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UMPG signs Grammy Award-nominated creative talent Maggie Rogers to exclusive, global publishing agreement

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading, global publishing division, today announced that GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer/songwriter/performer Maggie Rogers has signed an exclusive, global publishing agreement. Multihyphenate creative talent Rogers (Capitol Records) first garnered industry recognition in 2017 with her breakthrough EP Now That The Light Is Fading which reached No. 4 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart. In 2019, she surged to global success with the release of her debut album Heard It In A Past Life. The spectacular record -  which features hits “Light On,” “Alaska” and “Fallingwater” - earned Rogers a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best New Artist.

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Universal Music Publishing Group celebrates No. 1 music publisher ranking for third consecutive quarter

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading, global publisher, today announced the company has ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly on the Hot 100 for the third consecutive quarter, which is taken from official Hot 100 chart data. Additionally, the portfolio publisher made history holding more than 30% market share for the past three quarters – a record that has not been achieved by any publisher since 2014. 

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UMPG appoints Shirin Foroutan as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Universal Music Publishing Europe

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global publishing division, today announced that accomplished executive Shirin Foroutan has been appointed to the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager, Universal Music Publishing Europe, effective immediately. Based in London, she reports to Marc Cimino, UMPG Chief Operating Officer. Foroutan succeeds Simon Baker, who has served as GM, European Operations since 2018 and will continue at the company in a senior management capacity. In her new role, Foroutan will work closely with both the company’s European Managing Directors and C-suite leadership in Santa Monica.

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UMPG songwriters, artists & producers celebrate major cross-genre success at 65th annual Grammy Awards

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global music publishing division, celebrated an unprecedented evening of wins at the 65th annual GRAMMY Awards. The premier music publisher’s family of world-class songwriters, artists and producers swept major awards including Songwriter of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rock Song, Best R&B Song, Best Gospel Performance/Song, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, a spectrum of Best Album awards, and more.

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Behind the Beats

Après trois années de collaboration entre Baptiste Jaquemet, Teamto, 22 D Music, France TV et Youtube Originals Channel, les premiers épisodes de Behind The Beats sont disponibles en streaming sur France TV et Youtube Originals.

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UMPG family of songwriters and producers nominated across all major categories at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards

Kendrick Lamar, Adele, Brandi Carlile, Harry Styles, Mary J.Blige, ABBA, Taylor Swift, Kid Harpoon, Steve Lacy, H.E.R., Coldplay, Bad Bunny, Drake, Blake Slatkin amongst leading UMPG songwriters and artists nominated across major categories. In the major categories, UMPG writers and producers contributed to all 10 of the Best Album Nominees, nine of the Record of The Year nominees and seven in Song of the Year. In the inaugural Songwriter of the year category, UMPG has two of the five nominees with Nija Charles and Tobias Jesso Jr. represented.

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Universal Music Publishing Group expands relationship with Irving Berlin estate, will exclusively represent catalog worldwide

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global music publishing division, today announced an exclusive global publishing agreement to represent the iconic song catalog of Irving Berlin. The deal builds upon UMPG’s existing relationship with Berlin’s estate as the company has served as his catalog administrator, ex-US, since 2012.

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