Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) announced the signing of an exclusive world-wide publishing agreement with songwriter/producer and recording artist Ryan Leslie.
The deal encompasses Ryan's co-writes with some of today's top recording artists including "Closer" and "Said & Done" with Mary J. Blige; "The Fabolous Life" and "All My Ladies" with Fabolous; "So Gone" with Jazmine Sullivan; "Old School New School (I Told Yall)" and "Like A Radio" with LL Cool J; "Precious" with Jim Jones; "Take Away Love" with Letoya Luckett; as well as Ryan's self-titled album released in early 2009 and his album Transition recently released on Motown.
Cash Money UMPG has signed a worldwide exclusive agreement with the publishing affiliates of independent music giant Cash Money Records. The union brings hundreds of Cash Money copyrights into UMPG's system, including ones recorded and released by such artists as Lil Wayne, Birdman, Juvenile, Hot Boyz, Big Tymers and BG.
Cash Money's founders and owners, brothers Ronald and Bryan Williams, stated "We look forward to ramping up our publishing division and intend to aggressively pursue new deals. With the administrative muscle and creative savvy offered by David Renzer and his team at UMPG, we expect to accomplish great things in the coming years and continue our reign at the top of the music business."
Danny Elfman David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) announced the signing of GRAMMY award-winning, Hollywood blockbuster composer and Oingo Boingo co-founder Danny Elfman to a worldwide publishing deal. The deal encompasses the entire Oingo Boingo catalogue, as well as all publishing interests Danny Elfman has retained in his film and television compositions, and includes the publishing interests he retains in new works.
Danny and his older brother Richard Elfman started Oingo Boingo (originally called the Mystic Knights of Oingo-Boingo) for Richard's directorial debut, Forbidden Zone - now considered a cult classic by Elfman fans. Hit singles from the band included in the publishing deal are, "Weird Science," "Just Another Day," "Winning Side," "Dead Man's Party," "When the Lights Go Out," "Little Girls," and "Only a Lad."
Keith Urban David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group, and Pat Higdon, President, UMPG Nashville, announced the signing of a worldwide publishing agreement with Keith Urban. UMPG will publish Urban's catalogue throughout the world, including his recently-released fifth studio album, Defying Gravity, which topped both the Billboard Top 200 and Country Album charts upon its release this past March.
"We are honored that Keith chose UMPG as his global home for music publishing," said David Renzer. "Keith is a huge star whose songwriting prowess and artistic success are only going to continue and we're looking forward to working closely with Keith and his entire team in building on that success."
Eminem Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) announced today the signing of multi-GRAMMY award winner, Academy Award winner, multi-platinum artist/songwriter/producer, Eminem, to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement. The deal includes Relapse, Eminem’s sixth studio album set to be released on May 19, 2009. The debut single, "Crack a Bottle," rocketed from No. 78 to No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 setting a new record. It also topped 13 charts worldwide, including the Billboard Pop 100 and the UK R&B Chart. The hit features a collaboration with UMPG’s 50 Cent. Relapse is Eminem’s first studio album release since 2004’s Encore, features long time collaborator and producer, Dr. Dre, as well as UMPG writer Mark Batson on many of the tracks. The recently released single, "We Made You," became Eminem’s second top ten in a row on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at No. 3 on the Hot Digital Songs. View Spotlight>>
Jimi Hendrix The catalog of world-renowned, artist/composer/guitarist, Jimi Hendrix has been signed by UMPG, to an exclusive administration agreement encompassing all territories throughout the world outside the United States.
