Universal Music Group
The Universal Music Group (UMG ) is the largest of the three major label next to Sony Music and Warner Music Group. It has the world's largest share of the music market with 25.6% in 2005. It was created in 1995 from the acquisition of the Music Corporation of America ( MCA) by Seagram and the acquisition of PolyGram in 1998.
The business area is divided into four areas: Recorded Music, Music Publishing and Artist services and merchandising.
Connected record labels
At the record company Universal Music include the music label, Capitol Records, Virgin Records, Motown Record Company, Verve Music Group, Mercury Nashville, Interscope Records, Iceland Def Jam Records, Polydor, Urban, Koch International and German Grammophon. The German office in Berlin in 2003 was a founding partner of the Pop Academy Baden- Wuerttemberg. Goal of the commitment is the thorough training of future management development within the bachelor 's degree course in Music Business. In November 2011, the label EMI Music was sold to Universal for 1.9 billion euros.
Musician
The Universal Music Group owns the exploitation rights of the works of many musicians, including ABBA, A- ha, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Jeanette Biedermann, James Brown, Mariah Carey, The Carpenters, Johnny Cash, Yvonne Catterfeld, Eric Clapton, John Coltrane, Sarah Connor, Dire Straits, Helene Fischer, Ella Fitzgerald, Serge Gainsbourg, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Hallyday, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, The Jackson Five, The Jam, Elton John, Herbert von Karajan, Kiss, Lady Gaga, Lena Meyer -Landrut, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Mamas and the Papas, Bob Marley, Nirvana, Luciano Pavarotti, Tom Petty, Edith Piaf, The Police, Rammstein, The Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, The Supremes, Tokio Hotel, Unheilig, Robbie Williams, Muddy Waters, Barry White, The Who, Hank Williams, and Wise Guys.
Universal Music Germany
Universal Music GmbH, the German subsidiary of Universal Music Group, Germany moved its seat in 2002 from Hamburg to Berlin. The Managing Director of Universal Music GmbH from 1 July 2004 Frank Briegmann. His predecessor, Tim Renner, had left the company in early 2004. Frank Briegmann since June 15, 2010 is not only the CEO of Universal Music Germany and also the president of Universal Music Austria Universal Music Switzerland, the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe and Deutsche Grammophon. Universal Music Germany has taken over the majority of the Berlin Merchandise company Bravado Merchandise Ltd. in November 2007.