Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced that esteemed singer/songwriter/producer Dan Wilson has been signed to an exclusive, global publishing agreement.

Under the new agreement, UMPG will represent Wilson’s future works, effective immediately. A highly accomplished musician and lead member of famed band Semisonic, Wilson is a three-time GRAMMY winner in major categories. This week, Wilson won Best Country Song for Chris Stapleton’s “White Horse.” He has also been awarded Song of the Year for co-writing The Chicks' “Not Ready to Make Nice," and Album of the Year for Adele's 21, which featured three of his co-writes including "Someone Like You.”

UMPG is celebrating a month of outstanding successes from January!

UMPG celebrated outstanding success at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards, representing 21 winning songwriters/artists across 25 genre-diverse categories.

Dear UMPG Family: 

We are reaching out to trusted and valued partners throughout the globe to inform you that, despite our good faith efforts over the last several months, we are at an impasse in reaching a licensing agreement with TikTok and our current agreement ends tomorrow.     

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the leading, global publishing division of Universal Music Group, today announced that buzzing British producer, songwriter and composer Danny L Harle has been signed to an exclusive, global administration agreement.

Fast-rising talent Harle has been making waves across music, having most recently co-written and co-produced Dua Lipa’s brand new hit “Houdini,” her highest debuting single on Billboard 100 to date. In just weeks since release, the song reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, #2 on UK Singles, peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has more than 68 million Spotify streams. On top of this, Harle received his first Grammy nomination with long term collaborator Caroline Polachek’s on her second album, ‘Desire, I want To Turn Into You’ which he co-executively produced.

UMPG is thrilled to announce its family of songwriters, artists and producers received widespread recognition in the 2024 GRAMMY Awards nominations. The leading, global music publisher saw its creators pick up an outstanding 108 nominations across genres.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the leading, global publishing division of Universal Music Group, today announced that it has signed Latin GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter Carin León to an exclusive, global publishing agreement.

Universal Production Music, a division of Universal Music Publishing Group, today announced the launch of Universal Music for Creators, a new subscription music licensing service that provides content creators with claim-free, premium music and sound effects for online videos at an all-inclusive price. 

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the leading, global publishing division of Universal Music Group, today announced that Platinum singer/songwriter Sabrina Carpenter (Island Records) has been signed to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the global publishing division of Universal Music Group, today announced that multi-talented artist Fred again.. (Fred Gibson) has been signed to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement.