2. • Warner Music group also known as “Warner Music”
is an American renowned music record company
situated in New York City.
• It’s the largest American owned music company
alongside being one of the big three music
companies
• Signed artists to this record include, Bruno Mars,
Oasis and Green day
• WMG was the first major music company to deliver
a comprehensive wireless music service using a
wireless platform.
3. • UMG is the worlds leading music company
• Artists signed to this label are; Lady Gaga, Akon,
Black Eyed Peas and Katy Perry
• UMG controls 25.5% of the music market shares
• UMG has over 20 subsidiaries with its main being
Polydor records and Universal music publishing
group
• UMG owns a variety of other companies with the
most famous being, EMI records, Universal music
and Delta recordings.
4. • VEVO was created by the Universal Music
Group
• VEVO was originally created in partnership with
Sony Music, it currently features the most
extensive catalogue of premium music.
• VEVO is available in the US, Australia, France,
Ireland, UK, Netherlands and other countries
• VEVO has a partnership with Youtube, meaning
over 200 countries have access to Vevo,
expanding its audience globally.
5. • Mercury records is an American based record label
owned by Universal Music, it operates through
Island Music in the US and through virgin EMI in the
UK
• Mercury is the fourth major research label in music
sales, they accounted for 11.3% of the market in
2005
• The labels well known record branches include
Asylum, Atlantic and Warner Bros
• Artists included in this record company are
Greenday, Madonna and My Chemical Romance.
