The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced last night that Universal Music Publishing Group has been recognized with the coveted Premio ASCAP 2024 / Latin ASCAP Awards 2024 Publisher of the Year Award. The ASCAP Latin Music Awards is a prestigious, annual industry event honoring the most popular songs of each year.
Universal Music Publishing Group, the leading, global publishing division of Universal Music Group, today announced that established music executive Adriana Ramos has been appointed Managing Director, UMPG Brazil. Ramos replaces longtime Brazil MD Marcelo Falcao who has decided to step down from the role.
In making the announcement, Alexandra Lioutikoff, President Latin America & US Latin, said: “With tremendous vision and dedication, Adriana has been instrumental to the success of UMPG Brazil and her promotion is much-deserved. As we look to the future, I am confident that Adriana will bring enormous value and energy to UMPG Brazil, both furthering our creative strategy and continuing to ensure that our songwriters are treated with the best care in the world.”
Universal Music Publishing Group today announced that one of the UK’s most influential songwriters, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, has signed to an exclusive, global administration agreement. Inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Yusuf / Cat Stevens is responsible for some of the most beloved and enduring songs in the canon of popular music.
TikTok is removing UMPG songs because there is no license in place. As always, UMPG will only support partners that value songwriters, artists and your songs. We have a long history of successfully fighting for our songwriters and will continue to do so.
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced that esteemed singer/songwriter/producer Dan Wilson has been signed to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. Under the new agreement, UMPG will represent Wilson’s future works, effective immediately.
UMPG is celebrating a month of outstanding successes from January!
UMPG celebrated outstanding success at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards, representing 21 winning songwriters/artists across 25 genre-diverse categories.
Dear UMPG Family:
We are reaching out to trusted and valued partners throughout the globe to inform you that, despite our good faith efforts over the last several months, we are at an impasse in reaching a licensing agreement with TikTok and our current agreement ends tomorrow.
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global publishing division, today announced that two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning songwriter Mónica Vélez has been signed to an exclusive, global publishing agreement.
An acclaimed songwriter, Mónica Vélez has written music for the most recognized names in Latin music including Luis Fonsi, Marc Anthony, Camila, David Bisbal, Los Tigres del Norte, Reik, Ha*Ash, Bronco, Paulina Rubio, OV7, Malu, and Alejandro Fernandez to name a few. Her works have accumulated more than 3.2 billion streams worldwide with megahits like “Mientes,” “Creo en Ti,” “Decidiste Dejarme,” “Bésame,” “Peligro,” and many more.
UMPG is thrilled to announce its family of songwriters, artists and producers received widespread recognition in the 2024 GRAMMY Awards nominations. The leading, global music publisher saw its creators pick up an outstanding 108 nominations across genres.