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| Company type | Division |
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| Industry | Music |
| Founded | October 1999 |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Parent | Universal Music Group |
| Website | www.umgcatalog.com |
Universal Music Enterprises (UME, stylized asUMe) is thecatalogue division ofUniversal Music Group. It includesHip-O Records, Universal Chronicles, and UM3 or UMC (which is the international division of the company). Under various divisions, it reissues many classic albums from the UMG back catalogue, and also various compilation albums, including series such as the20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection andIcon budget lines and the 2-discGold compilations. UMe also handles synchronization licenses for films, television and video games.
It also releasedBilly Ray Cyrus's albumWanna Be Your Joe and re-releasedJohn Cougar Mellencamp'sAmerican Fool andTom Petty'sGreatest Hits. In 2012, UMe took over distribution ofFrank Zappa's recorded music catalogue.[1]
In December 2016,Round Hill Music signed a distribution deal with UMe, coveringThe Offspring'sColumbia Records albums.
In 2017,Styx signed with UMe for the albumThe Mission. Later that same year, Universal announced the formation of Urban Legends, a new catalogue division, which focuses on reissues of hip-hop and R&B releases.[2][3]
In August 2021, American rock bandAerosmith signed a worldwide distribution deal with UMe, covering their entire catalogue of recordings for both Universal'sGeffen Records andSony Music Entertainment'sColumbia Records.[4]
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