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Please note: any releases on former PolyGram owned labels such as Vertigo, Island, A&M, Mercury, Polydor, Decca, Philips etc, are 1999 or later, as are any releases with a PolyGram styled numerical catalogue number (xxxxxx-x). The B00xxxxxx sequence of catalogue numbers dates from early 2003. Universal Music as a brand dates to late December 1996 when MCA's corporate entity was renamed Universal Music Group. The brand was introduced into Canada at the start of 1997. List here ONLY releases with the Universal Music logo on them or releases which specifically credit Universal Music. When credited as "xxxxxxx, A Universal Music Company" please list as Record Company - Universal Music. For releases that have plain Universal logo (without the text "Universal Music") please use Universal label. For publishing company please see .
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Just The Music
Budget reissue series in cardboard cases with plastic slide-out trays - "slide pack" - and no booklet. In Indonesia priced at 55,000 IDR (approx. AU$5.60).
IGA Records (3)
IGA Records: Interscope Geffen A&M Records
Premium Twin Best
Series of two CD compilations, released by Universal Music in Japan. The trading agency is Universal Music LLC.
CD Story
French series from Universal Music in the 2000s. The compilations are presented in digibook CD form. Name of this series appears only on the sticker.
2bp Publishing
Production, distribution and marketing of radio broadcasts, music productions, data carriers and the manufacture and marketing of merchandising articles as well as the organization of concerts and ...
Gold Ao Vivo
Brazilian series, focused on live concert reissues. All releases were issued with a "Special Edition" tag on cover. [b]Please, do not mistake it with - a similar Universal ser...
パヴァロッティ オペラ名盤UHQCD
Japanese CD series of Pavarotti starring in Opera Masterpieces. It consists of 27 albums, reissued and remastered for UHQ-CD support and released in late 2019
Universal Music Mobile
Beethoven 100 Premium
アルヒーフ定盤Premium
アルヒーフ70周年 ＆ ドイツ・グラモフォン120周年記念
SHM-CD Compilation
Series of sampler compilations from Universal Music Japan promoting the benefits of SHM-CD. Each volume contains the same tracks on a regular CD and well as on an SHM-CD.
プレミアム紙ジャケ フェア 2016
プレミアム紙ジャケフェア 2016 Premium Paper Jacket Fair 2016 "From the many paper jackets released to date, we have carefully selected the rarest and most popular premium editions. These limited edition re...
“進化版”DVDキャンペーン 2017 = "Evolved" DVD Campaign 2017
"Evolved" DVD Campaign 2017 limited edition, low-priced reissue series, in conjunction with PlayPass, operated by . 122 best-selling titles from Japanese and Western artists w...
The Very Best Of (9)
Series of greatest hits compilations on vinyl. Issued in the Netherlands in 2025. For Dutch language releases, the name 'Het Beste Van" was used.
Virus Records
Mexican contemporaneous electronic music. Fresh new beats for the new millenium. The artists of this label make sounds like house music, electronica, latin pop and pop electro. Genres: Deep H...
Amadeo
Austrian label. Label Code: LC 0107 / LC 00107 Introduced by Austria Vanguard Ges.m.b.H. ('Ges.m.b.H.' is an abbreviation for 'Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung', Limited Liability Compan...
TopNotch
Independent Dutch hip-hop label, founded in 1995. With distribution and marketing being handled via Universal Music Group, TopNotch is headed by Kees de Koning (fka Mental Kees) and is home to ...
Island Def Jam
International label by Universal Music.
Excello
US label; also appears as "Excello Records". Originally owned by . Blues division of Nashboro/Nashboro Records. Founded by in 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. Exce...
Venkow Records
Czech label. Successor of Venkow, founded in 1996 by Zdeněk Kovařík. Operator at Venkow Studio. The label's ownership PolyGram s.r.o. ceased operation at the end of 1998, the...
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Global: ‘s-Gravelandseweg 80, 1217 EW, Hilversum, Netherlands Canada: Universal Music 2450 Victoria Park Ave. Toronto, Ontario, M2J 4A2