SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR, MOST PERFORMED WORK AND BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE AT THE IVORS

UMPG and Rondor songwriters and artists won the Songwriter of the Year (via Rondor's Mika), PRS Most Perfomed Work (Take That "Shine" via Mark Owen) and Best Original Film Score (Atonement by Dario Marianelli) at the 53rd...
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UMPG’S POLOW CROWNED SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AT BMI POP MUSIC AWARDS

UMPG's famed songwriter and producer Polow Da Don earned the coveted Songwriter of the Year crown, at the BMI Pop Music Awards. UMPG celebrated thirteen award-winning songs. Multiple wins went to Polow, Christina Aguilera, Chris Daughtry, and...
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NO. 1 ALBUM DEBUT FOR 3 DOORS DOWN

3 Doors Down holed up together in Nashville to pen the songs for their latest self-titled release. The first single, "It's Not My Time," is currently No. 2 on Mainstream Rock charts. The album debuted No. 1 and is expected to go platinum by the end of the year.
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UMPG CELEBRATES A RECORD NUMBER OF NO. 1 ALBUMS

Highlights include:
E=MC2 Mariah Carey The Billboard 200
Growing Pains Mary J. Blige The Billboard 200
Underground Kingz UGK The Billboard 200
Minutes To Midnight Linkin...
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TWO MILLION PEOPLE DOWNLOADED COLDPLAY’S “VIOLET HILL”

"Violet Hill" the first single from Coldplay's 4th studio album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, was downloaded more than two million times during its free trial and debuted in the Top 10 on the UK charts. This week, "Viva La Vida" was the Hot Shot Debut on the U.S....
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WITH SIX CUTS BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, MADONNA’S HARD CANDY STICKS AT NO. 1

Justin Timberlake collaborated with Madonna on six songs for Hard Candy. The album is No. 1 on European Top 100 Albums for a third week, and Eurochart Hot 100 Singles with "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake, remains No. 1 for the fifth week. The album spent a third week...
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MISSY ELLIOTT

UMPG has signed an exclusive world-wide publishing administration agreement with Missy Elliott, four time GRAMMY® award winner and multi-platinum artist/hit-maker. Missy Elliott was previously with EMI Music Publishing.
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NE-YO

David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced the successful renewal of an exclusive global publishing agreement with artist/writer/producer Ne-Yo. Through the long-term relationship between UMPG, the world's leading music...
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