Universal Music owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.

According to UMG official site, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Bravado, BTM Music Group Inc., Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Interscope Geffen A&M, Island Records, Motown Records, Polydor, Republic Records, Verve Label Group, and Virgin Music, as well as other UMG divisions (Universal Music Enterprises, Universal Music Latin Entertainment, and Universal Music Publishing Group).[1]

Interscope Geffen A&M

Main article: Interscope Geffen A&M Records

Capitol Music Group

Main article: Capitol Music Group

Republic Records

Main article: Republic Records

Island Records

Main article: Island Records

Def Jam Recordings

Main article: Def Jam Recordings

Universal Music Latin Entertainment

The Verve Label Group

Virgin Music Group

Main article: Virgin Music Group

Universal Music Publishing Group

Main article: Universal Music Publishing Group

Universal Music Enterprises

Main article: Universal Music Enterprises

Eagle Rock Entertainment

See also: Eagle Rock Entertainment

Universal Music UK

Universal Music France

Universal Music Japan

Main article: Universal Music Japan

Universal Music Sweden

Other Universal Music Group national companies

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

Other labels

Third-party major labels distributed by Universal Music Group

Third-party national licensees

Defunct/hibernated labels

See also

References

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