Universal Motown Republic Group

Universal Motown Republic Group

Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	1999
Defunct	2011
Status	Defunct
Distributor(s)	Self-Distributed (In the US) The Island Def Jam Music Group (Outside the US)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City, New York
Official website	umrg.com

Universal Motown Republic Group, also abbreviated as UMRG, was an umbrella label founded in 1999 by Universal Music Group to oversee the labels assigned to its unit. UMRG was formed in 1999 by pooling together Universal Records, Motown Records, and Republic Records, (the first of the three is now defunct), but which gave way to the current incarnations of those labels at the time, Universal Motown Records and Universal Republic Records.

Universal Motown Republic Group was one of the three Universal Music Group umbrella units in North America to deal primarily with mainstream pop, rock, and urban performers; the others being: The Island Def Jam Music Group and Interscope-Geffen-A&M. Barry Weiss served as Chairman & CEO of the Company.^[1] In the summer of 2011, changes were made at the Universal Motown Republic Group umbrella: Motown Records was separated from Universal Motown Records (causing it to shut down and transfer its artists to either Motown Records or Universal Republic Records) and the umbrella label and merged into The Island Def Jam Music Group, making Universal Republic Records a stand-alone label and shutting down Universal Motown Republic Group.^[2]

Former labels under the Universal Motown Republic Group umbrella

Universal Motown Records

Universal Republic Records

Artists

Main article: List of Universal Motown Republic artists

References

↑ "Barry Weiss Named Chairman/CEO Of Island Def Jam And Universal Motown Republic Group". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
↑ "Ethiopia Habtemariam Named Senior Vice President of Motown Records". Retrieved 2 November 2016.

External links

Official website

Vivendi

Network information
and ownership

Directors

Universal Music Group

Capitol Music Group	Astralwerks Apple Records Blue Note Records Capitol Records mau5trap Motown Virgin Records

Decca Label Group	Decca Records Deutsche Grammophon

Interscope Geffen A&M Records	A&M Records A&M Octone Records DGC Records Geffen Records Interscope Records Polydor Records

Island Records	Mercury Records

Roc Nation	StarRoc Takeover Roc Nation

Republic Records	Cash Money Records Big Machine Label Group

Universal Music Enterprises	Hip-O Records

Universal Music Group	Universal Music Distribution

Universal Music Group Nashville	MCA Nashville Mercury Nashville Records Lost Highway Records Capitol Records Nashville EMI Records Nashville

Universal Music Latin Entertainment	Capitol Latin Disa Records Fonovisa Records Machete Music

Verve Records	GRP Records Impulse! Records Verve Forecast Records

Virgin EMI	Capitol UK EMI Records Virgin Records

Capitol Christian Music Group	Motown Gospel Sparrow Records Tooth & Nail Records

Other UMG Assets	Def Jam Recordings Show Dog-Universal Music Vevo Eagle Rock Universal Music Publishing Group Universal Music TV

Canal+ Group

Other assets

Dailymotion (90%)
Ubisoft (25.15)
Gameloft (96%)
Telecom Italia (20.03%)
Mediaset (12.3%)

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