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Universal Music Australia

Universal Music Australia (UMA) is a division of Universal Music Group. Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company.

Universal Music’s labels in Australia include Island, EMI, Casablanca, Dew Process, Lost Highway, and Caroline. International labels also include Republic, Fiction, Geffen, Interscope, Def Jam, Capitol, Virgin, PM:AM, Co-Op, MCA Nashville, and Polydor. For a selection of our international labels, click here.

We have enjoyed great success over the last decade with domestic artists including 5 Seconds of Summer, Hilltop Hoods, Troye Sivan, The Preatures, Havana Brown, Megan Washington, Tame Impala, The Presets, Missy Higgins, Matt Corby and many others.

In addition, we’ve seen the success of a bevvy of international stars including Taylor Swift, Mumford and Sons, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Fall Out Boy, Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, Madonna, Andre Rieu, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Florence and the Machine, Kendrick Lamar and many more.
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