Universal Music Group News

Music industry association The Latin Recording Academy®; ticket marketplace StubHub; major music companies Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group; financial institution City National Bank; concert promotion, artist management, touring, and publishing company Bill Silva Entertainment; and charitable foundations and trusts including the William, Jeff, and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation, George Harrison's Material World Foundation, the Michael Jackson Estate, Alicia Keys and She Is The Music and Yoshiki Foundation America are the latest organizations that have made major contributions to the COVID-19 Relief Fund established by the Recording Academy® and its affiliated charitable organization MusiCares®.

Ernest Kohl 'BEING ALIVE' - The New Remixes & More is a brand new Full - Length Maxi-Single from Ernest Kohl, which is the Iconic Anthem Song from the Smash Hit Musical 'COMPANY' written by the legendary Stephen Sondheim that is being released with to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of this renowned Musical and the 90th Birthday celebration of it's creator Stephen Sondheim.

uDiscover Music, the global music discovery and editorial platform that focuses on the extensive music catalogs across Universal Music Group, today announced the creation of Women To The Front, a comprehensive music-themed microsite set to debut in honor of International Women's Day on Sunday, March 8. The online destination, which launches today, celebrates the numerous accomplishments of women in music across all genres and professions with a mixture of top-shelf music curation, informative feature content and playlists.

Mega hard rock collective THE DEAD DAISIES have signed a global deal with Spinefarm Records — the home of hard rock and metal within the Universal Music Group.

'City of Sin', will be the second album from this 12-piece musical force of nature, and will be hitting the shelves on 17 April 2020 (via Universal Music Group). Hinting at what to expect from the new record, the band are proud to release the video for their powerful new single taken from it: 'Fever'.

Diana producers Grove Entertainment (Beth Williams), Frank Marshall and The Araca Group celebrated the first preview performance at Broadway's Longacre Theatre today by announcing that the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical will be recorded by UMe, a division of Universal Music Group, and released this summer. The cast will go into the recording studio a week after the show's official opening on March 31st. Composer David Bryan and Ian Eisendrath, Musical Supervisor and Arranger, will produce the album.

Deadline reports that a new musical film featuring the music of Diane Warren will land at Paramount Pictures. Tamara Chestna is on board to write the script.

Country superstar Reba McEntire announced today that she will return to her original label home, Universal Music Group Nashville, where she spent the first 32 years of her famed career. During her time on both Mercury and MCA Records, two of the four labels that form Universal Music Group Nashville, Reba celebrated unprecedented success including 33 of her 35 career No. 1 singles and selling over 56 million albums worldwide.

Critically acclaimed singer, Karine Hannah, will be taking the stage to perform 'Guilty Pleasures' featuring her unique interpretations of classic pop & rock songs from the 70's and 80's, at The Green Room 42 on Thursday, March 26th at 7:00pm.

On Thursday, January 23rd  music industry leaders, celebrities, wine enthusiasts, and sommeliers came together to celebrate T.J. Martell Foundation's  12th annual Los Angeles Wine Dinner Auction & Celebration at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood.  There, at one of the season's most anticipated events, T.J. Martell Foundation continued their commitment to help build awareness and raise funds for cutting-edge cancer research at some of the top hospitals across the nation, including Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

If there's a song in your heart, it will get in her head. Jane Levy stars in this high-concept drama as Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco. After an unusual event, Zoey, who always preferred podcasts over pop songs, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her - her family, co-workers and complete strangers - through popular songs.