2023, they announced their launch of an artist-centric streaming model designed to better remunerate the artists and music that fans mostly enjoy.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Also in 2023, Universal Music Group introduced a HBCU scholarship program for aspiring doctors.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> In October 2023, UMG and <a href="/wiki/BandLab_Technologies" title="BandLab Technologies">BandLab Technologies</a> formed a partnership to protect the rights of artists as well as songwriters and guarantee the 'ethical use' of Artificial Intelligence (AI).<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> Also in October 2023, UMG formed a new partnership with <a href="/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management" title="BMG Rights Management">BMG Rights Management</a> to develop collaborative initiatives to enlarge opportunities for BMG-signed artists all over the world.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> Unable to reach a licensing agreement with TikTok, UMG removed its music from the platform in January 2024,<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> During UMG's fourth-quarter earnings call on February 29, Grainge said: "There must not be free rides for massive global platforms such as TikTok." The company reported that quarterly revenue rose 9 percent, to 3.2 billion euros ($3.5 billion).<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> Following the earnings call, UMG began a "strategic organizational redesign" that included company-wide layoffs.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Labels">Labels</h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Universal_Music_Group_labels" title="List of Universal Music Group labels">List of Universal Music Group labels</a></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Vevo">Vevo</h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> Universal Music Group co-developed with Google<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> <a href="/wiki/Vevo" title="Vevo">Vevo</a>, a site designed for music videos inspired by <a href="/wiki/Hulu" title="Hulu">Hulu</a>, which similarly allows free ad-supported streaming of videos and other music content.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> On May 24, 2018, Vevo announced that it would no longer continue distributing videos to Vevo.com, instead opting to primarily focus on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> syndication.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Locations">Locations</h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_metropolitan_area">Los Angeles metropolitan area</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Santa_Monica">Santa Monica</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg/220px-Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2012" data-file-height="1604"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 175px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg/220px-Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="175" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg/330px-Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg/440px-Universalmusicpublishinggroup.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Universal Music Publishing Headquarters in Santa Monica, California</figcaption></figure> UMG's operational headquarters are located in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica</a>. <a href="/wiki/Interscope-Geffen-A%26M" class="mw-redirect" title="Interscope-Geffen-A&M">Interscope-Geffen-A&M</a> and Universal Music Enterprises (UME), the company's catalog division, are headquartered in Santa Monica. <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_Records" title="Republic Records">Republic Records</a> also maintain offices there. UMG chairman & CEO <a href="/wiki/Lucian_Grainge" title="Lucian Grainge">Lucian Grainge</a> is based at the company's Santa Monica offices. <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music Publishing">Universal Music Publishing</a> is also headquartered in the city. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hollywood">Hollywood</h4></div> <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Music_Group" title="Capitol Music Group">Capitol Music Group</a> is headquartered at the <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records_Building" title="Capitol Records Building">Capitol Records Building</a> in Hollywood.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Latin_Entertainment" title="Universal Music Latin Entertainment">Universal Music Latin Entertainment</a> is also headquartered in Hollywood. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Woodland_Hills">Woodland Hills</h4></div> Universal Music Group operates a secondary office in Woodland Hills that includes finance, royalty, and operations functions.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miami">Miami</h3></div> Universal Music Latin Entertainment is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nashville">Nashville</h3></div> Universal Music Group Nashville is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_City">New York City</h3></div> UMG has offices in New York City where <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam Recordings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_Records" title="Republic Records">Republic Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verve_Label_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Verve Label Group">Verve Label Group</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Spinefarm_Records" title="Spinefarm Records">Spinefarm Records</a> are headquartered. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madrid">Madrid</h3></div> Universal Music Spain is based in <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>, Spain.<a href="#cite_note-umg_global-137">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="London">London</h3></div> Universal Music Group Global (formerly known as Universal Music Group International (UMGI)) operates offices in London.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Berlin">Berlin</h3></div> Universal Music GmbH, the German subsidiary, is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. It moved in 2002 from Hamburg to the district <a href="/wiki/Friedrichshain" title="Friedrichshain">Friedrichshain</a> at the river <a href="/wiki/Spree_(river)" title="Spree (river)">Spree</a>. In February 2024 the company moved out of the iconic building also called "Eierspeicher" into another office down the street. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Warsaw">Warsaw</h3></div> Universal Music Group's <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Polska" title="Universal Music Polska">Universal Music Polska</a> is located in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toronto">Toronto</h3></div> Universal Music Group's Universal Music Canada is located in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3></div> <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Japan" title="Universal Music Japan">Universal Music Japan</a> is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Shibuya" title="Shibuya">Shibuya</a>, Tokyo. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_locations">Other locations</h3></div> UMG operates in more than 60 territories around the world including Australia, Central America, Brazil, France, India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and more.<a href="#cite_note-umg_global-137">[137]</a> Company's legal headquarters are in the Netherlands. Universal Music Group's largest corporate shareholder, <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a>, is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Shenzhen" title="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</a>, China. Tencent's ultimate largest controlling corporate shareholder, <a href="/wiki/Naspers" title="Naspers">Naspers</a>, is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, South Africa.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> On March 8, 2022, UMG <a href="/wiki/2022_boycott_of_Russia_and_Belarus" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus">suspended all its operations in Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">following the country's invasion of Ukraine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> In 2023, UMG announced its expansion with its new office in <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, Morocco.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a><a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Shareholders">Shareholders</h2></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> As of January 2022, the company's shares were held by:<a href="#cite_note-:3-3">[3]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Bollor%C3%A9" title="Vincent Bolloré">Vincent Bolloré</a>: 28% <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bollor%C3%A9" title="Bolloré">Bolloré SE</a>: 18%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivendi" title="Vivendi">Vivendi SE</a>: 10%</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a>: 20% <ul><li>Concerto Investment BV: 10%</li> <li>Scherzo Investment BV: 10%</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pershing_Square_Holdings" title="Pershing Square Holdings">Pershing Square Holdings</a>: 10%</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Criticisms_and_controversies">Criticisms and controversies</h2></div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CD_price_fixing">CD price fixing</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/CD_price_fixing" title="CD price fixing">CD price fixing</a></div> In 2000, music companies including UMG entered into consent agreements with the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:0-147">[147]</a> with no admission of liability,<a href="#cite_note-:1-148">[148]</a> whereby they agreed to discontinue the use of <a href="/wiki/Minimum_advertised_price" class="mw-redirect" title="Minimum advertised price">Minimum Advertised Price</a> programs under which subsidized cooperative advertising was provided to retailers that agreed to adhere to minimum advertised pricing.<a href="#cite_note-:0-147">[147]</a> In 2002, a similar settlement was entered into with music publishers and distributors <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">Sony Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">Bertelsmann Music Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI Music</a> and Universal Music Group and certain retailers, without admission of liability or wrongdoing, with various states. In settlement of the claim, the companies collectively agreed to pay a $67.4 million fine and distribute $75.7 million in <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CDs</a> to public and non-profit groups.<a href="#cite_note-:1-148">[148]</a> It was estimated that consumers were overcharged by $500 million and up to $5 per album.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Payola">Payola</h3></div> In May 2006, an investigation led by then <a href="/wiki/New_York_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Attorney General">New York Attorney General</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eliot_Spitzer" title="Eliot Spitzer">Eliot Spitzer</a>, concluded with a determination that Universal Music Group <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribed</a> radio stations to play songs from <a href="/wiki/Ashlee_Simpson" title="Ashlee Simpson">Ashlee Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_McKnight" title="Brian McKnight">Brian McKnight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Tymers" title="Big Tymers">Big Tymers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Lachey" title="Nick Lachey">Nick Lachey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Lohan" title="Lindsay Lohan">Lindsay Lohan</a> and other performers under Universal labels. The company paid $12 million to the state in settlement.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="YouTube">YouTube</h3></div> In 2007, with the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Stephanie Lenz sued UMG's publishing company for allegedly improperly requesting that, pursuant to the <a href="/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a>, YouTube remove a 29-second home video in which Lenz's child danced to a recording of <a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince's</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Go_Crazy" title="Let's Go Crazy">Let's Go Crazy</a>".<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> After years of litigation, the suit settled in 2018, prior to the court holding a trial on whether UMG had a subjective belief that the video was infringing and not fair to use before sending its request to YouTube.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> In April 2016, UMG had the audio muted of a video clip showing <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Jenkins" title="Katherine Jenkins">Katherine Jenkins</a> singing the British national anthem. They claimed that the recording of "<a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen" class="mw-redirect" title="God Save the Queen">God Save the Queen</a>" was copyrighted, and YouTube initially complied with this request, but subsequently offered the video with the original audio track.<a href="#cite_note-wingsoverscotland1-155">[155]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Imeem">Imeem</h3></div> In December 2007, UMG announced a deal with <a href="/wiki/Imeem" title="Imeem">Imeem</a> that allowed users of the social network to listen to any track from Universal's catalogue for free with a portion of the advertising generated by the music being shared with the record label.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> All traffic was redirected to <a href="/wiki/Myspace" title="Myspace">MySpace</a> after that company acquired <a href="/wiki/Imeem" title="Imeem">Imeem</a> on December 8, 2009.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universal_archive_fire_(2008)">Universal archive fire (2008)</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire" title="2008 Universal Studios fire">2008 Universal Studios fire</a></div> According to Jody Rosen of <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, the fire which swept through <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Hollywood" title="Universal Studios Hollywood">Universal Studios Hollywood</a> on June 1, 2008, caused "the biggest disaster in the history of the music business".<a href="#cite_note-Rosen-158">[158]</a> In space rented from NBCUniversal, according to an official document marked "Confidential", the fire destroyed at least 118,230 "assets" (<a href="/wiki/Master_recordings" title="Master recordings">master recordings</a>), or about 500,000 song titles, owned by UMG. "The vault housed tape masters for <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a>, the pop, jazz and classical powerhouse; it housed master tapes for the storied blues label <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess</a>; it housed masters for <a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse!</a>, the groundbreaking jazz label. The vault held masters for the MCA, ABC, A&M, Geffen and Interscope labels; as well as some smaller subsidiary labels. Nearly all of these masters—in some cases, the complete discographies of entire record labels—were wiped out in the fire."<a href="#cite_note-Rosen-158">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-Chokshi-159">[159]</a> In a statement issued on June 11, 2019, UMG said <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> article contained "numerous inaccuracies, misleading statements, contradictions and fundamental misunderstandings of the scope of the incident and affected assets."<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> Following the publication of the New York Times story, <a href="/wiki/Questlove" title="Questlove">Questlove</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Roots" title="The Roots">The Roots</a> confirmed that the master tapes for two of the band's albums, including unused material and multi-track recordings, were lost in the fire.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Krist_Novoselic" title="Krist Novoselic">Krist Novoselic</a> said he believed the masters for the band's 1991 album <a href="/wiki/Nevermind" title="Nevermind">Nevermind</a> were "gone forever" as a result of the fire.<a href="#cite_note-mourn-162">[162]</a> Representatives for <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> announced they would investigate the effects the fire may have had on the band's archival materials, while <a href="/wiki/Hole_(band)" title="Hole (band)">Hole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosanne_Cash" title="Rosanne Cash">Rosanne Cash</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Downes" title="Geoff Downes">Geoff Downes</a> made statements on their possible losses from the fire.<a href="#cite_note-mourn-162">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> A representative for <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> confirmed that the rapper's master recordings were digitized months before the fire, but could not confirm whether the physical master reels of his recordings were affected.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> UMG archivist Patrick Kraus assured that the <a href="/wiki/Impulse!_Records" title="Impulse! Records">Impulse! Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" title="Ahmad Jamal">Ahmad Jamal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nashboro_Records" title="Nashboro Records">Nashboro Records</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess Records</a> masters survived the fire and were still in Universal's archive.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> Howard King filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on June 21, 2019, on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Soundgarden" title="Soundgarden">Soundgarden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hole_(band)" title="Hole (band)">Hole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a>, the estate of <a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a> and a former wife of <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petty" title="Tom Petty">Tom Petty</a> that seeks class action status for artists whose master recordings were believed to have been destroyed in the Universal Studios fire.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Megaupload">Megaupload</h3></div> On December 9, 2011, <a href="/wiki/Megaupload" title="Megaupload">Megaupload</a> published a music video titled: "The Mega Song", showing artists including <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a> endorsing the company.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> The music video was also uploaded to YouTube, but was removed following a takedown request by UMG. <a href="/wiki/Megaupload" title="Megaupload">Megaupload</a> said that the video contained no infringing content, commenting: "we have signed agreements with every featured artist for this campaign".<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> <a href="/wiki/Megaupload" title="Megaupload">Megaupload</a> requested an apology from UMG, and filed a lawsuit against the company in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of California">United States District Court for the Northern District of California</a>, on December 12, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-theguardian1-170">[170]</a><a href="#cite_note-torrentfreak1-171">[171]</a> UMG denied that the takedown was ordered under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a>, and said that the takedown was "pursuant to the UMG-YouTube agreement," which gives UMG "the right to block or remove user-posted videos through YouTube's CMS (Content Management System) based on a number of contractually specified criteria."<a href="#cite_note-arstechnica1-172">[172]</a> The video was subsequently returned to YouTube, with the reasons for the UMG takedown remaining unclear.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes1-173">[173]</a> Lawyers for <a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a> initially claimed that he had never agreed to the project, and on December 12, he denied any involvement in the takedown notice.<a href="#cite_note-techdirt1-174">[174]</a> Megaupload dismissed its case against UMG in January 2012.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Copyright_termination_lawsuit">Copyright termination lawsuit</h3></div> On February 5, 2019, <a href="/wiki/John_Waite" title="John Waite">John Waite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ely" title="Joe Ely">Joe Ely</a> filed a class-action lawsuit against UMG claiming that the company was violating their right to terminate grants of copyright after 35 years in accordance with <a href="/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright law of the United States">copyright law of the United States</a> by ignoring Notices of Termination. On May 3, 2019, UMG filed a motion to dismiss the case, stating the Notices of Termination were not valid because the songs were not grants of copyright but <a href="/wiki/Work_for_hire" title="Work for hire">works for hire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-DMN-176">[176]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Removal_of_UMG_songs_from_TikTok">Removal of UMG songs from TikTok</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Removal_of_Universal_Music_Group_songs_from_TikTok" class="mw-redirect" title="Removal of Universal Music Group songs from TikTok">Removal of Universal Music Group songs from TikTok</a></div> On February 1, 2024, music released by UMG was muted or removed from <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> after UMG and TikTok failed to reach a licensing agreement.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="مجموعة يونيفرسال الموسيقية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مجموعة يونيفرسال الموسيقية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE" title="یونیورسال موزیک قروپ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="یونیورسال موزیک قروپ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF" title="Юнивърсъл Мюзик Груп – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Юнивърсъл Мюзик Груп" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84" title="گروه موسیقی یونیورسال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گروه موسیقی یونیورسال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EB%8B%88%EB%B2%84%EC%84%A4_%EB%AE%A4%EC%A7%81_%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9" title="유니버설 뮤직 그룹 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="유니버설 뮤직 그룹" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="यूनिवर्सल म्यूज़िक समूह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="यूनिवर्सल म्यूज़िक समूह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4" title="יוניברסל מיוזיק גרופ – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יוניברסל מיוזיק גרופ" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%87" title="مجموعة يونيفرسال الموسيقيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مجموعة يونيفرسال الموسيقيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB_%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF_%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97" title="ユニバーサルミュージックグループ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ユニバーサルミュージックグループ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Pangasinan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русиньскый</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sicilianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music" title="Universal Music – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Universal Music" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%9B" title="ยูนิเวอร์แซลมิวสิกกรุป – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ยูนิเวอร์แซลมิวสิกกรุป" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%DA%A9_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE" title="یونیورسل میوزک گروپ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="یونیورسل میوزک گروپ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Universal Music Group" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E5%94%B1%E7%89%87" title="环球唱片 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="环球唱片" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target">吴语</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%92%B0%E7%90%83%E5%94%B1%E7%89%87" title="環球唱片 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="環球唱片" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">粵語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%AF%E7%90%83%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90%E9%9B%86%E5%9B%A2" title="环球音乐集团 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" 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