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  1. Sep 14, 2022 · What Does A Record Label Do? Beyond selling a fast-tracked dream to artist success, major record labels have their own captive audience.

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    PolyGram was merged into Universal Music Group (UMG) in 1999, leaving the remaining record labels to be known as the Big Five.

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    • Revenue: From The Beatles to Billie Eilish. Universal Music Group or UMG is the largest of the "big three" record labels. It represents a huge range of musicians and song catalogues, from Billie Eilish to The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan.
    • Reinvention: Music streaming changed the game. Universal is benefiting from a boom in streaming revenues, with young music fans in particular relying on their smartphones to listen to songs.
    • International competition. Universal still faces competition from independent labels and startups looking to release music in a purely digital fashion.
    • Universal's ownership. Universal was spun off by French media group Vivendi. Vivendi's investors, including its controlling shareholder Vincent Bollore, received 60% of the shares of Universal after it listed in Amsterdam.
  4. Jun 2, 2023 · Universal Music Group is home to about 15 different record labels. I’ve listed the more popular ones below, as well as what genre each is known for, so you can decide where to set your sights. Record labels under UMG and genre. Capitol Records.

  5. Nov 19, 2018 · The multi-album agreement, effective immediately, deepens the relationship between Swift and UMG and builds upon the enormous success she achieved with Big Machine Recordsthe label whose long-term strategic alliance with Republic Records first brought Swift into the UMG family.

  6. UMG owns and operates frontline record companies including Capitol, Decca, Def Jam, Deutsche Grammophon, Interscope, Island, Motown, Polydor, Republic and Virgin EMI. UMG is also the owner of Universal Music Publishing Group , which is led by Chairman & CEO, Jody Gerson .

  7. May 20, 2024 · What leverage does UMG have to advocate for better rates for artists if 73% of their Recorded Music Segment revenue comes from the offending platforms? The same is true for TikTok. One of UMG’s biggest artists (Noah Kahah) blew up almost entirely from his TikTok presence.

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