Research in to music labelsFearghal McGlinchey

Universal Music Group (UMG)

UMG involves 2 core businesses which are Recorded Music and Publishing Music. As a whole, UMG is the world’s leading music company.

Examples of artists that have signed for them include Robbie Williams, Kanye West, Katy Perry, 50 Cent – some of the biggest names in the music industry.

UMG has licenses in 77 countries which lets them distribute the music they discover, develop and market in to these countries.

Examples of company's that UMG owns: Virgin Records, Harvest, Island Records, EMI Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Universal Music Latino, Motown records, Machete Records, Deutshe Grammophon and many more.

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment have local artists signed on as well as worldwide superstars, giving them a very wide range of talent in their company. It is a global recorded music company.

Examples of big artists that are signed include Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus

The company holds some of the most important recordings in history. It is home to Premier Record labels representing music from every genre.

It is the world’s 2nd largest record company.

VEVO

Universal Music Group (UMG) created VEVO. When it was created, it was created in partnership with Sony Music

Entertainment and the Abu Dhabi Media Company, it has such a wide range of high quality music.

VEVO has a great partnership with YouTube which means that over 200 countries have access to VEVO, expanding its audience around the world.

Countries that VEVO is available in include: USA, Canada, Italy, Ireland, UK, France, Australia, Brazil, Spain and many more. It can be accessed through apps on tablets, the web, video players, TV and many more.

Warner Music Group

Warner Music is an American global record company where its headquarters are situated in New York City. It is one of the big three recording companies.

Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best known record labels in the music industry such as Big Beat, Reprise, Elektra, Warner Classics, East West and many more.

Artists which are signed by them include Green Day, Guns N Roses, Oasis and many more.

In 4 of the last 8 years, according to Nielsen/SoundScan, Warner Music had the number 1 label in the USA.