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25 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1999</span>)</span><span style="font-size:85%;">(Name change)</span></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/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S.</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</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"><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/Jody_Gerson" title="Jody Gerson">Jody Gerson</a> (Chairman and CEO)</li><li>Marc Cimino (COO)</li><li>JW Beekman (CFO)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Music_publisher_(popular_music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Music publisher (popular music)">Music publishing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Production_Music" title="Universal Production Music">Universal Production Music</a></li><li>Universal Music - Z Tunes LLC (<a href="/wiki/Zomba_Group_of_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Zomba Group of Companies">ex-Zomba</a>)</li><li>Universal MGB Publishing <a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">(ex-BMG)</a></li><li>Universal Songs of <a href="/wiki/PolyGram" title="PolyGram">PolyGram</a></li><li>Songs of Universal, Inc.</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.umusicpub.com">www<wbr />.umusicpub<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Universal Music Publishing Group</b> (<b>UMPG</b>) is a global <a href="/wiki/Music_publisher_(popular_music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Music publisher (popular music)">music publishing company</a> and is part of the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a>. Universal Music Publishing has been ranked the #1 music publisher in market share by Billboard for multiple consecutive quarters.<sup id="cite_ref-bbmar23_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbmar23-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company is home to major songwriters and artists, including <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bad_Bunny" title="Bad Bunny">Bad Bunny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosal%C3%ADa" title="Rosalía">Rosalía</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lacy" title="Steve Lacy">Steve Lacy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a>, <a href="/wiki/SZA" title="SZA">SZA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Styles" title="Harry Styles">Harry Styles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Post_Malone" title="Post Malone">Post Malone</a> and more. UMPG has recently made historic catalogue acquisitions, including <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UMPG's catalogue consists of over four million songs, with offices in 40 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-peoty_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peoty-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kramer_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kramer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Universal_Music_Publishing_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UMPG was formerly known as MCA Music Publishing until it merged with PolyGram in 1998 when <a href="/wiki/Seagram" title="Seagram">Seagram</a> acquired <a href="/wiki/PolyGram" title="PolyGram">PolyGram</a> for $10.4 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PolyGram's music business was merged into Seagram's <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a>. The merger was effected in January 1999, forming a new company named <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a>. The merger also included both record labels' music publishers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PolyGram catalog included <a href="/wiki/Dick_James_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick James Music">Dick James Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welk_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Welk Music">Welk Music</a>, Cedarwood Publishing, and <a href="/wiki/Stig_Anderson" title="Stig Anderson">Sweden Music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MCA had been in the music publishing business since 1964, when it acquired <a href="/wiki/Lou_Levy_(publisher)" title="Lou Levy (publisher)">Lou Levy</a>'s Leeds Music.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2000, UMPG acquired Rondor Music from <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Herb Alpert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moss" title="Jerry Moss">Jerry Moss</a> for roughly $400 million. It included former music publishing arms of <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records" title="A&M Records">A&M Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/I.R.S._Records" title="I.R.S. Records">I.R.S. Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stax_Records" title="Stax Records">Stax Records</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shelter_Records" title="Shelter Records">Shelter Records</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Tunes" title="Sea of Tunes">Sea of Tunes</a>. The purchase added 60,000 copyrights to Universal's library.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Universal Music Publishing Group acquired BMG Music Publishing from <a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">Bertelsmann Music Group</a> for €1.63 billion, back then the third largest publishing group in the world, making Universal Music the largest music publisher in the world. It included the catalogs of <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ditions_Durand" title="Éditions Durand">Éditions Durand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Casa_Ricordi" title="Casa Ricordi">Casa Ricordi</a> and former music publishing arms of <a href="/wiki/Benson_Records" title="Benson Records">Benson Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zomba_Group_of_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Zomba Group of Companies">Zomba</a>. As part of the acquisition of BMG Music Publishing, Universal divested the catalogues of Zomba UK (and the European rights to Zomba USA), Rondor UK, 19 Music and BBC to a new company named <a href="/wiki/Imagem" title="Imagem">Imagem</a> (now part of <a href="/wiki/Concord_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Concord Music">Concord Music Publishing</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sony/ATV_Music_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony/ATV Music Publishing">Sony/ATV Music Publishing</a> overtook Universal Music Publishing as the world's largest music publisher in 2013 after acquiring <a href="/wiki/EMI_Music_Publishing" title="EMI Music Publishing">EMI Music Publishing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 7, 2013, UMPG acquired American music publisher Criterion Music Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 1, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Jody_Gerson" title="Jody Gerson">Jody Gerson</a> was named the chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, becoming the first woman CEO of a global music company and the first female to run a major music publishing company.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gerson made history as the first publishing executive and first woman to be named Billboard's 'Executive of the Year' for their Power 100 list.<sup id="cite_ref-peoty_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peoty-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also named Variety Hitmakers' Executive of the Year in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2015, she was named Executive of the Year by Billboard Magazine in its Women in Music issue.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018 <a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Publishing" title="Disney Music Publishing">Disney Music Publishing</a> and UMPG expanded their business relationship to the continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Israel and Ireland, as well as countries in the Caribbean and Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, UMPG was ranked No. 1 on Billboard's Publishers Quarterly on the Hot 100 for the third consecutive quarter, which is taken from official Hot 100 chart data. Additionally, the portfolio publisher made history holding more than 30% market share for the past three quarters, a record that has not been achieved by any publisher since 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-bbmar23_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbmar23-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 27, 2024, <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> announced that its license to use UMPG's catalogue would expire on March 1. At the beginning of February 2024, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> had removed its entire recorded catalogue from the app.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Universal_Music_Publishing_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UMPG is the music publishing partner of many film/TV studios globally, including <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures" title="Warner Bros. Pictures">Warner Bros. Pictures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lionsgate" class="mw-redirect" title="Lionsgate">Lionsgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">MGM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney Europe</a> (and other territories), <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global" title="Paramount Global">Viacom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amazon_MGM_Studios" title="Amazon MGM Studios">Amazon</a>, <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a>, <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Pictures" title="DreamWorks Pictures">DreamWorks</a>, <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Animation" title="DreamWorks Animation">DreamWorks Animation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legendary_Entertainment" title="Legendary Entertainment">Legendary Pictures</a>, <a href="/wiki/MarVista_Entertainment" title="MarVista Entertainment">MarVista Entertainment</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sesame_Workshop" title="Sesame Workshop">Sesame Workshop</a>, among many others.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UMPG administers the 60,000 title Rondor Music Catalog and also owns or administers a multitude of others including: <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope</a> and <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam" class="mw-redirect" title="Def Jam">Def Jam</a> Music, <a href="/wiki/WildBrain" title="WildBrain">WildBrain</a>, Amazon MGM Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, All Nations Music, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Daniels" title="Charlie Daniels">Charlie Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casa_Ricordi" title="Casa Ricordi">Casa Ricordi</a>, Matraca Berg, DreamWorks Animation, HBO, Paramount Global (excluding <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Showtime_Networks" title="Showtime Networks">Showtime Networks</a>), Warner Bros., <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i>, Lionsgate,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Publishing" title="Disney Music Publishing">Disney Music Publishing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forerunner Music, <a href="/wiki/Epitaph_Records" title="Epitaph Records">Epitaph Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Jeff_Barry_and_Ellie_Greenwich" title="List of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich">Greenwich/Barry</a>, Momentum Publishing, and John Philips. UMPG also owns or administers the works of <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dsign_Music" title="Dsign Music">Dsign Music</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International">International</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Universal_Music_Publishing_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UMPG has 48 offices across 40 countries around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-kramer_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kramer-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Universal Music Publishing Group Australia & NZ is based in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marianna Annas, former Head of <a href="/wiki/ABC_Music_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Music Publishing">ABC Music Publishing</a> until January 2020, is as of June 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Music_Publishing_Group&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> Vice President, Commercial & Creative at the company,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Nashville Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group_Nashville#Lost_Highway_Records" title="Universal Music Group Nashville">Lost Highway Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records_Nashville" title="Capitol Records Nashville">Capitol Records Nashville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group_Nashville#EMI_Records_Nashville" title="Universal Music Group Nashville">EMI Records Nashville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Australia" title="Universal Music Australia">UM Australia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Island_Records_Australia" title="Island Records Australia">Island Records Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Era_Records" title="Golden Era Records">Golden Era Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modular_Recordings" title="Modular Recordings">Modular Recordings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMI_Music_Australia" title="EMI Music Australia">EMI Music Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Japan" title="Universal Music Japan">UM Japan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records">EMI Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_D" title="Universal D">Universal D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam Recordings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Classics_and_Jazz" title="Universal Classics and Jazz">Universal Classics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music UK">UM UK</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records">EMI Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">0207 Def Jam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_TV" title="Universal Music TV">Universal Music On Demand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Universal_Music_Greater_China&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Universal Music Greater China (page does not exist)">UM Greater China</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records">EMI China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music Hong Kong">PolyGram Records China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Records" title="Republic Records">Republic Records China</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Universal_Music_China&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Universal Music China (page does not exist)">Universal Music China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music Hong Kong">Universal Music Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music Taiwan">Universal Music Taiwan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music France">UM France</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Music France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records France</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Island_Def_Jam_Record&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Island Def Jam Record (page does not exist)">Island Def Jam France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor France</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romance_Musique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romance Musique (page does not exist)">Romance Musique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PIAS_Group" title="PIAS Group">PIAS France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Records France</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UMG_Philippines" title="UMG Philippines">UM Philippines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records">EMI Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Records" title="Republic Records">Republic Records Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UMG_Philippines" title="UMG Philippines">UMG Philippines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Africa" title="Universal Music Africa">Universal Music Africa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=U-Live_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U-Live Africa (page does not exist)">U-Live Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motown_Gospel_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Motown Gospel Africa (page does not exist)">Motown Gospel Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Africa" title="Def Jam Africa">Def Jam Recordings Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group_Nigeria" title="Universal Music Group Nigeria">Universal Music Group Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_South_Africa" title="Universal Music South Africa">Universal Music South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_Note_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Note Africa (page does not exist)">Blue Note Records Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Music_Label_%26_Artist_Services_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virgin Music Label & Artist Services Africa (page does not exist)">Virgin Music Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Universal_Music_Group_labels" title="List of Universal Music Group labels">Other UMG labels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Enterprises" title="Universal Music Enterprises">Universal Music Enterprises</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hip-O_Records" title="Hip-O Records">Hip-O Records</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Indonesia" title="Universal Music Indonesia">Universal Music Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Universal_Music_Malaysia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Universal Music Malaysia (page does not exist)">Universal Music Malaysia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishing division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Universal Music Publishing Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Production_Music" title="Universal Production Music">Universal Production Music</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film/TV units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Rock_Entertainment" title="Eagle Rock Entertainment">Eagle Rock Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PolyGram_Entertainment" title="PolyGram Entertainment">PolyGram Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vevo" title="Vevo">Vevo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-UMG distributed labels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Machine_Label_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Machine Label Group">Big Machine Label Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Group" title="Disney Music Group">Disney Music Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Records" title="Hollywood Records">Hollywood Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-Curve_Records" title="S-Curve Records">S-Curve Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Records" title="Walt Disney Records">Walt Disney Records</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roc_Nation" title="Roc Nation">Roc Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ECM_Records" title="ECM Records">ECM Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dew_Process" title="Dew Process">Dew Process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Records" title="Nickelodeon Records">Nickelodeon Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Records" title="Red Bull Records">Red Bull Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Because_Music" title="Because Music">Because Music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Recordings" title="London Recordings">London Recordings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Banger_Records" title="Ed Banger Records">Ed Banger Records</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="International_third-party_licensees" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Universal_Music_Group_labels#Third-party_national_licensees" title="List of Universal Music Group labels">International third-party 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title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI (worldwide)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-M%C3%BAsica_Brasil" title="Pro-Música Brasil">PMB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">RIAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SNEP" title="SNEP">SNEP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management" title="BMG Rights Management">BMG Rights Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Publishing" title="Sony Music Publishing">Sony Music Publishing</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Universal Music Publishing Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Chappell_Music" title="Warner Chappell Music">Warner Chappell Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Publishing" title="Disney Music Publishing">Disney Music Publishing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Record labels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Record_label#Major_labels" title="Record label">Major</a></b></i>: <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">Sony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">Independent</a></b></i>: <a href="/wiki/Concord_(entertainment_company)" title="Concord (entertainment company)">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_independent_UK_record_labels" title="List of independent UK record labels">Independent UK record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_Artists_Music_Group" title="Allied Artists Music Group">AAMG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retailers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_music_store" title="Digital music store">Digital music stores</a> (<a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fnac" title="Fnac">Fnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaspien" title="Kaspien">Kaspien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Megastores" title="Virgin Megastores">Virgin Megastores</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CTS_Eventim" title="CTS Eventim">CTS Eventim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Nation_Entertainment" title="Live Nation Entertainment">Live Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LiveStyle" title="LiveStyle">LiveStyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticketmaster" title="Ticketmaster">Ticketmaster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_genres_and_styles" title="List of music genres and styles">Major genres</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">Easy listening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_music" title="Experimental music">Experimental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_music" title="Latin music">Latin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metal_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Metal music">Metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New-age_music" title="New-age music">New Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">Reggae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">World</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sectors<br />and roles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Album_cover#Design" title="Album cover">Album cover design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">Artists and repertoire (A&R)</a></li> <li><a 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