Adele's third studio album ‘25’ is officially the biggest album of 2016 in the UK, followed by Coldplay’s ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ - according to data from the Official Charts Company.

Spotify have named Coldplay as their most streamed band in the entire world. The band have amassed over 5 billion streams on the service – 1 billion of which are for their most recent album ‘A Head Full of Dreams’.

Universal Music Publishing have signed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Thomas. Recent cuts include a massive collaboration with UK rapper Wretch 32 and international dancehall artist Kranium, plus he has also been working with girl group M.O and hit producer Eg White – with many more exciting collaborations in the pipeline.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), a leading global music publisher, is proud to announce the company has a publishing interest related to 80 nominations in a wide range of 35 categories for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.

Universal Music Publishing have signed multi-instrumentalist and producer Max Wolfgang. The last 18 months have seen him in the studio writing with the likes of John Legend, Major Lazer and Rejjie Snow, and cuts to date include the Rudimental ft. Ed Sheeran hit ‘Lay It All On Me’, two Martin Garrix singles and three cuts on Keane frontman Tom Chaplin's debut album 'The Wave' - which recently charted at No. 3 in the UK.  

UMPG is honored to be exclusive worldwide publishing administrator for Prince’s entire song catalog. On Nov. 22, a new greatest hits compilation entitled 'Prince 4Ever' was released by NPG Records/ Warner Bros. 

Universal Music Publishing Group announced an agreement with the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson to become, effective immediately, the exclusive worldwide publishing administrator for Prince’s entire song catalogue.

Universal Music Publishing group are delighted to have signed multi-instrumentalist Jonas Blue. His cleverly crafted a sound – a true dance vibe but with pop sensibilities – has already seen him achieve global success - topping the iTunes and viral streaming charts and achieving platinum and multi-platinum status around the world.

Celebrating almost 50 years of working together, the incredible Elton John and Bernie Taupin were recently presented with awards to commemorate the RIAA Multi-platinum certification of more than 17 million copies of 'Elton John Greatest Hits' and more than 2 million copies of 'Elton John Rocket Man – Number Ones'.

Nearly 35 years after their last public performance together, the members of ABBA are preparing to give their fans around the world what millions of them have long dreamed of but considered impossible: A new entertainment experience.