Island Def Jam Music Group

About

The Island Def Jam Music Group (Island Def Jam, IDJMG) was an American record label group formed by Universal Music Group on 31 December 1998, bringing together labels including Island Records, Def Jam Recordings and Mercury Records; Universal announced its dissolution on 1 April 2014, leaving Island and Def Jam as separate sister labels.^[1] It holds the ℗ and © 2006 credits on Rihanna's A Girl Like Me, licensed in the UK to Mercury Records Ltd.^[2] Its legal form and register entry were not confirmed for this stub.

Referenced by

• Imprint of Def Jam Recordings since 1999 until 2014 sourced
  One of the labels merged into Island Def Jam Music Group in 1999; the group was dissolved in 2014
• Licenses out Rihanna – A Girl Like Me (Special Edition CD) sourced
  ℗ and © 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group, owner of the sound recording copyright

Also known as

• The Island Def Jam Music Group en

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Island Def Jam Music Group Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
2. ↑ Discogs release 1098380: Rihanna – A Girl Like Me (CD, Album, Enhanced, Special Edition, UK, 2006) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 1098380. identifiers, labels, companies, notes, tracklist, credits.