Universal Records (Philippines)

Universal Records (Philippines)
Parent companyWarner Music Group (1977–1992)
Independent (1992–present)
Founded1977 (as WEA Records Philippines)
FounderWarner Music Group
Bella Dy Tan
StatusActive
Distributorself-distributed
GenreVarious
Country of originPhilippines
Location9/F, Universal Tower, 1487 Quezon Avenue, West Triangle, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Official websiteuniversalrecords.com.ph

Universal Records Philippines, Inc. is a Philippine record label founded in 1977 as part of Warner Music Group. It has been an independent label since 1992. The label is currently a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

History

URPI was founded in 1977 as WEA Records Philippines Inc. The company was the licensee of WEA in the Philippines for 15 years. Nevertheless, the company decided to set up its own office, the forerunner of what is now Warner Music Philippines.

in 1992, the company adopted a new name, Universal Records Philippines Inc. and has since risen to become one of the best and biggest record labels in the Philippines.

Universal Records officially distributed K-pop albums beginning in September 2009, followed by several J-pop albums announced in late May 2011.

Currently, it is the leading independent record label in the country and hosts the best-selling OPM artists.

In 2018, the company launched Mustard Music, a sub-label focused on the growth of homegrown indie acts.

Distributed labels

As of 2011 :

Local

Foreign

Artists

Current artists

Mustard Music (sublabel)

Former artists

Trade name dispute with UMG

Universal Music Group cannot use the Universal name in the Philippines because URPI owns rights to that brand name. Thus, the UMG business in the Philippines became known as MCA Music, Inc., UMG's former global trade name.

On November 3, 2021, MCA Music changed its current name to UMG Philippines.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Profile of URPI Archived February 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Universal Records at PARI
  3. 1 2 "David Licauco signs with Universal Records". GMA News Online. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Local Artists". Archived from the original on February 10, 2010.
  5. ↑ "MCA Music Inc. (Universal Music Philippines)". March 31, 2013. Archived from the original on March 31, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)