Universal Music Group N.V. operates as a music company worldwide. It operates through Recorded Music, Music Publishing, and Merchandising & Other segments. The Recorded Music segment discovers and develops recording artists, as well as markets and promotes their music across various formats and platforms; and engages in the live events, sponsorship, film, and television operations. The Music Publishing segment discovers and develops songwriters, as well as owns and administers the copyright for musical compositions used in recordings, public performances, and related uses, such as films and advertisements. The Merchandising & Other segment produces and sells artist and other branded products through various sales channels, including fashion retail, concert touring, and internet, as well as offers brand rights management services. The company has approximately 3 million recordings, 4 million owned and administered titles, and 250 artists/brands, as well as owns approximately 50 labels covering various music genres. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Hilversum, the Netherlands.

Universal Music Group N.V.

Universal Music Group is a music company that operates in the recording, publishing, and merchandising sectors of the music industry.

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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. 

Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). 

UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world.  Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company. 

Find out more at: http://www.universalmusic.com.

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Meta and Universal Music Group today announced an expanded global, multi-year agreement that will further evolve the creative and commercial opportunities for UMG artists and Universal Music Publishing Group songwriters across Meta’s global network of platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Horizon, Threads and, for the first time, WhatsApp.

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"He was an amazing musician in New York who used to light up venues in a most unusual way for a jazz artist, he was magnetic. Once signed, he was immediately a priority for us." Dahlia Ambach Caplin, Verve Label Group

Ahead of tomorrow’s Santa Barbara Bowl stop for Jon Batiste on the next leg of his 2024 Uneasy Tour, in support of acclaimed 7th studio album World Music Radio, read an exclusive #GlobalMusicReport case study on the US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer & activist.

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UMG announced today its support for the ‘NO FAKES Act,’ a landmark bill to address deepfakes and voice clones.

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“We’re finding that music can play an important role in health and well-being, and in ways we never knew it could.” - Susan Mazo, EVP of Global Communications, Universal Music Group

From fitness, relaxation and meditation to helping with the treatment of everything from dementia to stroke recovery, discover how Universal Music Group are exploring and advancing music's role in physical and mental health in this Global Music Report case study https://lnkd.in/dAZXk5jU

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