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 , Island Records , Mercury Records , Motown , Polydor Records , Republic Records , Universal Records , Verve Label Group , and Virgin Records , as well as other UMG divisions (Universal Music Enterprises , Music Corporation of America (formerly Universal Music Group Nashville), Universal Music Latin Entertainment , and Universal Music Publishing Group).[ 1]
Interscope Capitol Labels Group [ edit ] [ edit ] Capitol Music Group [ edit ]
Universal Music Latin Entertainment [ edit ] Caroline Records Fiction Records Fontana Records Virgin Records mtheory Artist Partnerships
[Integral] A24 Music Virgin Music Africa
Virgin Music Argentina
Virgin Music Australia
Virgin Music Benelux
Virgin Music Brasil
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
SONO Music Group
Lorimar Records
Universal Music Publishing Group [ edit ]
Universal Music Enterprises [ edit ] Universal Chronicles
UM3
T-Boy Records (joint venture with Andy Gould)
Urban Legends
Thump Records
Eagle Rock Entertainment [ edit ]
Universal Music France [ edit ]
Universal Music Japan [ edit ]
Universal Music Sweden [ edit ]
Other Universal Music Group national companies [ edit ]
Universal Music Africa
Universal Music Andina
Universal Music Argentina
Universal Music Austria
Universal Music Azerbaijan
Universal Music Australia
Universal Music Belgium
ARS Entertainment
Universal Music Brazil
Arsenal Music
Phonomotor Records
Universal Music Bulgaria
Universal Music Canada (Umusic)[ 17]
Universal Music Chile
Universal Music Greater China
Capitol Records China
PolyGram China
Republic Records China
EMI China
Universal Music China
Universal Music Hong Kong
Universal Music Taiwan[ 19]
Universal Music Czech Republic
Universal Music Denmark
Universal Music Estonia[ 20]
Universal Music Finland
Universal Music Germany
Universal Music Georgia
Universal Music Hungary
Universal Music India
Universal Music Indonesia
BLⱯCKBOARD (Blackboard)
Solid Records
GP Records
Massive Music Entertainment
Wonderland Records
Dominion Records
RFAS Music Juni Records Def Jam Indonesia
PreachJa Records Universal Music Ireland
Universal Music Israel
Universal Music Italy
Universal Music Korea[ 26]
Universal Music Kazakhstan
Universal Music Kyrgyzstan
Universal Music Latvia[ 27]
Universal Music Lithuania[ 28]
Universal Music Malaysia
Universal Music MENA
Universal Music Mexico
Universal Music Morocco
Universal Music Netherlands
Universal Music New Zealand[ 32]
Universal Music Norway
UMG Philippines [ 33] (internationally known as "Universal Music Philippines")
Island Records Philippines[ 34]
Def Jam Philippines[ 34]
Republic Records Philippines[ 35]
EMI Records Philippines[ 36] Universal Music Polska
Universal Music Portugal
Universal Music Romania
Universal Music Russia Universal Music Serbia
Universal Music Singapore
Universal Music Spain
Universal Music Switzerland
Universal Music Tajikistan
Universal Music Thailand
Def Jam Recordings Thailand
Universal Music Turkey
Universal Music Turkmenistan
Universal Music Ukraine
Universal Music Vietnam
Universal Production Music
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.
Under the EMI branding [ edit ]
Third-party major labels distributed by Universal Music Group [ edit ] Third-party national licensees [ edit ] Actually Music (United Kingdom)
Dreamus (South Korea (JYP Entertainment)) Mirage Records (Egypt and North Africa)
Sena (Iceland)
Helicon Records (Israel) Prime Music (Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates)
Ukrainian Records (Ukraine)
Tuff Gong (Caribbean) YG Plus (South Korea (Hybe and YG Entertainment)) Musica Studio's (Indonesia) Off the Record (Philippines)
Pen Island Records (Philippines)
RS Music (Thailand) [ 41] JVR Music (Taiwan) [ 42]
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