Universal Music Group

aid: universal-music-group
name: Universal Music Group
type: Index
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: 'Universal Music Group N.V. (UMG) is the world''s largest music company, headquartered in Hilversum, Netherlands
  with operational headquarters in Santa Monica, California. Spun off from Vivendi and listed on Euronext Amsterdam (ticker:
  UMG) on September 21, 2021 at a EUR 54 billion valuation, UMG operates Recorded Music, Music Publishing (Universal Music
  Publishing Group / UMPG), and Merchandising (Bravado), plus film and television production (PolyGram Entertainment) and
  the artist services and catalog arm Universal Music Enterprises. The company is led by Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge.
  Major label families include Republic Corps (Republic, Island, Def Jam), Interscope Capitol Labels Group (Interscope, Geffen,
  A&M, Capitol, Blue Note, Motown), Virgin Music Group, Verve Label Group (Verve, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Impulse!, Philips),
  UMG Nashville (MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, EMI Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville), Universal Music Latin
  Entertainment, and Universal Music UK. Catalog scale exceeds 3 million recordings and 4 million compositions. Ownership
  is split among Bolloré / Vivendi (~28%), Tencent Music (~11%), Pershing Square (~10%), and the public float. UMG operates
  no public developer portal: catalog and metadata reach developers only indirectly through downstream DSPs (Spotify, Apple
  Music, YouTube, Amazon Music) and through partner / aggregator programs (7digital exposed UMG catalog under a partner API;
  that integration is the only third-party developer-facing surface that has ever been openly documented). Royalty and publishing
  portals (UMG Royalty Portal, UMPG Window) exist for songwriters and rights holders behind authentication, not as APIs. AI
  is the active integration vector in 2025-2026: UMG has announced licensed generative-music partnerships with Udio, Splice,
  KLAY Vision, SoundLabs, ProRata, BandLab, YouTube, TikTok, Meta, and KDDI, and has filed 15+ AI patents with Liquidax Capital
  across collaboration, rights management, music & health, and AI threat protection. These integrations operate through bilateral
  commercial agreements, not a self-serve developer program. The official Universal-Music-Group GitHub organization (created
  May 15, 2024) has 0 public repositories.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/universal-music-group/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
humanURL: https://www.universalmusic.com
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- AI Licensing
- Big Three
- Catalog
- Entertainment
- Generative Music
- Licensing
- Major Label
- Merchandising
- Music
- Music Publishing
- Recorded Music
- Royalties
- Streaming
apis:
- aid: universal-music-group:umg-corporate
  name: UMG Corporate Web Surface
  description: The universalmusic.com corporate site is the public-facing surface for Universal Music Group. It catalogs UMG's
    labels, divisions, news, sustainability, careers, and investor relations content. The site is a marketing and brand surface;
    no JSON or REST endpoints, no developer documentation, and no API key issuance are exposed. The catalog of artists, releases,
    and recordings is not surfaced as a queryable API.
  humanURL: https://www.universalmusic.com
  baseURL: https://www.universalmusic.com
  tags:
  - Brand
  - Corporate
  - News
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com
  - type: AboutUs
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com/about/
  - type: News
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com/news/
  - type: Labels
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com/labels/
- aid: universal-music-group:umg-royalty-portal
  name: UMG Royalty Portal
  description: Authenticated royalty statement portal for UMG-distributed artists and labels. Provides login-gated access
    to royalty statements, statement history, and supporting documentation. The portal is delivered as a web application;
    no public REST API, no OAuth program, and no machine-readable royalty feed are published. Access is provisioned through
    label and business-affairs channels rather than developer sign-up.
  humanURL: https://umgroyalty.com
  baseURL: https://umgroyalty.com
  tags:
  - Authenticated
  - Royalties
  - Statements
  properties:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://umgroyalty.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://umgroyalty.com/includes/UserGuide.pdf
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.umgroyalty.com/hc/en-us
- aid: universal-music-group:umpg-window
  name: UMPG Window
  description: Universal Music Publishing Group's songwriter and client royalty portal, providing real-time access to earnings,
    statements, registrations, and catalog data for UMPG-signed songwriters and publisher administration clients. Authenticated,
    login-gated; no public API, OAuth surface, or developer documentation. The UMPG Window iOS and Android apps wrap the same
    authenticated surface.
  humanURL: https://umpgwindow.com
  baseURL: https://umpgwindow.com
  tags:
  - Authenticated
  - Compositions
  - Music Publishing
  - Royalties
  - Songwriters
  properties:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://umpgwindow.com
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.umusicpub.com
- aid: universal-music-group:bravado-merch
  name: Bravado Merchandise Storefronts
  description: Bravado is UMG's global merchandise and brand-management division, operating direct-to-consumer artist merchandise
    storefronts and tour merchandise for UMG's roster. Each artist store is delivered via e-commerce platforms (typically
    Shopify) under artist-branded domains coordinated by Bravado. No Bravado-branded public developer API, catalog feed, or
    partner program is documented; integrations to retail and platform partners operate through bilateral commercial agreements.
  humanURL: https://www.bravado.com
  baseURL: https://www.bravado.com
  tags:
  - Brand Management
  - E-Commerce
  - Merchandise
  - Tour
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.bravado.com
- aid: universal-music-group:partner-dsp-feeds
  name: UMG Catalog Delivery to DSPs
  description: UMG's recorded-music catalog reaches developers and end users almost exclusively through downstream Digital
    Service Providers (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, etc.). UMG delivers audio,
    video, and metadata to those platforms through private ingest pipelines (industry-standard DDEX ERN / RIN / MEAD messaging
    delivered over SFTP or vendor-specific APIs). End developers query UMG-owned content through each DSP's own public API,
    not through any UMG-branded API surface. UMG itself publishes no DSP-style public catalog API.
  humanURL: https://www.universalmusic.com
  baseURL: https://www.universalmusic.com
  tags:
  - Catalog
  - DDEX
  - Distribution
  - DSP
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: ReferenceStandard
    url: https://ddex.net/
  - type: PartnerProgram
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com/contact/
- aid: universal-music-group:partner-7digital
  name: 7digital UMG Catalog API (Partner Surface)
  description: 7digital operates a B2B catalog and media-delivery API that includes UMG-licensed recordings for hackathon
    and partner use. This is the closest thing to a publicly documented developer surface for UMG catalog content, but the
    endpoint, authentication, and commercial terms are owned and operated by 7digital, not UMG. UMG itself neither documents
    nor distributes API keys for this surface.
  humanURL: https://7digital.gitbook.io/api-doc
  baseURL: https://api.7digital.com
  tags:
  - Aggregator
  - Catalog
  - Partner API
  - Recorded Music
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://7digital.gitbook.io/api-doc
  - type: PartnerOf
    url: https://www.7digital.com
- aid: universal-music-group:ai-licensing-program
  name: UMG AI Licensing Program
  description: UMG's "Artist Centric AI" framework governs licensed access to UMG's recordings and compositions by generative-AI
    music platforms. The program is operated as a series of bilateral commercial agreements, not as a self-serve developer
    program. As of 2025-2026, announced partners include Udio (licensed generative platform with catalog training and remixing
    rights), Splice (AI music tools for artists), SoundLabs, KLAY Vision, ProRata, BandLab Technologies (ethical AI framework),
    YouTube (AI Music Principles), TikTok, Meta, and KDDI. Liquidax Capital co-develops UMG's AI patent portfolio (15+ filings
    across musical collaboration, multimedia content, music & health, AI threat protection, and rights management). No public
    OpenAPI, no token issuance, no sandbox.
  humanURL: https://www.universalmusic.com
  baseURL: https://www.universalmusic.com
  tags:
  - AI
  - Generative Music
  - Licensing
  - Partnerships
  - Rights Management
  properties:
  - type: PartnerProgram
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com/contact/
  - type: PressRoom
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com/news/
- aid: universal-music-group:github-org
  name: Universal-Music-Group GitHub Organization
  description: Official UMG GitHub organization (login Universal-Music-Group, org id 169924279), created May 15, 2024. As
    of profiling, the org has 0 public repositories, 0 public gists, 0 followers, no bio, no blog, no email, and no published
    members. The organization exists as a brand placeholder; UMG's engineering output is not published openly. An unrelated
    GitHub login `umg` (with 51 repos) is gated behind UMG single-sign-on and is also not an open developer surface.
  humanURL: https://github.com/Universal-Music-Group
  baseURL: https://api.github.com/users/Universal-Music-Group
  tags:
  - GitHub
  - Source Code
  properties:
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/Universal-Music-Group
  - type: ProfileAPI
    url: https://api.github.com/users/Universal-Music-Group
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com
- type: AboutUs
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/about/
- type: News
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/news/
- type: Labels
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/labels/
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/careers/
- type: ContactUs
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/contact/
- type: InvestorRelations
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/investors/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.universalmusic.com/privacy-policy/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/universalmusicgroup
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Universal-Music-Group
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/universal-music-group
- type: Stock
  url: https://live.euronext.com/en/product/equities/NL0015000IY2-XAMS
- type: ParentCompany
  name: Independent (Euronext Amsterdam, ticker UMG); spun off from Vivendi 21 September 2021
- type: Subsidiary
  data:
  - name: Universal Music Publishing Group
    description: Global music publishing arm; songwriter signings, catalog administration, and sync licensing.
    url: https://www.umusicpub.com
  - name: Bravado
    description: Global merchandise and brand-management division for UMG's artist roster.
    url: https://www.bravado.com
  - name: PolyGram Entertainment
    description: Film, television, and documentary production division producing music-led content.
    url: https://www.universalmusic.com/labels/polygram-entertainment/
  - name: Universal Music Enterprises
    description: Catalog-marketing division managing reissues, compilations, and legacy artist releases.
  - name: Mercury Studios
    description: Music film, documentary, and video production label.
    url: https://www.mercurystudios.co
- type: LabelFamily
  data:
  - name: Republic Corps
    description: Republic Records, Island Records, Def Jam Recordings.
  - name: Interscope Capitol Labels Group
    description: Interscope Geffen A&M, Capitol Records, Blue Note Records, Motown, Capitol Christian Music Group, Priority
      Records.
  - name: Virgin Music Group
    description: Virgin Records, mtheory, PIAS, Integral, Caroline, Fiction, Fontana; UMG's label-services / independent-distribution
      arm.
  - name: Verve Label Group
    description: Verve Records, Decca Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Impulse!, Philips, Brunswick, GRP, Verve Forecast.
  - name: UMG Nashville
    description: MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, EMI Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville.
  - name: Universal Music Latin Entertainment
    description: Universal Music Latino, Disa, Fonovisa, Machete Music.
  - name: Universal Music UK
    description: EMI Records UK, Polydor UK, Island UK, Decca UK, 0207 Def Jam, EMI North.
  - name: Abbey Road Studios
    description: Historic London recording studios owned by UMG.
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Recorded Music Catalog
    description: Over 3 million recordings spanning UMG's label families, distributed to DSPs via private DDEX-based ingest
      pipelines.
  - name: Music Publishing Catalog
    description: Over 4 million compositions administered by Universal Music Publishing Group across writer signings and acquired
      catalogs.
  - name: Merchandise (Bravado)
    description: Direct-to-consumer artist merchandise storefronts and tour merch operated by the Bravado division.
  - name: Film and Television
    description: Music-led films, documentaries, and series produced under PolyGram Entertainment and Mercury Studios.
  - name: Royalty Portals
    description: Authenticated royalty-statement portals (UMG Royalty Portal for recordings, UMPG Window for publishing) for
      artists, labels, and songwriters.
  - name: Licensed AI Partnerships
    description: Commercial AI-music licensing program covering Udio, Splice, SoundLabs, KLAY Vision, ProRata, BandLab, YouTube,
      TikTok, Meta, and KDDI.
  - name: AI Patent Portfolio
    description: 15+ AI patents filed with Liquidax Capital spanning collaboration, multimedia content, music & health, AI
      threat protection, and rights management.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Streaming Catalog Access
    description: End-user and developer access to UMG's recorded-music catalog occurs through downstream DSPs (Spotify, Apple
      Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Tidal), each of which publishes its own developer API.
  - name: Sync Licensing
    description: Film, TV, advertising, and game producers license UMG recordings and UMPG compositions through bilateral
      business-affairs negotiation, not through a self-serve API.
  - name: Royalty Reporting
    description: Artists, labels, and songwriters access royalty statements through the authenticated UMG Royalty Portal and
      UMPG Window apps.
  - name: AI Training and Generation Licensing
    description: Licensed AI platforms (Udio, Splice, SoundLabs, etc.) access UMG content under bilateral commercial agreements
      that govern training, generation, and downstream remixing rights.
  - name: Merchandise Distribution
    description: Direct-to-consumer fan commerce operated by Bravado on behalf of UMG's artist roster.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: DDEX
    description: Industry-standard messaging suite (ERN for release notification, RIN for recording information, MEAD for
      media-enrichment, DSR for sales reporting) used by UMG to deliver content to DSPs.
    url: https://ddex.net/
  - name: Spotify
    description: Catalog delivered to Spotify via DDEX; developers query UMG catalog through Spotify Web API rather than any
      UMG-branded API.
  - name: Apple Music
    description: Catalog delivered to Apple Music; downstream developer access via Apple Music API.
  - name: YouTube / YouTube Music
    description: Catalog and AI Music Principles partnership covering UGC matching, music identification, and licensed AI-music
      experiments.
  - name: TikTok
    description: Licensed music partnership covering catalog availability and AI-related provisions.
  - name: Meta
    description: Licensed music agreements covering Facebook, Instagram, and emerging AI surfaces.
  - name: KDDI
    description: Japan telecom partner; AI-related licensed-music agreement.
  - name: Udio
    description: Licensed generative-AI music platform; UMG strategic partner under Artist Centric AI framework.
  - name: Splice
    description: AI music-tools partner for UMG-roster artist tooling.
  - name: SoundLabs
    description: Voice-model and AI-music partner.
  - name: KLAY Vision
    description: AI-music platform partner.
  - name: ProRata
    description: AI training / rights attribution partner.
  - name: BandLab Technologies
    description: Partner on ethical-AI framework for songwriters and artists (Oct 2023 agreement).
  - name: Liquidax Capital
    description: IP asset-management and advisory firm co-developing UMG's AI patent portfolio (15+ filings).
  - name: 7digital
    description: Partner aggregator that exposes UMG catalog under a B2B API used in hackathons and embedded media partners.
  - name: Drupal
    description: UMG runs Drupal-based corporate properties (organization listed at drupal.org/UMG).
absences:
- name: No Public Developer Portal
  description: No developer.universalmusic.com, no api.universalmusic.com, no api keys, no OAuth program, no sandbox, no rate-limit
    documentation.
- name: No Public OpenAPI / AsyncAPI
  description: UMG has never published an OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, JSON Schema, or Postman collection. Catalog and metadata exchange
    happens privately via DDEX over SFTP/vendor APIs.
- name: No Public SDKs
  description: No first-party language SDKs in any package registry (npm, PyPI, Maven, NuGet, RubyGems, crates.io, Go modules).
- name: Empty Official GitHub Organization
  description: github.com/Universal-Music-Group exists (created May 15 2024) with 0 public repositories, 0 gists, 0 followers,
    and no bio.
- name: No Public Changelog / Status Page
  description: No api.umg.com/status, no public status.universalmusic.com, no machine-readable changelog.
- name: No Public Pricing
  description: No published API pricing because no API exists. Licensing, royalty, and AI-partnership terms are negotiated
    privately under NDA.
- name: No Public RSS / Atom
  description: Corporate news is published as HTML pages on universalmusic.com without a published RSS feed in standard well-known
    locations.
- name: No Webhooks
  description: No publicly documented webhook program for any UMG surface (royalty events, release notifications, content
    drops).
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'