Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading, global publisher, today announced the company has ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly on the Hot 100 for the third consecutive quarter, which is taken from official Hot 100 chart data. Additionally, the portfolio publisher made history holding more than 30% market share for the past three quarters – a record that has not been achieved by any publisher since 2014. 

Gli anni ’60 in Italia sono stati cruciali sotto moltissimi aspetti e le donne hanno rivestito un ruolo fondamentale nella rivendicazione dei loro diritti e nella lotta per la loro emancipazione. Questo clima di generale mutamento culturale ha influenzato anche gran parte della musica del decennio.  Approfittiamo di marzo, mese in cui celebriamo la figura della donna, per ricordare l’importanza rivestita dalle interpreti italiane non solo nella storia della musica ma anche nella vita di ogni singola donna e ragazza comune.

Nel mondo della musica degli anni 60 si respirava una ventata di novità portata dalle donne stesse e alimentata da un clima di emancipazione e libertà (ri)trovata. 
Tra le voci femminili più riconoscibili degli anni ’60 ricordiamo quelle di sei celebri interpreti: Mina, Rita Pavone, Nada, Ornella Vanoni, Wilma Goich e Patty Pravo.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global publishing division, today announced that accomplished executive Shirin Foroutan has been appointed to the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager, Universal Music Publishing Europe, effective immediately. Based in London, she reports to Marc Cimino, UMPG Chief Operating Officer. Foroutan succeeds Simon Baker, who has served as GM, European Operations since 2018 and will continue at the company in a senior management capacity. In her new role, Foroutan will work closely with both the company’s European Managing Directors and C-suite leadership in Santa Monica.

Sting is set to become a Fellow of the Ivors Academy – the highest honour it can bestow.  He will receive the award at The Ivors ceremony on 18th May in London.

I brani firmati dal team di autori di Universal Music Publishing si aggiudicano il podio del Festival di Sanremo 2023. Marco Mengoni è stato proclamato vincitore della kermesse con il brano "Due Vite".

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global music publishing division, celebrated an unprecedented evening of wins at the 65th annual GRAMMY Awards. The premier music publisher’s family of world-class songwriters, artists and producers swept major awards including Songwriter of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rock Song, Best R&B Song, Best Gospel Performance/Song, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, a spectrum of Best Album awards, and more.

Torna con una nuova stagione, la premiata serie televisiva statunitense HBO The White Lotus creata da Mike White. Questa volta, l'Italia e la sua musica fanno da sfondo alle vicende dei protagonisti.

Kendrick Lamar, Adele, Brandi Carlile, Harry Styles, Mary J.Blige, ABBA, Taylor Swift, Kid Harpoon, Steve Lacy, H.E.R., Coldplay, Bad Bunny, Drake, Blake Slatkin amongst leading UMPG songwriters and artists nominated across major categories. In the major categories, UMPG writers and producers contributed to all 10 of the Best Album Nominees, nine of the Record of The Year nominees and seven in Song of the Year. In the inaugural Songwriter of the year category, UMPG has two of the five nominees with Nija Charles and Tobias Jesso Jr. represented.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global music publishing division, today announced an exclusive global publishing agreement to represent the iconic song catalog of Irving Berlin. The deal builds upon UMPG’s existing relationship with Berlin’s estate as the company has served as his catalog administrator, ex-US, since 2012.

Dardust aka Dario Faini, pianista, autore e produttore tra i più ascoltati al mondo, torna con il nuovo album “DUALITY”, pubblicato da Sony Music Masterworks e Artist First.