List of Universal Music Group labels
Universal Music Group (UMG) owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.
According to the UMG official website, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios , Capitol Music Group , Decca Records , Def Jam Recordings , Deutsche Grammophon , EMI , Interscope Geffen A&M Records , Island Records , Mercury Records , Motown , Polydor Records , Republic Records , Universal Records , Verve Label Group , and Virgin Music Group , as well as other UMG divisions (Universal Music Enterprises , Music Corporation of America , Universal Music Latin Entertainment , and Universal Music Publishing Group .
Interscope Capitol Labels Group
Music Corporation of America
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Virgin Music Group
[Integral] Downtown Music Holdings
CD Baby AdRev
FUGA
Songtrust
Soundrop Caroline Records Fader Label Fiction Records mtheory Artist Partnerships
Virgin Music Africa
Virgin Music Argentina
Virgin Music Australia
Virgin Music Benelux
Virgin Music Brasil
Virgin Music Canada
Virgin Music Chile
Virgin Music France
Virgin Music Germany
Virgin Music Italy
Virgin Music Japan
Virgin Music Latin US
Virgin Music Mexico
Virgin Music Nigeria
Virgin Music Nordics
Virgin Music Norway
Virgin Music Spain
Virgin Music Sweden
Virgin Music UK
Virgin Music US
Virgin Records SONO Music Group Universal Music Publishing Group
Universal Music Enterprises
Mercury Studios
Eagle Records Armoury Records
Eagle Rock Productions
Eagle-i Music
Mercury Studios Universal Music Japan
Polydor Records (formerly Universal J)
UJ [ ja ] Universal Sigma
Virgin Music (formed by integrating Virgin Records [formerly EMI R] and Delicious Deli Records )
Def Jam Recordings (used as an imprint for select releases)
Kinashi Records
Republic Records (used as an imprint for Tomorrow X Together 's Japanese releases)
EMI Records (formed by integrating EMI Records Japan and Nayutawave Records)
Capitol Records (formerly Capitol Music)
Go Good Records
Mercury Records Tokyo (UM & Brands)
Holo-n
E-Sum Records
Tunes Tracks (joint venture with Tsubasa Group)
Universal Classics and Jazz Universal D Universal International
Pachinko Records
Universal Strategic Marketing Japan
Zero-A (joint venture with MTI)
Riser Music (for releases only in japan)Other Universal Music Group national companies
Note : Universal Music Group companies around the world are generally licensed to use most of Universal Music Group's legacy labels, such as Polydor, Mercury, etc., as imprints for their local artist repertoire.
Third-party major labels distributed by Universal Music Group
Third-party national licensees
Actually Music (United Kingdom)
Dreamus (South Korea (JYP Entertainment)) Genie Music (South Korea (WakeOne)) Helicon Records (Israel) JVR Music (Taiwan) Kakao Entertainment (South Korea (SM Entertainment)) Mirage Records (Egypt and North Africa)
Musica Studio's (Indonesia) Off the Record (Philippines)
Pen Island Records (Philippines)
Prime Music (Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates)
RS Music (Thailand) MCN Solution One Holding Company Limited (Thailand)
Sena (Iceland)
Stone Music Entertainment (South Korea (WakeOne)) Tuff Gong (Caribbean) Ukrainian Records (Ukraine)
YG Plus (South Korea (Hybe, The Black Label, and YG Entertainment)) References
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