Universal Music Group
Dutch–American music corporation
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Summary
Universal Music Group is a record company[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of record company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,450 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3], Netherlands[4]
- Instance of: major label[5], record label group[6], public company[7]
- Founder: MCA Inc.[8]
- Owned by: Vivendi[9], Tencent[10], Pershing Square Holdings[11]
- Follows: MCA Inc.[12], PolyGram[13]
- Headquarters location: Santa Monica[14], Broadway[15], California[16], New York[17]
- Chief executive officer: Lucian Grainge[18]
- Has organizational division: Universal[19], Universal Music[20], UTV Records[21], Universal Classics & Jazz[22], UMG Soundtracks[23], Universal Soundtracks[24]
- Child organization or unit: Def Jam Recordings[25], MCA Records[26], Flip Records[27], Universal Music LLC[28], Universal Music Hong Kong[29], EMI Records Japan[30], Universal Music France[31], Interscope Geffen A&M[32], Capitol Music Group[33], Eagle Rock Entertainment[34], Republic Records, Inc.[35], The Island Def Jam Music Group[36], Polydor[37], Decca[38]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Type: Holding[39]
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Country: US[40]
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Began / founded: 1934-09[41]
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Genre(s): christmas music[42]
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Community tags: big three, christmas music, classic[43]
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MusicBrainz ID: 19d052fa-570a-4b17-9a3d-8f2f029b7b57[44]
Why It Matters
Universal Music Group has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]