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Universal Music Group (UMG), formerly '''MCA Music Entertainment''' (see Music Corporation Of America ), is the largest Major Label in the Record Industry . With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Big Four Record Labels . It is owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal . They have some of the world's biggest artists including Bon Jovi , Aerosmith , Mariah Carey , Eminem , Luciano Pavarotti , Rammstein , U2 , Kanye West , and 50 Cent . It also owns one of the largest Music Publishing businesses of the world, the Universal Music Publishing Group .

"Universal Music" was originally the music company attached to purchased PolyGram and merged it with UMG in 1998 . Seagram has since merged with Vivendi SA , to form Vivendi Universal .


RECORD LABELS

UMG owns, or has a joint share in, a large number of Record Labels , including:



Deutsche Grammophon



Interscope-Geffen-A&M



The Island Def Jam Music Group



Universal Motown Records Group



Verve Music Group





Universal Music Group also owns local "Universal" labels in Australia , Brazil , Canada , Colombia , the Czech Republic , Finland , Germany , Hong Kong , Hungary , Ireland (which apparently licences all Universal content which is available to ''Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland''), India , Italy , Japan , Korea , Mexico , the Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Russia , Spain , Switzerland and Turkey .


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