The top five artist albums in the first three months were all released on labels owned by the Universal Music Group.
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Psy himself was recently signed to Schoolboy Records, the Universal Music Group imprint run by Scooter Braun, who also manages Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and Asher Roth.
The Library of Congress and the Universal Music Group (UMG) announced today the donation of more than 200, 000 historic master recordings-many long out-of-print or never released-to the Library's Recorded Sound Section, which has more than 3 million sound recordings in its collections.
Elsewhere in the music industry Wednesday, Universal Music Group will have a new chief executive, as Vivendi announced that Doug Morris would hand over the reins to new CEO Lucian Grainge on Jan. 1, 2011.
Users won't be able to snag music from the best-known names in music, because none of the major music companies, like Vivendi Universal 's Universal Music Group or Warner Music Group, are letting their stuff be used on the service.
The story notes that Vevo offers music from three of the four major music labels, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music.
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Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's leading global music publishing operation.
Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries.
The firm has inked agreements with Universal Music Group, EMI Group (which Universal has just signed a deal to buy) and Sony Music Entertainment, but has been unable to do so with Warner Music Group.
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By early January 2008, a few months after Amazon MP3 launched, the three other major labels--Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony BMG--dropped DRM.
In mid-September it sealed a broad, though nonexclusive, agreement with Universal Music Group to encode the label's active U.S. catalog of 14, 000 albums and 30, 000 music videos.
The union, which puts artists ranging from Aerosmith to Britney Spears all under one roof, made Sony BMG the No. 2 record company in the world, just behind Vivendi 's Universal Music Group .
In June it entered into a joint venture with Universal Music Group to create a new label, Desi Hits Universal, fully funded by the record label giant.
The agreements are with Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and more than 150 independent distributors, aggregators and music publishers.
Spotify is a music service that allows unlimited streaming of songs from the Big Four music labels, Sony, Warner Music, Universal Music Group and EMI, and also offers a premium, add-free service via subscription.
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Perhaps more importantly, Universal Music Group invested in Beats and lent its considerable muscle to promoting the headphones.
Despite the potential for objections from lawmakers, Warner is the third-largest record company and would likely face less resistance than No. 1 Universal Music Group or No. 2 Sony over a bid for No. 4 EMI.
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Checking into certain bars in the U.S. with two other Facebook friends will grant one five free MP3s from Universal Music Group.
"None of the labels you're dealing with are major music companies, " objects Stuart Hersch, president of Universal Music Group, who has scrutinized Gould's business plan.
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