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“Well, 2 hours is not
really enough to get
it all out of our
system. So we like to
go and find an
acommodating building
and see if we can get
the roof off at that
place too.”
- Prince on his famous
‘after-the-show’ shows
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
CONTENTS
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e could almost call this the “superstar issue” of our
newsletter in that we are highlighting the incredible
success of our current roster of talent as well as welcoming the more recent
superstar artists and catalog
signings to Universal Music
Publishing Group.
First, our cover highlights
the success and incredible
musical genius of Prince. He
continues to break the rules
and we are proud to celebrate
his achievements and success. We also congratulate 50
Cent on his ASCAP Pop and
R&B Songwriter of the Year
awards as well as the
Darkness on their Songwriter of the Year award at the Ivor
Novello awards.
It is a testimony to the stregnth of UMPG’s global staff both creative and administrative - that we have been able to
recently conclude many superstar deals. These include such
esteemed names as Paul Simon, Mariah Carey, Diana Krall,
Dave Grohl, and the catalogs of Clarence Avant which include
the classics of Bill Withers and the Tabu Records catalog.
We also continue to agressively pursue new revenue
streams and are enjoying the growth of the ringtone, karaoke
and DVD markets. We have also recently started a new
Christian/Gospel division, Univeral Christian Music Publishing,
based in Nashville. Fortunately, our synchronization revenues
also continue at an all time high.
Please enjoy this summer edition of our newsletter and we
look forward to doing more business with you!
David Renzer
Worldwide President
Universal Music Publishing Group
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Prince
Reigns
New CD, Hot Tour:
on MTV, VH1, BET
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n April 28, UMPG Multi-Platinum artist Prince appeared on a groundbreaking 30-minute special that aired (for the first
time ever) simultaneously on five TV outlets, including MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic and BET. Recorded before a live audience
at Webster Hall, the program featured performances of material from Prince's new release Musicology (NPG/Columbia), which
hit retail stores April 20th. The program also featured Prince's acoustic solo performance of a medley of his greatest hits.
Prince’s The Very Best of Prince (Warner Bros.) also re-claimed number one on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums.
Rolling Stone claims this is just the beginning of the
Prince blitz. Prince drew record crowds at the opener of
his tour in Los Angeles, where he has since sold out four
more shows as well as three in New York. Following his
induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, where he
rocked New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel with perform-
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ances of hits like “Let’s Go Crazy” and his single, “Kiss,”
Prince appeared on Today, The Tonight Show and Ellen
DeGeneres. Prince shined in the spotlight again when he
opened the 46th annual Grammy Awards with a showstealing duet alongside Beyonce Knowles. Over 1.1 million
copies of Musicology have already flown off the shelves.
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DAVE GROHL
Modern Drummer
WITH HIS FOOT FIRMLY planted on
the amp of rock history and an
uncanny knack for spawning hit singles, Dave Grohl is a unique songwriter, singer, drummer, guitarist, and
video director who has set the pace
of a modern day music icon.
From Nirvana drummer, to Queens of
the Stone Age touring drummer, to Foo
Fighters frontman, to Probot ringleader, Grohl morphs bands and instruments with humor, hospitality, and a
high degree of success. His fans, like
Grohl himself, approach each of his
projects with an eager passion for the
music and a loyalty like none other.
Grohl consistently delivers with everything from hard-edged punk to metal to
melodic mid-tempo pop.
On the mind-blowing debut album from
metal project Probot, Grohl plays
“As a kid, my fantasy was
that I would go to a concert
and something would happen
to the drummer. The lead
singer would look out into
the audience and say, ‘Is
there anyone out there who
knows how to play our songs?’
And, of course, they’d have
to pick me.”
virtually all the instruments, with a
few friends joining in the bash along
the way such as Matt Sweeney
(Zwan/Chavez), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden),
Bubba
Dupree
(Voived),
Lemmy
(Motorhead), and more. Grohl also
continues to delight Foo fans, and
tour extensively, in addition to finding time to record with the likes of
David Bowie, Killing Joke, Mike
Watt, P. Diddy, Scream, The
Bangles, Tony Iommi, and the
unstoppable Tenacious D, to name a
few.
Universal Music Publishing Group is
honored to welcome the iconic Dave
Grohl to the publishing family and
pleased to work with Manager John
Silva at Silva Artist Management to
spread the Grohl gospel.
-Dave Grohl
Universal Music Publishing Group Signs Superstar
Mariah Carey
To An Exclusive, Worldwide Publishing Deal
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP has signed superstar artist
and songwriter Mariah Carey to an exclusive, worldwide publishing deal.
The deal will bring her extensive catalog of hits into UMPG, including such
great songs as “Whenever You Call,” “Honey,” “Dream Lover,” “Always Be
My Baby,” and “Heartbreaker.”
Since she began her career, Mariah has become the best-selling female
performer of all time, with an incredible 15 #1 singles and two Grammy
Awards. Along the way she became the only artist to top the charts in
each year of the 1990s, and, with “Heartbreaker,” she pushed ahead of
the Beatles as the artist with the most cumulative weeks spent atop
Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart.
Possessing a spectacular five-octave range, Mariah has proven that
she is equally at home with sweeping ballads and pop, often incorporating elements of dance and hip-hop into the mix. Perhaps even more
impressive, she composes all of her own material.
Mariah has garnered many accolades throughout her career, including
2 Grammy Awards, 8 American Music Awards, Billboard’s “Artist of the
Decade” Award and the World Music Award for “World’s Best Selling
Female Artist of the Millennium.”
Mariah has commenced work on her next studio LP for Island/Def Jam
under the auspices of L.A Reid and the management of Benny Medina at
Handprint Entertainment.
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UMPG Signs
Clarence Avant’s
Publishing Companies (Avant Garde Music Publishing, Inc./Interior Music Corporation)
To An Exclusive, Worldwide Administration Deal
U
MPG is pleased to administer
Clarence Avant’s catalogs,
including representation worldwide for synchronization licensing
for Motion Picture, TV, Advertising and
other media.
Pictured at the signing at Universal Music Publishing
Group’s office in Los Angeles are (L to R): Front:
Clarence Avant, Nicole Avant. Back row: David
Renzer, Zach Horowitz, Donald S. Passman, J.
Eugene Salomon, Scott James, Donna Caseine,
Tom Sturges, Maani Edwards, and Robert Allen.
The Avant catalogs encompass many
hit songs including classics by Bill
Withers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
such as “Lean On Me” (Withers),
“Saturday Love” (Harris/Jam/Lewis),
“Use Me” (Withers), “Ain’t No Sunshine”
(Withers), “Just Be Good To Me”
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(Harris/Lewis), “I Didn’t Mean To Turn
You On” (Harris/Lewis), and “Scorpio”
(Dennis Coffey).
During his 40 year career, legendary
music executive Avant has represented
the likes of blues artist Little Willie John,
rock and roll pioneer Tom Wilson,
and jazz producer Creed Taylor. In
the late 1960s, Avant successfully
engineered the first joint venture
between an African-American artist
and a major record company. Under
his own record companies, Sussex
Records and later Tabu Records,
Avant signed recording artists Bill
Withers, Dennis Coffey, and The
Presidents, in addition to playing a
key role in the successful rise of
Grammy winning Producers James
Harris (a.k.a. Jimmy Jam), Terry
Lewis and L.A. Reid.
Acknowledged as a father figure by
numerous performers and producers,
Avant has been honoured publicly for his
positive contributions to society. In 1993,
Avant was named Chairman of Motown
Records and, four years later, he became
the first African-American to serve on
the International Management Board for
Polygram. Today, Avant is president of
his own publishing companies, Avant
Garde and Interior Music Corp.
Commented David Renzer, Worldwide
President, Universal Music Publishing
Group: “Clarence Avant is one of the
true pioneers of our industry whether
wearing the hat of record label executive, label owner, manager, publisher, and
most of all as mentor to a great deal of
creative and executive talent.”
Now playing:
UMPG staff pick some of their
Clarence Avant favorites...
Donna Caseine,
VP Creative Services
“Ain’t No Sunshine” Bill Withers
Maani Edwards,
Director, Urban
Music, West Coast
“Lean On Me” Bill Withers
Neil Morris,
Associate Manager,
Catalogue Services
“Saturday Love” Alexander O'Neal
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Critics Applaud
UMPG’s New Signing
DIANA KRALL
With Most Successful Album of Career
UMPG ANNOUNCED IN APRIL the signing of multi-platinum
singer/songwriter Diana Krall to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal. The Girl in the Other Room, Krall’s first album to feature
her original compositions, was co-written with her recently married husband, Elvis
“...the album was picked Costello. The album was
released shortly after
as Billboard’s “Essential Krall signed with UMPG,
on April 27, 2004
Reviews”, Elle’s “Best
(Verve Records) and is
fast on its way to
of the Month”, Vanity
becoming the most sucFair’s “Hot Tracks”, and cessful album of her
career. This week, the
Entertainment Weekly’s album
is #5 on the
Billboard 200 in the U.S.
“The Must List.”
(after debuting at #4
last week), #1 in Canada, among the top 10 on ten pop charts worldwide, and, for the first time, top 5 on the Pan-European
pop chart. In Canada, the album is already double platinum. Krall has been featured on the front cover of the May issues
of JazzTimes, ICE, and Performing Songwriter. In addition, the album was picked as Billboard’s “Essential Reviews”, Elle’s
“Best of the Month”, Vanity Fair’s “Hot Tracks”, and Entertainment Weekly’s “The Must List.” Krall will tour the U.S.
throughout the summer, with a 34-date outing to begin with a June 19 performance at Philadelphia’s Mann Music Center.
Paul Simon
UMPG Concludes Exclusive,
Worldwide Publishing Agreement
With Legendary Singer/Songwriter
UMPG HAS SIGNED AN exclusive
agreement to administer the publishing
interests of world renowned, fourteen time Grammy winning singer/songwriter Paul Simon. UMPG will administer his extensive catalog and future
works for the world ex-North America,
and will also represent him worldwide
for synchronization licensing for Motion
Picture, TV, Advertising and other
media. Paul Simon's publishing catalog
of hundreds of songs from over four
decades includes his Simon and Garfunkel
works, such as the No. 1 classics “Mrs.
Robinson,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,”
and “The Sound Of Silence,” plus other
Did You Know?
Simon and Garfunkel
met at a school
production of “Alice
in Wonderland,’
where Simon was
cast as the white
rabbit and Garfunkel
as the Cheshire cat.
chart topping hits such as “Scarborough
Fair [Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme],”
“Homeward Bound,” “America,” "The
Boxer,” “American Tune,” “My Little Town,”
“Old Friends,” and “I Am A Rock.”
Currently on the sold-out reunion tour
of Simon and Garfunkel, Simon is signed
to Warner Brothers Records and is working on his next solo album due for release
in late 2004.
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NORTH AMERICA C h a rt News
“This is just
the beginning.”
-Usher, Rolling
Stone, May 13
UMPG Has A
Publishing Interest
In 88 Of The
Billboard
Top 200 Albums
Heavy chart presence continues for UMPG and Rondor
UMPG AND RONDOR HAVE a publishing interest in 88 of the Billboard Top 200
Albums , including the No. 1 Album, Confessions by Usher (UMPG writers Andre Harris
and Vidal Davis/Arista). Other albums include Beg for Mercy by G-Unit (G
Unit/Interscope), The Other Side EP by Godsmack (Republic/Universal), Blink 182’s self
titled sixth studio album (Geffen), Away from the Sun by 3 Doors Down
(Republic/Universal), and Permission to Land by The Darkness (Atlantic).
Dre & Vidal Dominate Charts With Usher’s Confessions
UMPG’S HITMAKERS DRE & VIDAL
(Andre Harris and Vidal Davis) cowrote/produced four tracks for Usher’s
new album release Confessions (La
Face). Usher took the choice number #1
slot on the Billboard 200 during the first
week of release and continues to rule the
US Pop Album Charts for its fifth week,
heading toward 3x Platinum. Dre & Vidal
have custom tailored hit songs for Alicia
Keys’s chart topping Diary of Alicia Keys
(J Records), Rubben Studdard’s debut
album Soulful (RCA), and “Don't You
Forget It” recorded by Glenn Lewis. Dre
and Vidal have a co-write on Justin
Timberlake's international release and
are working on projects for Donnell
Jones (LaFace), Faith Evans, Young
Buck and Amerie (Sony).
Dre & Vidal,
the magic
in the mix
NEW FOUND
GLORY HOT
SHOT DEBUT
UMPG BAND NEW FOUND GLORY
released their 3rd record Catalyst (Drive
Thru/Geffen), selling over 400,000 units.
The single “All Downhill from Here” is the
Hot Shot Debut on the Billboard Modern
Rock Tracks and was the #1
“We’re the real deal.
We started our band in
most added at Modern Rock
a garage and built it up,
radio. The song has also been
toured in a van and
slept on people’s floors.” added to MTV’s Buzzworthy
-Steve Klein, guitar
rotation
and
MTV2’s
Blowtorch rotation. The album is expected
to debut in the Top 10 on the Billboard
Album charts, if not the Top 5.
A nonstop caravan
of G-Unit releases:
Lloyd Banks, Young
Buck and new
member Game are
all scheduled to
have solo albums
out by the end of
summer.
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Debuts at #1
BEASTIE BOYS unveiled their first album in six years, To The 5
Bouroughs, which hit stores in June and is number one in every
market. Their first single, “Ch-Check It Out,” debuted at No. 1 on
the Modern Rock Tracks and is already the No. 1 Most Played
Video on MTV2 and the No. 3 Most Played on MTV, and is broadcast to 72 million households. Additionally, the single claims the
No. 3 slot on R&R’s Alternative Top 50. On the online front, the
track is in the Top 10 selling downloads on the iTunes Music Store.
The Beastie Boys kicked off their summer promotion of the new
album with an appearance at MTV2’s $2Bill concert in Las Vegas
June 9. The Beasties will then be making the radio festival rounds,
with scheduled appearances at the Live 105 BFD, the KROQ Weenie
G-Unit >>
Snags 2X Platinum
G-UNIT'S DEBUT ALBUM, Beg For Mercy (GUnit/Shady/Aftermath/ Interscope), is certified 2X
platinum selling over 2.3 million units. Their first single, "Stunt 101," climbed to the Top 10 on Billboard's
R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart. Their new single
“Wanna Get To Know You” feat. Joe is climbing
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart and
R&R's Urban chart. The album continues to climb on
the Billboard Top 200.
certified 2X platinum selling
over 2.3 million units
G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks Hungers For More
Q: How'd You Get In
The Game?
A: “My Story starts in Queens.
I grew up around the
corner from 50 Cent. Me
and Tony Yayo lived on the
same block.”
- Lloyd Banks
The Beasties shout
out to pop-culture
icons Fred Sanford,
the Keebler Elves,
Jabba the Hut, Mr.
Furley, and Herman
Munster on To The 5
Burroughs.
-Billboard, June 11, 2004
Roast, the Y100 FEZtival, and the KROCK
Dysfunctional Family Picnic. The hip-hop trio
will also head out to Japan to play a couple
Summer Sonic shows in August.
The Beasties were the first rappers to reach No.
1 on the Billboard 200 with 1987’s “Licensed to Ill.”
50 CENT IS BRINGING his G-Unit breathren Lloyd
Banks, Tony Yayo, and Young Buck into the spotlight.
Lloyd Banks’ debut album Hunger For More entered at
number one, and his single “On Fire” (Interscope)
snagged top positions on the Hot Rap Singles chart and
the Hot R&B Hip-Hop Singles Chart, while continuing to
climb. Banks’ next single will be “I’m So Fly.”
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UMPG’s No Doubt
Reaches 3.5X Platinum
RELEASED NOVEMBER 11, The Singles 1992-2003
(Interscope) from No Doubt sold over 1.88 million CDs in the
U.S. alone. The album went to No.2 on the Billboard 200 and
currently holds at No. 57. The single “It’s My Life” remains on
the Hot 100 Singles. The collection captures all the top hits in
the new wave/ska band's illustrious career to date and features
a great cover of the Talk Talk song “It’s My Life.”
W R I T E R/ P R O D U C E R S
Who’s
WITH
WORKING
WHOM
Dre and Vidal
112, Ruben Studdard, Alicia Keys, Usher.
Upcoming: Faith Evans, Jill Scott, Mario,
Young Buck of the G-Unit, Sunshine
Andersen, Glen Lewis.
Megahertz
50 Cent LP, G-Unit, on Barbershop II soundtrack,
Westside Connection LP. Upcoming: Method Man,
Redman, Busta Rhymes, Smitty.
Nisan Stewart
Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Da Band, Angie Stone.
Upcoming: Tweat, Free, Toya, in a gospel group called
the Soul Singers releasing on GospoCentric/Jive.
Swizz Beats
Cassidy, Ruben Studdard, Drag On, Angie Stone,
Jadakiss, Method Man. Upcoming: Busta Rhymes,
Fat Joe, Fabulous, Bow Wow, and Mariah Carey.
Blink-182 Scans Over 1.5 Million
BLINK-182’S SELF-TITLED sixth studio album climbed to No. 3
on the Billboard 200, scanning nearly 1.2 million units. The first
single, “Feeling This,” went to Top five on Billboard's Modern
Rock Tracks chart and R&R's Alternative chart. Their second
single, “I Miss You,” remains on the Hot 100 Singles chart.
Ivan and Carvin
Musiq, Joe and the Johnson Family
Vacation soundtrack. Upcoming: New Edition,
Faith Evans, Brian McKnight, and Syleena Johnson.
Self Service
“It was the first time I had ever sang with someone
else, and it was a great experience."
Upcoming: Method Man, Camron, and Bone Thugz n Harmony.
-Godsmack frontman Sully Erna on the upcoming single
“Touche” (featuring Dropbox).
Rivers Rutherford
Montgomery Gentry.
Angelo
Kings of Leon.
GODSMACK NO. 9 WITH A BULLET
MULTI-PLATINUM HARD ROCK band Godsmack released their
acoustic EP in March 2004 entitled The Other Side (Republic/
Universal). The album is a collection of their biggest hits plus three
new tracks: “Running Blind,” “Trouble,” and “Nobody Cares.” The
single “Running Blind” is the Greatest Gainer Sales on the
Mainstream Rock charts and on the Modern Rock charts. The
album is currently on the Billboard Top 200. Godsmack are on tour
opening for Metallica.
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Matraca Berg
Christy Sutherland.
Troy Verges
Aaron Lines.
K-Cut (Kevin McKenzie)
currently in studio with Janelle, Jacksoul, and Kasual.
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50 Cent Named
Songwriter of theYear
At the 21st Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards
HOSTED BY ASCAP President & Chariman Marilyn Bergman, over 600 leading songwriters, recording artists and music industry leaders gathered at the black tie gala held
at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills to salute the songwriters and publishers of the
"In three days, I could most performed ASCAP songs of 2003. UMPG multi-platinum Rap supermake a record, 12
star 50 Cent was honored as Songwriter of the Year, in addition to winsongs. But I have to
ning
awards for “In Da Club,” “Magic Stick,” and “21 Questions.” Other
make an album that
UMPG Songwriters and ASCAP Pop Music Award winners include: Prince
tops what my last
album was."
and Tupac “03 Bonnie and Clyde,” 50 Cent and Lil Kim “Magic Stick,”
-50 Cent, MTV.com
Ashanti “Rock Wit U,” No Doubt “Underneath It All,” Murphy Lee, Nelly
& P Diddy “Shake Ya Tailfeather.”
2004 marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of ASCAP, which has over 180,000
composer, lyricist and music publisher members representing all genres of music. UMPG
Worldwide President David Renzer is a member of ASCAP’s Board of Directors.
Songwriters Hall of Fame
UMPG and Rondor Songwriters Al Green, Don McLean and Norman Whitfield Inducted
into Songwriters Hall of Fame
T
he National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization dedicated to recognizing the work and
lives of the composers and lyricists who create popular music around the
world, returned for its highly anticipated 35th annual induction and awards din- What the Rose Bowl is to
ner on June 10th at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. This year’s inductees includCollege Football is what the
ed UMPG’s Don McLean and Norman Whitfield (as part of songwriting duo Barrett
Strong and Norman Whitfield) and Rondor’s Al Green. Songwriters Hall of Fame Songwriters Hall Of Fame is
Chairman/CEO Hal David, “The Commented Songwriters Hall of Fame awards is very to the Music Business.
special because it’s a time when premier songwriters come together to honor their
own…we spotlight the accomplishments of those who have provided us with the words and music that form the soundtrack of our
lives.”
Al Green:
Don McLean:
Norman Whitfield:
Al Green’s extraorFamed for his
Norman Whitfield
dinary
voice
perennial 1971 #1
was one of the
became known to
classic “American
major architects
the world through a
Pie,” an elegiac
of the Motown
string of legendary
e i g ht-a n d -a - h a l f
sound. In the 60s,
hits in the early
minute folk-pop
Barrett Strong and
1970s, including
epic inspired by
Whitfield collabosuch classics as
the tragic death of
rated on a string of
“Tired of Being Alone,” “Let’s Stay Together,” Buddy Holly, singer/songwriter Don hits, including Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It
“I Can’t Get Next to You,” “I’m Still in Love McLean rose to fame through folk clubs of Through The Grapevine” and “Too Busy
With You,” “Call Me,” “Here I Am,” “Let’s Get New York City during the 60’s. His follow- Thinking About My Baby,” the
Married,” and “Love and Happiness.” Thirty up to “American Pie,” “Vincent,” was also a Temptations’ “Papa Was A Rolling Stone,”
years, many hits and Grammy Awards later, smash success, as was a cover of Roy Edwin Starr’s “War” and “Take Me In Your
those songs and Green’s falsetto screams, Orbison’s classic, “Crying,” and his original Arms and Love Me,” for Gladys Knight
impassioned whispers, ecstatic cries and “Castles In the Air.” McLean even became & the Pips. Strong and Whitfield also
choked shouts are etched into the minds of the subject of the Roberta Flack hit “Killing penned “I Can’t Get Next To You” and
music fans everywhere.
Me Softly.”
“Just My Imagination.”
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Attacks The Country Singles Chart
Ann Womack, Alan Jackson, Tracy Lawrence, Martina McBride, Montgomery
Gentry, Brooks and Dunn, Josh Turner and Rascal Flatts.
New Signings
UMPG Nashville
Re-signs Trio of Hit-Makers
UMPG Nashville recently concluded long-term agreements
re-signing proven hit-makers Rivers Rutherford, Radney
Foster and Monty Powell.
Rivers Rutherford has scored numerous chart hits
including the #1 song “Real Good Man,” recorded by
Tim McGraw and “Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You,”
ASCAP’s 2002 Song of the Year recorded by
Rivers Rutherford
Sunday.” Radney has also
penned hit songs for the Dixie
Chicks, Pat Green and
Radney Foster Collin Raye. His solo recordings on Arista and Dualtone
records have garnered much critical
acclaim and have made him an
icon in the Texas music scene.
Monty Powell scored his
Monty Powell
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Christian Music
Publishing Arm
THE FIRST
DEAL FOR
the new arm
is a joint venture
with
Christian publishing veteran Michael Pictured left to right: Brad
Shenfeld, ASCAP'S Dan
Puryear and Keen, Michael Sammis, David
his company, Renzer, Michael Puryear and
Final Four Pat Higdon
Music. Puryear is also a songwriter with
hits to his credit by Point of Grace,
Bruce Carroll and Larnelle Harris,
among others. Puryear will report to Pat
Higdon and will develop new songwriters and pitch existing songs in the
Universal catalog.
In addition to
Puryear's involvement, veteran producer/publisher Elwyn Raymer will also act
as a consultant to both Universal and
Final Four Music.
Tim McGraw
tion debut with his composition “If You Ever Stop
Loving Me” recorded by Montgomery Gentry,
which is currently in the Top 10 in the Billboard country chart.
Radney Foster recently scored a top chart hit with
Keith Urban on “Raining On
first #1 record since signing
with UMPG in 2000 when
Keith Urban took “Who
Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” to
the top of the charts. Monty
has also had songs recorded
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UMPG Launches
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL months UMPG Nashville has had an amazing twenty-three singles on the Billboard country singles chart, including
Pat Higdon
two number one songs from Tim McGraw’s current release “Real Good Senior
VP/GM
Man” (Rivers Rutherford) and “Watch The Wind Blow By” (Anders UMPG Nashville
Osborne). UMPG Nashville also enjoyed two number one songs from
Keith Urban’s latest release; “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” (Monty Powell) and “You’ll
Think Of Me” (Darrell Brown). UMPG Nashville is also well represented in the country
album charts with cuts on most of the genre’s top acts, including Kenny Chesney, Lee
Brooks and Dunn. He recently made his produc-
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Carolyn Dawn
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Star Rises Again!
Singer/songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson recently released
her sophomore album, Dress Rehearsal. The much anticipated
album on BMG Records contains ten CDJ collaborations controlled by UMPG. The first single from the album, "Simple
Life," is co-written by UMPG’s Troy Verges. It peaked on the
Billboard country chart at #14. The album debuted on
Soundscan on May 12th and ranked #9 in the top ten country albums with sales of 18,111. Johnson burst on the country scene in 2001 with the hit single “Complicated.”
CANADA
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Chart News
The Year of Sam Roberts
Development Story of the Year
U
MPG’s Sam Roberts received the
‘Development Story Of The Year’
award at the annual Canadian Music
Industry Awards gala in Toronto on Thursday
March 4th, 2004. Sam, along with Maple
Music/Universal Records, Secret Weapon
Management and the Agency Group, shared
the award for their individual parts in building and launching one of the most successful Canadian artist careers in years.
Sam Roberts’ breakthrough EP The
Inhuman Condition was released by Maple
Music and distributed by Universal Music
Canada in August 2002 to glowing reviews.
The debut single “Brother Down” was an
instant success and garnered a SOCAN #1
award for reaching the top spot on
MuchMoreMusic’s Video Chart. The second
single, “Don’t Walk Away Eileen,” received a
SOCAN #1 award for reaching number one
on the MuchMoreMusic Video Countdown,
and soon afterwards Sam was presented
with his third SOCAN #1 award for his
next single, “Where Have All The Good
People Gone?”, which topped multiple
Canadian charts.
The success of Sam Roberts’ debut
EP led to his signing of a contract with
Universal Music Canada. Meanwhile,
with his hit songs saturating the mar-
A clean sweep
for Sam Roberts
at the Junos
“Without (UMPG) I’d be sitting at home contemplating
the inherent injustices of the universe.”
-Sam Roberts sending out a special thank you to UMPG Canada’s Jodie Ferneyhough and Linda Bush
ketplace and his EP continues to sell, Sam
has been awarded a gold album plaque
(50,000 units sold) for the debut EP during
the 2003 Juno awards (the Canadian
Grammys), where he performed the song
that started it all, “Brother Down.”
We Were Born In A Flame, Roberts’ major
label debut, was released in the summer of
2003 to dazzling reviews and was certified
New Signing
UMPG Canada has signed
songwriter and producer
Khari Dandy to an exclusive
publishing deal. Dandy has
worked with such notable
artists as Swizz Beats, Nappy
Roots & LL Cool J. Khari is cur- From left to right: Universal Publishing
rently working with IN Canada’s Jodie Ferneyhough, and
Khari Dandy
ESSENCE (Vik.recordings/BMG
Music Canada) and JANELLE (Soul Clap/Universal Music
Canada). He also did production work on Jacksoul’s
album, which was just released by Vik.recordings/BMG
Music Canada.
Award News
Luke McMaster & Rob Toomer
(formerly known as McMaster
& James) were awarded platinum record plaques (100,000
units sold) for their work on
Canadian Idol winner Ryan
Malcolm’s debut album Home.
The song writing duo landed
From left to right: Luke McMaster,
five tracks on the album, winner
of Canadian Idol-Ryan
including the hit single “Star Of Malcolm, and Rob Toomer
All The Planets.”
platinum (100,000 units sold) within six
months of release.
Roberts was the big winner at this year’s
Juno awards in Edmonton, taking home
three of the most prestigious awards. A
clean sweep, Roberts accepted an award for
every category in which he was nominated:
Artist of the Year, Rock Album of the Year,
and the illustrious Album of the Year.
Here's the full list of UMPG Winners
presented in Edmonton:
Album of the Year
We Were Born In A Flame - Sam Roberts (Universal Canada)
Artist of the Year
Sam Roberts
Rock Album of the Year
We Were Born In A Flame - Sam Roberts (Universal Canada)
International Album of the Year
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
Country Recording of the Year
Up! - Shania Twain (Mercury)
Album Design of the Year
Garnet Armstrong/Susan Michalek; Love Is The Only
Soldier - Jann Arden
Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inductee
Bob Ezrin (Rondor)
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FILM/TV/ADVERTISING
M ot i o n P i c t u r e s
Scott
James
Senior VP of
Music for
Motion Pictures
and TV
Worldwide
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TV
,UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP’S
Film and Television Department is off to a very
strong performance in 2004. We have had
multiple song placements in this year’s top 10
box-office films including: Shrek 2, Starsky &
Hutch, 50 First Dates, and Mean Girls.
Advertising activity has been solid. UMPG
has over 150 commercials on the air using
UMPG songs to promote various products.
Our proactive approach to seeking out and
delivering the perfect song to the advertising
community has solidified our reputation as a
trusted resource.
Television has afforded UMPG a great
UMPG FILM & TV
CREATIVE SERVICES
LOS ANGELES:
Ph. (310) 235-4719
BRIANLAMBERT
[email protected]
CARIANNE BROWN
[email protected]
JOANNAPUGLISI
[email protected]
NEW YORK:
Ph. (212) 841-8014
TOM EATON
[email protected]
AUSTRALIA:
Ph. (612) 9207 0500
DENISE FRASER
[email protected]
LONDON:
Ph. (011) 44 20 8752 2600
BARBARA ZAMOYSKA
[email protected]
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Commercials
S Y N C H E x p re s s
opportunity to present our best new artists and edgy material.
We have had tremendous success in placing new material from
around the world in this season’s most popular and talked
about series.
UMPGartists and songwriters have a powerful promotion and
placement team dedicated to championing their music through
several powerful channels including e-Samplers (sourced to a who’s
who quality contact list in the film/TV community),
SYNCHExpress.com, the UMPG web site (www.universalmusicpublishing.com), press support, and regular UMPG e-Newsletters.
Universal Music Publishing Group has dedicated people in
every territory pursuing Film, Television, New Media and
Advertising opportunities for our artists and songwriters. The
following page features a sampling of recent activity.
SWEDEN:
Ph. (46 8) 629 5370
ITALY:
Ph. 39 02 80 282 403
OLLE RONNBACK
[email protected]
GIANCARLO LOSCIALE
gianacarlo.losciale
@umusic.com
FRANCE:
Ph. (33 1) 44 41 94 00
CHARLES-HENRI DE PIERREFEU
c h a r l es- h e n r i .d e. p i e r refe u
@umusic.com
SYNCHEXPRESS.COM
Over 500 VIP Registrants & 20,000 unique visitors each month!
Offers Music Supervisors For Film, TV, Advertising and Other
Media Fast Access To Audio, Information, and Song Ideas
SEARCH
LISTEN
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The SynchExpress.com
online database features a
select pool of popular
songs consisting of hit
recordings that span from
1920 to the present. You
select or enter search
criteria, such as title,
writer, genre, decade, subject and date range.
SynchExpress.com features
audio clips of varied versions
of popular
recordings.
Click on any
song title to
view copyright and
recording
detail. With
authorized
password
access,
UMPG’s VIP clients have
access to full length streaming audio and can request
downloads to be sent via email from our staff.
Synch licenses can be
requested via a form that
clients complete and submit
online. By using our My
Projects tool, clients can
request multiple licenses at
once. UMPG song information is automatically imported into the request form,
saving clients valuable time.
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GERMANY:
Ph. 49 30 52007 1220
MARCUS GUMS
[email protected]
EASY CLEAR TITLES
A special section in the site only
displays copyrights that are categorized as EASY CLEAR. Easy
Clear songs are generally 100%
owned or administered by
UMPG which also, upon negotiation of terms, are generally
available for clearance without
a 3rd party approval.
E-MAIL & ORGANIZE
UMPG VIP clients can select,
store and organize songs in
My Projects. My Projects
allows users to e-mail songs
with attached notes, plus generate online request forms.
SONG IDEAS, NEW
RELEASES, E-SAMPLERS
& SUBJECT LISTS
Check out SynchExpress.com’s
promo areas for new music,
trends, genre pages, samplers
and more.
Motion Picture
Advertising
Campaign
Highlights
Johnson Family Vacation
The Girl Next Door
Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Starsky & Hutch
Agent Cody Banks 2
Dawn of the Dead
Jersey Girl
Never Die Alone
Mean Girls
New York Minute
Ella Enchanted
13 Going On 30
Connie and Carla
TV SHOWS FEATURING UMPG SONGS
THE SOPRANOS (HBO)
M&M’s
“Color My World”
(Harvey/Hatch) - Petula Clark
DIET PEPSI
“Rock Me Tonight” (Paul Lawrence
Jones) - Freddy Jackson
“Elevation” by U2, “Analyze” by The Cranberries, “Rikki Don't Lose That
Number” by Steely Dan, “Green Onions” b y Booker T & The MG's, “LoveFool”
by The Cardigans and “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” by D'Angelo.
THE O.C.
“Jacqueline” by Franz Ferdinand, “Passing By” by Zero 7, “Ch-Check It Out”
by Beastie Boys and “Flying High” by Jem.
C.S.I.
“N’Existe Pas” by Apollo 440, “Look Up” by Zero 7 and “That Smell” by
Lynyrd Skynyrd.
C.S.I. MIAMI
“Move It With Your Mind” by Plump DJs and “Do Your Thing” by Basement Jaxx.
COLD CASE
NOXZEMA
“All By Myself” (Carmen/Rachmaninoff)
as recorded by Eric Carmen
“Dreams” by The Cranberries and “It’s My Life” by Talk Talk.
LAS VEGAS
“Cish Cash” by Basement Jaxx.
ONE TREE HILL
“I Believe In A Thing Called Love” by The Darkness.
LOVE RULES
“Come On” by Ben Jelen.
QUEER AS FOLK
“Playing in the Distance” by Grand National, “Hear Me Out” by Frou
Frou, “Don’t Stop Movin” by Livin Joy, and “Fantastic Day” by Nick
Heyward.
TV SOUNDTRACKS FEATURING UMPG SONGS
The OC: Mix 1
Warner Bros.
Release: 3/30/04
Scanned: over 138K
“Dice” by William Orbit
feat. Finley Quaye & Beth
Orton and “Just a Ride”
by Jem
Queer Eye For the
Straight Guy
Capitol
Release: 2/10/04
Scanned: over 130K
“Good Luck” by
Basement Jaxx
and “Superstar”
by Jamelia
PANTENE PRO V
“I See You Baby”
as recorded by Fatboy Slim
Song Airlines
“Wish I” (Griffiths/McDaniel/Gibson/
Polk) - Jem
Chevrolet
“Magic Carpet Ride” (Moreve/Kay)
- Steppenwolf
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CATALOG
THE BRITISH INVASION
(1Compendium
963-1967
)
One
Including 11 US & UK #1’s
and 23 US & UK Top 10’s Hits &
Rarities from the Biggest Acts of
the Time
The British Invasion covers the period of unprecedented success that UK acts had while dominating the U.S.
charts in the mid 60s. Kicked off by the Beatles with
their #1 smash “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” it lasted
through the Beat era until Psychedelia took hold in the
summer of 1967. Before this time UK artists had limited success stateside. The Beatles literally opened the
flood gates.
AMERICA RESPONDS
ACROSS
FROM
I Can’t Explain - (Townsend)
The Who (Decca/Uni 1965,Pop
93) (UK 8)
Love is All Around - (Presley)
Troggs (Fontana/Uni 1967,Pop
7) (UK 5)
THE
POND
I Get Around - Beach Boys, 1964
You’re the One - Vogues, 1965
1-2-3 - Len Barry, 1965
Treat Her Right - Roy Head, 1965
Downtown - (Hatch) Petula
Clark (Warners/WEA 1965, Pop 1)
T
How Do You Do it? - Gerry &
the Pacemakers (Laurie/EMI
1963, UK 1) (Pop 9, 1964)
raffic was not all one way. Inspired by and
responding to the British Invasion, American artists
produced a similar level of music. In particular, it
was a golden era for the Beach Boys and the Folk
rock sound popularized by groups such as The
Mamas and Papas and The Grass Roots. From the
joyfulness of “I Get Around” to the timeless elegance of “California Dreamin’,” from the protest
anger of “Eve of Destruction” through the cool of
“Secret Agent Man” to the psychedelic revolution of
“White Rabbit,” American artists met the challenge.
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Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire, 1965
Let Me Be - Turtles, 1965
California Girls - Beach Boys, 1965
Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers, 1966
California Dreamin’ - Mamas & Papas, 1966
Monday Monday - Mamas & Papas, 1966
Things I Should Have Said - Grass Roots, 1967
San Francisco - Scott McKenzie, 1967
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane, 1967
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N ew S i g n i n g s
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N ew R e l e a s e s
U n i ted Kingdom
Chart News
UMP SNAGS
25%
OF TOTAL UK
SINGLES SOLD
UMP UK closed out the first
quarter with 25% of the total
singles sold in the UK and just
under 15% of the album market share. Healthy presence
in the UK Album charts
includes Will Young (BMG),
No Doubt (Interscope), The
Ivor Novello Awards
The Darkness Sweep Novello Awards
UMP celebrated a
very successful day
at the 49th Ivor
Novello
Awards,
which took place at
Paul
London’s Grosvenor
Connolly
House
recently.
Managing Dir.
UMPG U.K./
Following the pheExecutive VP nomenal success of
Europe
their
album
“Permission To Land,”
which has
clocked up sales of over 1.3 million in the
UK and upwards of 700,000 in the US,
The Darkness were presented with
Songwriters Of The Year award. UK
writer Eg White won Best Song Musically
& Lyrically for “Leave Right Now” (100%
UMPG) - the #1 smash recorded by Will
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Young (S Records). The track is featured on Young’s album “Friday’s Child,”
which has exceeded 1.3 million sales in
the UK alone. Most Performed Work
was scooped by the pan-European
chart and airplay smash “Superstar.”
Recorded by Jamelia, the track was cowritten by UMP Sweden’s Remee (UMP
Sweden 50%). Motown song-writing
legends Holland Dozier Holland were in
attendance to accept the Special
International Award. Unfortunately,
Dizzee Rascal and Sugababes’ Heidi
Range lost out in their respective categories, but here’s hoping that next
year’s landmark 50th Ivors will give
plenty more to celebrate!
There’s no
point in getting
on the ladder
if you don’t
wanna go to
the top.
-Justin Hawkins
The Darkness
Up and Coming: FRANZ FERDINAND
The band:
Named for the
Austro-Hungarian
Archduke
The self-titled debut album from Glaswegian quartet Franz
Ferdinand has sold more than 1.2 million units worldwide since
its release earlier this year. Having received unanimous critical
acclaim the album has sold over 447, 000 units in the UK
alone, with European and US sales now exceeding 684,000
and 410,000 respectively. Franz Ferdinand continue their live
schedule throughout the coming months with festival dates
and shows across the UK, Europe and the US.
Darkness (East West), Franz
Ferdinand (Domino) and Zero
7 (Warner), amongst others.
UMP closed out the first
quarter with
a fantastic
chart run - #1
Album
for
A n a s ta c i a
(Epic) and 7
of Top 10 UK
Singles: #1
for new signing McFly; #3
Twista; #4 DJ Casper; #5
Anastacia; #6 Blue; #7
Britney Spears and #8
Atomic Kitten. Album chart
includes high entries for new
releases: Avril Lavigne
“Under My Skin” (BMG) # 1,
The Streets “A Grand
Don’t…” (679) # 2, Anastacia
“Anastacia” (Epic) # 4, Ash
“Meltdown” (East West) # 5,
among others. Notable deal
extensions over past months
include The Clash, Van
Morrison, Mark Knopfler,
Super Furry Animals, Karen
Poole & Basement Jaxx.
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EUROPE New Signings | Award News | Chart News | New Releases
U n i ted Kingdom
New Signings
THE KILLERS
UMP UK HAS SIGNED Las Vegas rockers The Killers. The band has set the UK
alight with reviews of their album “Hot
Fuss” (Island), which debuted at No. 7 on
the album chart.
Alongside The Killers, other recent signings to UMP UK include teen-rockers McFly,
whose debut album “Room On The 3rd
Floor” (Uni-Island) entered the chart at No.
1., mirroring the success of both their leadup singles, “5 Colours In Her Hair” and
“Obviously.” Meanwhile, Mis-teeq &
Sugababes make great inroads on the US
chart as their singles “Scandalous” &
“Hole In The Head” hit No. 7 and No. 32
respectively.
UMPG Sweeps
Brit
Awards
“I’m not good at trashing backstage.” -The Darkness frontman,
Justin Hawkins, Rolling Stone, 5-04
UMPG artists scooped 5
awards from 15 categories
the Brit Awards earlier this
year. The Darkness were the
biggest winners of the night taking
home 3 of a possible 4 awards British Group, British Rock Act and
British Album for Permission To
Land (East West). The band stole
the show with a typically flamboyant performance of their single "I
Believe In A Thing Called Love.”
Sales of Permission To Land
(East/West) have already
exceeded the 3-million mark
worldwide but sales will no doubt
climb further as the band continue their extensive tour and
promo schedules across Europe.
Completing UMPG’s tally for
the night, Basement Jaxx
were named British Dance Act
and 50 Cent took home
the award for International
Breakthrough Artist.
U
G e r m a ny
UMP GERMANY IS HAPPY TO announce that they have
signed Paul Bonin, an English writer based in Berlin. He
works with Werner Krumme a.k.a Königskind. His writing
credits so far include the track “Sensational,” sung by last
year’s Starsearch II winner, Martin Kesici, in addition to a
song that appeared in the very successful German movie
“Lehmann.” Bushido, has also signed with UMP Germany
who has already sold 60,000 records.
Holland
Marco Borsato 5x Platinum
IN A UNIQUE PROJECT
where there is not a commercially available CD, local signing Marco Borsato has sold
400,000 DVDs (5x Platinum)
in Benelux so far. UMP
Holland controls 75% of this
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release. Marco is gearing up
for 10 sold-out stadium shows
in Belgium and six huge
shows in The Netherlands-overall ticket sales are north
of 500,000.
Ali B Out of the Gate
Benelux’s latest local signing is rap artist Ali
B. His latest single off his debut album,
which was released in May, has entered The
Box at #3. Ali B. will be one of the few special guests at the Marco Borsato shows.
They will sing a duet supporting charity
organization War Child for which Marco is
the Ambassador. This performance will be
a huge boost for Ali B.’s profile.
In the front: Ali B. From left to right: Breghje
Kommers (manager Ali B.), Oscar Ombach
(creative), Kees van der Hoeven (M.D. UMP
Benelux) and Ruby van der Linden (creative).
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Spain
Swe d e n
Swedish Grammys
UMP SPAIN HAS ACHIEVED great
chart success recently with # 1 albums
for Sergio Dalma and Miguel Bose.
Dalma’s Greatest Hits album “Lo Mejor
de…” scored # 1 for three consecutive
weeks. UMP Spain controls several
songs on the album, including the first
single and other new tracks. Currently,
sales exceed Platinum status. Miguel
Bose’ “Por vos muero” (Warner)
replaced Dalma in the #1 slot. Current
sales have surpassed Gold. Miguel
Bose and Anastacia (Sony-Gold) have
shared the #2 and #3 chart positions.
UMP SWEDEN CELEBRATED SUCCESS, winning 5 of a possible 13 awards
at the Swedish Grammies. The Cardigans scooped 3 awards for Album of the
Year, Rock Group of the Year and Video of the Year. Moneybrother took
home the Rock Album gong for “Bloodpanic” (Burning Heart) and Lisa
Miskovsky won Female Pop Artist of the Year.
N o rway & Finland
“The most important thing to us was just to make a record we loved. It needed
to touch everyone in the band.” -Cardigans’ guitarist Svennsonmm , Filter, Spring 04
Chart News
JOSH GROBAN 3X PLATINUM
Josh Groban's album Closer including the song “You Raise Me Up”
(Rolf Løvland) has topped the charts in the US, Josh Groban performed the song at Super Bowl on February 1. The single was #1 on
the US AC chart and the album has now passed 3 million units.
Jamelia is # 1
Norwegian Rock
Band GLUECIFER
signs With Universal
Publishing!
THEIR NEW ALBUM IS called
Automatic Thrill (Sony), and first single will be “A Call From the Other
Side”! Thunder Express! A project by
Hellacopters
guitarist
Robert
“Strängen” Dahlqvist with new album
during the autumn! (Razzia/BAM).
The UMP Finland office has signed
local act Uniklubi. First single
“Rakkautta ja piikkilankaa” peaked at
No.3 on the singles chart. The album
was released end of May. Recently
signed debut act Ripsipiirakka
entered the album chart at No. 7.
Local signing Killer has been released
all over Europe with a very positive
response.
Jamelia’s single “Superstar”, written by Remee, has topped the
charts in over a dozen European charts and was #1 for several
weeks on the pan-European airplay charts - an absolute smash!
New Signings
Groban made his recording debu
singing "For Always" with Lara
Fabian on the soundtrack to A.I.
UMP Sweden has signed Swedish act E-Type—whose single and recently released
album have both entered the charts at #2.
It a l y
Zucchero Kicks Off at Royal Albert Hall
HAVING RECEIVED ITS INTERNATIONAL
launch at a special performance at
London’s Albert Hall in May, Zucchero’s
duets album “Zu & Co” (Universal) has gotten off to a great start across Europe with
sales of 463,000 units, including 241,000
internationally. The album made its chart
debut at #1 in Italy & Switzerland, #2 in
Austria and #4 in Germany. Meanwhile,
international success for Eros Ramazzotti
continues as sales of his latest album “9”
now exceed 2.5 million units worldwide.
Other local activity
includes Top 10
album debut for
Francesco Renga
“Camere Con Vista”,
Zucchero
while his single “Ci
Sarai” spent 6 week in Top 20 Airplay
chart.
NEW RELEASE: Forthcoming releases
include singles from Tricarico and Bugo,
both on Universal.
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LATIN AMERICA
N ew S i g n i n g s
Ivan F.
Alvarez
SVP of
Latin America
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UMPG Latin
America Hot on
Billboard
Latin Tracks
U
MPG has had a great first
half in 2004 with healthy
chart presence.
Since the
December 6, 2003 issue of
Billboard, UMPG has had participation in 19 singles, more than
any other publisher in the market. This does not include the six
tracks on the charts from the
Estefan camp of writers which we
control outside the US. Standout
UMPG successes include Marc
Durandeau’s “Cuidarte El Alma”
from Chayanne’s Sincero (Sony),
which has spent 27 weeks on the
chart as of the May 22 issue of
which it stayed three weeks at
No. 1. Another long term charter is Rudy Perez’s “Te Llame” from Cristian’s Amar Es
(BMG) release which has been on for 26 weeks and peaked at No. 3.
2004 Rolls in the Awards for
UMPG Latin Songwriters
Perez hails as
Songwriter of theYear
and Producer of
the Year
Estefan receives
Billboard Award
RUDY PEREZ WAS ONCE again named
ASCAP Songwriter of the Year. Other
ASCAP awards included “La Salsa Vive”
by Jorge Luis Piloto, “Te Vas Amor” by
Almar Vega, “Mi Libertad” by Pedro
Azael and Eduardo Carrizo, “Si No
Estas” by Rudy Perez and “Traicion” by
Nicolas Tovar (Estefan). Billboard
awards went to Emilio Estefan, Jr., A.B.
Quintanilla III, Jose Alfonso Lorca
Gomez, and Yasmil Marrufo. Alejandro
Lerner was awarded a Gardel Award.
Billboard Awards went to Rudy Perez –
Producer of the Year, A.B. Quintanilla III,
and Gloria Estefan. Ednita Nazario’s
“Por Ti” and Jaci Velasquez’s “Milagro”
also won Billboard Album of the Year.
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N ew R e l e a s e s
(cont.)
Most Recent Signings
UMPG recently signed Juan Marcelo to
an exclusive songwriter agreement. Juan
Marcelo has composed
hits for Alexandre Pires,
Isabel Pantoja, Area
305 and Jose Feliciano
among others. Laura
Flores has signed an
exclusive songwriter
agreement with UMPG Latin America.
Also signed to UMPG Latin America are
Universal Music Latino/Guitian Brothers
recording artists 90 Millas.
M ex i c o
Festival Alcapulco 2004
The ‘Festival Alcapulco 2004’ counted
with talent including Alica Villarreal,
Valentin Elizalde, and Euforia, all of
whose have UMPG controlled songs on
new releases by 3 de Copas, Kalimba
(U.S. & Mexico release), and Raul
Sandoval.
B ra z i l
UMPG Brazil
Promotes Synchs
UMPG Brazil’s ‘Verdade’ (Carlinhos
Santana & Nelson Rufino) is to be used
in two upcoming commercials. ‘Festa’
(Anderson Cunha) is continuing to be
used in a campaign for a Brazilian company called Arisco. UMPG Brazil also
has songs in the upcoming films
‘Cazuza’ and ‘Paulinho da Viola’.
Additionally, Ivete Sangalo’s DVD,
which is to be released this month,
includes 15 UMPG Brazil songs.
UMPG Teams Up With
Universal Records’ Talent
Universal Recording artist, Saavedra
has been busy promoting her debut
album. Her album includes songs by
UMPG songwriter Rodolfo Castillo.
There is also a guest appearance by
UMPG
singer/songwriter
Marc
Durandeau. Durandeau sings ‘Faltas’
(Rodolfo Castillo) as a duet with
Saavedra.
JAPAN/SOUTHEAST ASIA
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Char t N ews
Taka
Matsui
Managing
Director
T
he first single “Don’t Tell Me” from
Avril Lavigne’s new album “Under
My Skin” was released in April. The
album was released in Japan two
weeks before the US, with an initial
pressing of approximately 300,000
units.
Additionally,
in
April,
BMG/Funhouse re-released Lavigne’s
last album, “Let Go,” with four additional versions of her hit singles
“Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” “I’m With You,” and “Losing Grip” as
the limited edition for two months. Avril is scheduled to visit
Japan in May for TV appearances and showcases.
“E.O.,” the 5th single of A.I., gets off to
a good start , renewing her best record!
“E.O.,” THE 5TH SINGLE of A.I., which was released on May 12
from Universal Sigma / Def Jam Japan label of Universal Music,
has been getting off to the best start ever among her previous singles, and it has already reached over 50,000 units sales. As her
appearance in music-main TV programs has been finalized, the
sales figures further increase. In addition, on June 16th, "2004
A.I.," her new album is to be released.
Halikali
t.a.T.u.
N ew R e l e a s e s
SOUTHEAST ASIA
JAPAN
The Hurricane,
Avril Lavigne
is Coming…
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THE 18TH JAPAN
GOLD DISC AWARDS
UMP artists/writers including Halcali received the following respective awards at the 18th Japan Gold Disc
Award which was held on Wednesday March 10th.
1. Halcali: “New artist Of The Year”
2. t.A.T.u.: “New Artist Of The Year” & “Rock & Pop
Album Of The Year”
3. Masaharu Fukuyama: “Song Of The Year”
4. Hayley Westenra: “Song Of The Year” & “Classic
Album Of The Year”
5. Blue: “Rock & Pop Album Of The Year”
6. Soundtrack “8 mile”: “Soundtrack Album Of The
Year”
7. Soundtrack “Winter Sonata”: “Soundtrack Album
Of The Year”
The presentation was televised on NHK, Japanese
national broadcasting station.
Hong Ko n g
New Major
Signing: Beyond
UMP Hong Kong has
signed to administer the
library of Beyond
Publishing Ltd.
Tony Yapp
Regional Director
of SE Asia
BEYOND, HONG
KONG’S MOST revolutionary
and
most enduring rock
band, was formed
in 1983. The band comprising Koma
Wong Ka-kui, Steve
Wong Ka-keung,
Paul Wong Koonchung and Yip Saiwing - released
more than 20 albums. The catalogue containing best-selling hits in Asia such as “Paradise Far Away,” “The Sound,”
“To Live Better” and “Boundless Horizons”. Their songs
have set standards in the history of Chinese rock music,
and inspired many songwriters and musicians.
As a testament to the enduring popularity of the band
and their music, the band recently held 8 sold-out concerts in Hong Kong and performed to capacity crowds in
Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur
and Toronto.
UMP WRITERS SWEEP 2004
HONG KONG FILM
AWARDS
THE 23RD HONG KONG Film
Awards presentation ceremony
was held April 4, 2004. The award
for Best Original Film Song went to
UMP artist Wong Ka Keung for the
song “Chang Kong” from the
Photo courtesy of
movie Infernal Affairs II, the song
CashFlow, May 2004,
was recorded by the legendary
Issue 44
rock group Beyond. The award for
Best Original Film Score was awarded to UMP writer
Peter Kam for the film titled Lost in Time.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
Ta i wa n
New Major Signing:
Yi Jia Yang
UMPG TAIWAN HAS SIGNED to
administer the new works of leading
Taiwanese lyricist Yi Jia Yang
worldwide.
The publishing deal will allow
Universal Music Publishing to subpublish all new works of Mr Yi and
will assume administration rights
for Mr Yi’s back catalogue from
January 1, 2005.
Mr Yi is known as one of the top
lyricist and A&R in Taiwan, having
written hits for many of the best-selling Chinese artists in Asia. Among
those he has been professionally
associated with are Andy Lau, A-Mei,
Stephanie Sun, Winnie Shyin, Rene
Liu and the late Anita Mui.
CASH Chinese
Pop Composer
Lyricist Awards
CO-PRESENTED BY CASH
AND Radio Television Hong
Kong, the CASH Global Best
New Chinese Pop Composer
/ Lyricist Award went to UMP
writer Hin Cheung. The award is to recognize the outstanding performance of new composers and lyricists in the global Chinese pop music scene.
M a l ays i a
New Major Signing:
Male R&B Fusion
Sensation Reshmonu
RESHMONU IS A PHENOMENAL live solo
vocalist and a talented songwriter. His selfproduced debut album entitled “Monumental”
was awarded for the Best Male Vocal
Performance, Best New Local English Artiste,
Best Engineered Album, and 4 other nominations at this year’s most prestige Malaysia
Music Industry Awards. The single “Walk Away
(Slow Jam)” also won the Gold Award at the
Malaysian Video Award 2003.
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S i n g a p o re
9th Annual COMPASS Awards
THE 9TH ANNUAL COMPASS award presentation was
held on January 18, 2004. UMP Singapore was very
proud to receive record breaking 3 awards (out of 4 in
total) from the Top Song category. The Top Malay
Composition Award went to UMP Singapore writer Dick
Lee, the Top
Local English
Pop
Song
Award went to
U
M
P
Singapore
writer Terry Lee, and the Top Local Chinese Pop Song
Award went to a UMP Taiwan copyright titled “Lian Xi”.
New Major Signing:
CHYNAHOUSE MUSIC PUBLISHING
UMP SINGAPORE HAS INKED a worldwide publishing
deal with Asian Hip-Hop mogul Terry Lee’s
(UMP Singapore writer)
ChynaHouse
Music
Publishing, the publishing arm of ChynaHouse
Recordings, which has a
worldwide record deal
with EMI South East
Asia.
The ChynaHouse has
been behind hit songs
by many of Asia’s top artists including Energy, Evonne
Hsu, T-Rush, RuffEdge, Camelia, and Urban Xchange
etc. The production team led by Terry has also been
involved in Asian remixes for artists such like Jaview,
Chingy, Maksim, N.E.R.D. and Brian McKnight.
AUSTRALIA/NEWZEALAND
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Chart News
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N ew R e l e a s e s
Aussie combo Jet
ascend the ARIA
summit
Album News
PAULMAC RETURNS WITH
THE DISSOCIATIVES
Jet Land
at Number One
Jet soars ARIA triple platinum
CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST of blowing Australian crowds away on their
“We wanted it raw, like
everything we sort of
like...We were very careful
with tracking...attention to
detail brought it together.”
-guitarist, Cameron Muncey
first
national
headlining
tour,
Melbourne rockers Jet have reached
the summit of the ARIA chart with “Get
Born” arriving at number one after an
outrageously successful 35 weeks.
The band's debut album ‘Get Born’ has
now racked up triple platinum sales in
Australia and the band have well and
truly shed the ‘next big thing’ tag and
cemented themselves as one of the
finest rock bands in the world today.
The Dissociatives are UMPG’s own dance
guru Paulmac and acclaimed Silverchair
frontman Daniel Johns.
On their self titled debut album, The
Dissociatives blend Mac’s electronic
wizardry and lush orchestral soundscapes with Johns’ flawless vocal delivery and expressive guitar-work. In
Rolling Stone's four star review they
called the LP “a pop/rock record for the
ages. To be placed up alongside your
Beatles and Beach Boys discs.” The
lead single “Somewhere Down The
Barrel” is a Top 3 Australian radio airplay smash and with the album debuting at #12 on the ARIA chart and a massive Australian tour on the horizon, The
Dissociatives are living up to their hype
as Australia's hottest new band.
UMPG • 23
AUSTRALIA/NEWZEALAND On the Road | In The Studio
Riff Random Get Set for
Reading and Leeds
Riff rockers in all the right circles
AFTER A BRIEF COURTSHIP UMPG
Australia are delighted to announce a longterm, exclusive worldwide songwriting
agreement with Melbourne sonic rockers
Riff Random.
“...Riff Random are one
of the most exciting
young acts in the
world today. We look
forward to a long and
successful relationship
with both Riff Random
and Johanna”
-Heath Johns, UMP A&R/Creative
The deal could not have come at a better
time with Riff Random having just wowed
audiences and industry players at the prestigious SXSW conference in Austin, Texas and
at their six showcases in New York.
“Beyond the buzz, beyond the great
press, Riff Random are one of the most
exciting young acts in the world today.
We look forward to a long and successful
relationship with both Riff Random and
Johanna,” said Heath Johns, Universal's
Head of A&R/Creative.
The sonic rocksters are now grinning ear
to ear after being announced as part of
the 2004 Reading and Leeds festivals
to take place in August. After a series of
smoking US showcases, Riff Random
have attracted the services of renowned
US based music attorney Richard
Grabel (Sonic Youth, Interpol, Franz
Ferdinand) and Penny Brignell from
Best Publicity who has worked with
MC5, The Jam and The Ramones. After
igniting SXSW with a series of fire
breathing showcases and a whirlwind
jaunt through the UK, Riff Random have
all the right people talking in all the right
circles.
On the Road
ALEX LLOYD HITS THE ROAD
ON THE 28TH OF May, Australia’s most
accomplished contemporary singer/songwriter Alex Lloyd embarked on the
biggest tour of his
career, in support
of his brilliant
new
album
‘Distant Light’.
The album is fast
approaching platinum status locally and following
the Australian
tour, Alex will
head to London
to support the UK release of this truly
amazing record.
UNIVERSAL AND THE LIVING
END GET BIG IN JAPAN
UMPG AUSTRALIA ARE EXCITED to
announce that they have extended their
exclusive song-writing agreement with
rock group The Living End to include the
territory of Japan.
The Living End’s swashbuckling third
album ‘Modern ARTillery’ has already
sold in excess of 40,000 units in Japan
In The Studio
(LOVE) TATTOO PREPARES SECOND ALBUM
DANCE MUSIC ICON STEPHEN ALLKINS (AKA Love Tattoo) has been holed up
in his Sydney based studio preparing the follow up to his genre busting self titled
album from 2000, an album that spawned the international dance anthems “The
Bass Has Got Me Movin” and “Drop Some Drums,” the latter of which appeared
on Fatboy Slim's multi-platinum “Live On Brighton Beach.” With his eagerly awaited next release, Stephen promises a barnstorming cocktail of big melodies, even
bigger grooves and the biggest beats!
CLIVE YOUNG HITS THE UK
TALENTED AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITER/PRODUCER Clive Young is currently
putting the final touches on Sony UK priority act, Candice’s debut album, set for a
late 2004 release UK release. Clive has also co-written a track for World Idol contestant Heinz Winckler (BMG Germany) entitled ‘Next Stop Happiness’, a track that
has already racked up extensive sales in South Africa and looks set to do the same
in a number of European territories. As one of the hardest working writers in
Australia, this success is truly deserved.
24 • UMPG
and the band return to the land of the
rising sun after they complete their
duties on the Aussie Invasion tour of the
US. The Aussie Invasion is a triple bill
featuring fellow UMPG Australia writers
Jet and compatriots The Vines.
Locally ‘Modern ARTillery’ is rapidly
approaching platinum status and
reached a peak position of #3 on the
ARIA charts. The third single lifted locally ‘End Of The World’ was last week’s #2
most added track to Australian radio.
The Living End return to the US in May
to tour with No Doubt and Blink 182.
RONDOR
Aw a rd N ews
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C h a r t N ews
|
N ew R el e ase s
Avril Triple Threat:
No. 1 UK, No. 1 Japan, No. 1 in U.S.
AVRIL’S HAPPY ENDING
RONDOR ARTIST AVRIL LAVIGNE’S
Under My Skin album is number one
in Canada, USA, United Kingdom,
Australia, Germany, Thailand,
Ireland, Spain, Japan, Hong Kong
and Korea. Avril Lavigne was the
winner of a 2004 MuchMusic Video
Award (MMVA) in the People's
Choice Award category of ‘Best
Canadian Artist.’ The first single “Don’t Tell Me” was Top 25 on the
Billboard Hot 100. The second single “My Happy Ending” looks to
be the single that will have the greatest impact at radio. To set up
the release, Avril participated in an intensive 4 month long world
wide marketing campaign. Avril performed at in-stores for her fans
while, conducting a media blitz targeted to press, radio and television. ‘Under My Skin’ is the follow up to Avril Lavigne’s debut ‘Let
Go’ which garnered worldwide sales surpassing a phenomenal 15
million, achieving diamond record status (1 million) in Canada, positioning her as one of the most successful artists in history.
The Underdogs
RONDOR MUSIC HAS ENTERED into a joint venture co-publishing agreement with the platinum-selling production and songwriting team ofThe Underdogs. Best known for their hit-making prowess with such chart-toppers as Ruben Studdard, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake,
Tyrese, Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross, The Underdogs (Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon
Thomas) will expand their reach even further under this deal with Rondor by actively developing and nurturing new songwriting talent. They join a highly select group of producers/writers
with their own label distribution deal withClive Davis and J Records. The other two entities Clive
chose to be in business with were Sean “Puffy” Combs and L.A. Reid and Babyface.
Twista Delivers: Another No. 1 Album for Rondor
TWISTA’S LP WHICH ALSO debuted at #1 in January, gives
Rondor two number #1 albums in 2004. The second single
from his Kamikaze LP “Overnight Celebrity” reached #6 on
the Hot 100, and has held the the Number #2 song on the
R&B/Hip Hop singles chart and the Number #1 song on the
Rap Chart for several weeks. The third single from his
Platinum album is a song he does with R. Kelly titled, “So
Sexy”. Twista has been busy performing and writing on
other artists records like Sting “Stolen Car” and the forthcoming Prodigy LP, as well as Elephant Man's “Rubberband
Man.” Twista is currently recording and performing for a
national Reebok commercial.
THE TRAK STARZ
FRESH ON THE HEELS of closing their
song deal with Interscope Records, The
Trak Starz have also added to their list of
Top 10 Hits with Houston’s debut single, “I
Like That” featuring Chingy and Nate Dogg;
the song is currently reigning atop the
Billboard Charts. “I Like That” is currently
being used in multimillion dollar ad campaign with McDonalds and Sony Connect.
Houston’s highly anticipated debut album is
slated for an August 10th release.
Dreamworks will be featuring a
Ludacris/Trak Starz track in their movie
and soundtrack for Shark Tale. Shark
Tale is an animated film that features the
voices of Will Smith, Robert DeNiro,
Renee Zelweger, Angelina Jolie and
Jack Black. This film is slated for an
October 1st release.
Pictured at the Underlab (L to R):
Harvey Mason Jr., Lance Freed, Damon Thomas,
and Kevin Hall.
Saliva Proves Survival
of the Sickest
SALIVA IS GOING TO radio with their new
single “Survival of the Sickest” on
Island/Def
Jam Records
which is also
the title of
their
new
album due out
August 15th.
This is the
band’s third
album produced by Paul Ebbersol, who also
produced Three Doors Down. The record
includes a song co-written by Brad Arnold
of Three Doors Down called “Razors Edge.”
Insiders predict a great rock record that will
suprise, particularly at radio.
Music Publishing
Community
Raises More Than
$150,000 for
City of Hope at
“Songs of Hope
III,” Hosted by
Lionel Richie
Mancini Institute
Inaugerates 8th Season
T
he Henry Mancini Institute (HMI)
presents its 8th Annual Free
Summer Music Festival in Los Angeles
from July 24-August 13, 2004. Under
the direction of HMI Artistic Director
Patrick Williams, each concert features the talents of the HMI Summer
Education Program participants performing alongside such musical luminaries as Doc Severinsen, Chris
Potter, Kenny Werner, Airto Moreira
and Christian McBride, among others.
No tickets are required for these
events. On Saturday, August 14, 2004
the HMI presents the Mancini
Musicale gala fundraiser honoring
Burt Bacharach and featuring Tom
Scott, a world premiere composition
by Patrice Rushen and other special
guests for the finale concert of the
HMI Orchestra. Tickets are required
for this event. Contact The Henry
Mancini Institute at 310-845-1900 or
visit www.manciniinstitute.org
L-R: Cori Durrant; Rob Glaser, chairman, Real
Networks; Zach Horowitz, president and COO, UMG;
Lionel Richie; David Renzer, president UMPG; and
Peter Lopez, music industry attorney
STAFF UPDATE
1
LOS ANGELES: (PROMOTIONS) Joanna Puglisi (1) Associate Manager of Motion Picture & Television Music;
Melinda Mondrala (2) - Coordinator, Film, TV and Music;
Dani Lopez - Assistant, Creative; Nancy Walker - Director of
Creative Affairs; Chris Lakey - Associate Manager, Music
Licensing; Lori Rosolino - Associate Manager, Music
Clearance. (NEW HIRES) Michael Cusimano (3) - Royalties
Analyst.
4
NASHVILLE: (PROMOTIONS) Jennifer Carrington (3) Executive and Creative Assistant.
2
NEW YORK: (NEW HIRES) Kevin McManus - Senior Director
of Creative Affairs, East Coast; Jill Tschogl - Creative
Assistant, East Coast.
5
S.E. ASIA: (NEW HIRES) Kevin Cho (5) - General Manager of
UMPG Korea. (PROMOTIONS) Ronald Siu (6) - Regional
Administration Manager, Hong Kong.
3
26 • UMPG
RONDOR MUSIC: (NEW HIRES) Kevin Hall - Creative
Manager Of Urban Music.
THE SONGS OF HOPE III charity event,
hosted at the private home of Lionel
Richie, five-time GRAMMY Award®-winner and one of music’s most successful
artists/producers/songwriters, was a
must-attend party on May 19. The event
brought together more than 330 music
industry professionals and raised more
than $150,000 to fund City of Hope's
groundbreaking research, treatment
and education programs that help people in communities worldwide battling
cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases.
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26 • UMPG
At the exclusive cocktail party/silent
auction of autographed sheet music,
guests were treated to a surprise performance by legendary entertainer
Lionel Richie as well as several tunes
from multi-platinum singer/songwriter
and producer Brian McKnight. The
artists sang to a standing-room-only
crowd at the host’s Beverly Hills home.
“We are extremely grateful to Lionel,
Brian and our friends in the music publishing/songwriter and artist community
for helping to make this event such a huge
success,” said David Renzer, event chair of
Songs of Hope III. “Each year, as we raise
the bar, we help City of Hope restore the
futures of thousands of patients who go
there for life-saving treatments.”
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Tel: (44 20) 8742 5600
Fax: (44 20) 8742 5607
VP Of Global Administration:
Theo Strikkers
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Universal Music Publishing Kft.
Gyomroi ut 140, H-1108 Budapest,
Hungary
Tel: (36 1) 801 8300
Fax: (36 1) 265 0056
Publishing Manager: Szilvia Tisler
TURKEY
Universal Music Publishing
Gumussuyu Is Merkezi
Zafer Tunaya Sok. No. 14, Floor 3
80090 Istanbul, Turkey
Tel:(90 212) 249 7570
Fax: (90 212) 292 4092
Managing Director: Suha Yavuz
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Universal Music Publishing Group
420 Lincoln Road, Suite #306
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: (1 305) 938 1310
Fax: (1 305) 938 1329
Sr. VP Latin America: Ivan F.
Alvarez
COLOMBIA
Universal Music Publishing
103 No. 21-60,
Piso 3, Santafe de Bogota,
Colombia
Tel: (57 1) 218 5114
Fax: (57 1) 610 2976
Publishing Manager: Open
COSTA RICA
Universal Music Publishing dba
Universal Music de Centro
America SA
De la agencia de autos Subaru
150 norte, Barrio Dent
San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 283 9063 - Fax: (506)
253 8861
Publishing Contact: Lilliana
Hernandez
MEXICO
Universal Music Publishing a
Division of Universal Music Mexico
SA de CV, Hegel #721 Col. Bosque
de Chapuktepec, Delegacion
Miguel Hidalgo
11580 Mexico, D.F.
Tel: (525) 422 3300
Fax: (525) 422 3388
General Manager: Oscar
Rodriguez
VENEZUELA
Universal Music Publishing S.A.
Edifico Centro Colnasa, Av. San
Felipe
entre 2da. Transversal y Calle
Jose Angel Lamas, Piso 5,
Oficinas 54, 55 y 56
La Castellana, Caracas, Venezuela
1060
Tel: (58 2) 201 90 90
Fax: (58 2) 201 90 91
Publishing Manager: Miriam
Gonzalez
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AUSTRALIA
Universal Music Publishing Pty
Ltd.
3 Munn Reserve, Millers Point
NSW 2000, Australia
Tel: (61 2) 9207 0500
Fax: (61 2) 9252 0503
Managing Director: Bob Aird
SOUTH AFRICA
Universal Music Publishing (Pty)
Ltd.
CPI Building, 3rd Floor, 220 Loop
Street
Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
Tel: (2721) 424 5374 Fax: (2721)
424 5101
Managing Director: John Fishlock
JAPAN
Universal Music Publishing K.K.
8-5-30, Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
Tel: (813) 6406 3070 Fax: (813)
6406 3167
Managing Director: Takatoshi
Matsui
SOUTH KOREA
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
649-4 Shinsa-dong, Kangnam-ku,
Seoul 135-120, Korea
Tel: (82 2) 2106 2000
Fax: (82 2) 547 0352
Managing Direcor: PR Wang
MALAYSIA
Universal Music Publishing Sdn
Bhd
102, Block C, Phileo Damansara 1
Jalan 16/11,46350 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Tel: (60 3) 7958 7433
Fax: (60 3) 7954 6198
Managing Director: Mr. Sandy
Monteiro
PHILIPPINES
Universal Music Publishing, a division of MCA Universal Inc.
28 Manga Road, Brgy. Kaunlaran,
Cubao, Quezon City, 1104
Philippines
Tel: (63 2) 727 40 11
Fax: (63 2) 726 28 51
Publishing Administrator: Raquel
M. Dacillo
SINGAPORE
Universal Music Publishing Pte.
Ltd.
118 Lorong 23 Geylang, #0301/02/03/04
SCN Industrial Building, Singapore
388402
Tel: (65) 6741 2220
Fax: (65) 6741 0500/1266
Managing Director: Gary See
TAIWAN
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
3F, 2 Min Sheng East Rd., Sec.3,
Taipei, Taiwan
Tel:(886 2) 2502 4546
Fax: (886 2) 2518 3545
General Manager: Serena Ma
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2440 Sepulveda Blvd. Suite #119
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel : (310) 235 4800 Fax: (310)
235 4801
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