Universal Music Group
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Universal Music Group (UMG) formerly MCA Music Entertainment (see Music Corporation of America). is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share it is one of the Big Four record labels. It is owned by the Vivendi Universal. They have some of the world's biggest artists including Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, Eminem, Luciano Pavarotti and U2. It also own one of the largest music publishing businesses of the world, the Universal Music Publishing Group.
"Universal Music" was originally the music company attached to film studio Universal Pictures; its history is long and complex[1], but the present organisation was formed when its owners, Seagram, bought PolyGram and merged it with UMG in 1998. Seagram has since sold UMG to Vivendi.
Record labels
UMG owns a large number of record labels, including:
- A&M Records
- Barclay Records
- Decca Records
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Dreamworks Records
- Geffen Records
- Hollywood Records in the US and Canada only
- Interscope Records
- Island Def Jam Records
- Island Records
- Def Jam
- Jazzland Records
- Lost Highway Records
- MCA Nashville Records
- Mercury Nashville Records
- Mercury Records
- Motor Music Records
- Nhi Le Records
- Polydor
- Philips Records
- RMM Records
- Stockholm Records
- Universal Classics Group
- Universal Motown Records Group
- Universal Music Group Nashville
- Universal Records
- Universal South Records
- Blackground Records
- Motown Records
- Republic Records
- Cash Money Records
- Bad Boy Records
- Casablanca Records
- Street Records Corporation
- Urban Records
- Verve Records
Universal Music Group also owns local "Universal" labels in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey.
