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2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.