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Company type | Public |
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ISIN | NL0015000IY2 |
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Founded | September 1934 |
Headquarters | , U.S. (operational) |
Area served | Worldwide (except for Russia & Belarus) |
Key people |
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Services | Music publishing |
Revenue | €8.504 billion (US$10.06 billion) (2021)[1] |
€1.399 billion (US$1.65 billion) (2021)[1] | |
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Number of employees | 8,319 (2018)[2] |
Divisions | List of Universal Music Group labels |
Website | universalmusic |
Universal Music Group N.V.[3] (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California.[4][5] The biggest music company in the world,[6] it is one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music Group and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion[7][8][9] and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021.[10] Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion.[11][12]
As of April 2024, UMG's catalogue includes over 3 million recordings and 4 million compositions.
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