Universal Music Group

Summary

Universal Music Group is a record company^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of record_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,955 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Universal Music Group is in the country of United States^[3].
• Universal Music Group is in the country of Netherlands^[4].
• Universal Music Group's instance of is recorded as record company^[5].
• Universal Music Group's instance of is recorded as major label^[6].
• Universal Music Group's instance of is recorded as record label group^[7].
• Universal Music Group's instance of is recorded as public company^[8].
• Universal Music Group's founder is recorded as MCA Inc.^[9].
• Universal Music Group is owned by Vivendi^[10].
• Universal Music Group is owned by Tencent^[11].
• Universal Music Group is owned by Pershing Square Holdings^[12].
• Universal Music Group followed MCA Inc.^[13].
• Universal Music Group followed PolyGram^[14].
• Universal Music Group's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[15].
• Universal Music Group's headquarters location is recorded as Broadway^[16].
• Universal Music Group's headquarters location is recorded as California^[17].
• Universal Music Group's headquarters location is recorded as New York^[18].
• Universal Music Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Lucian Grainge^[19].
• Universal Music Group's has organizational division is recorded as Universal^[20].
• Universal Music Group's has organizational division is recorded as Universal Music^[21].
• Universal Music Group's has organizational division is recorded as UTV Records^[22].
• Universal Music Group's has organizational division is recorded as Universal Classics & Jazz^[23].
• Universal Music Group's has organizational division is recorded as UMG Soundtracks^[24].
• Universal Music Group's has organizational division is recorded as Universal Soundtracks^[25].
• Universal Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Def Jam Recordings^[26].
• Universal Music Group's child organization or unit is recorded as MCA Records^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Holding^[28]

• Country: US^[29]

• Began / founded: 1934-09^[30]

• Genre(s): christmas music^[31]

• Community tags: big three, christmas music, classic^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: 19d052fa-570a-4b17-9a3d-8f2f029b7b57^[33]

Body

Founding

Universal Music Group's founder is recorded as MCA Inc.^[9].

Identity

Predecessors include MCA Inc.^[13] and PolyGram^[14].

Leadership

Universal Music Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Lucian Grainge^[19].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Santa Monica^[15], a city in the United States^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1769^[36]; Broadway^[16], a street^[37], in United States^[38]; California^[17], an U.S. state^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1850^[41]; and New York^[18], an U.S. state^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 1788^[44]. Subsidiaries include Def Jam Recordings^[26], a record label^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1984^[47], headquartered in New York City^[48]; MCA Records^[27], a record label^[49], in United States^[50], founded in 1962^[51]; Flip Records^[52], a record label^[53], in United States^[54], founded in 1994^[55]; Universal Music LLC^[56], a business^[57], in Japan^[58], founded in 1990^[59], headquartered in Akasaka^[60]; Universal Music Hong Kong^[61], a record label^[62], in Hong Kong^[63], founded in 1999^[64]; and EMI Records Japan^[65], a record label^[66], in Japan^[67], founded in 2013^[68].

Ownership

Owners include Vivendi^[10], an organization^[69], in France^[70], founded in 1987^[71], headquartered in Paris^[72]; Tencent^[11], a conglomerate^[73], in People's Republic of China^[74], founded in 1998^[75], headquartered in Maling^[76]; and Pershing Square Holdings^[12], an investment trust^[77], in United States^[78], founded in 2012^[79], headquartered in New York City^[80].

Why It Matters

Universal Music Group ranks in the top 3% of record_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,955 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[81] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[82]