Island Def Jam Music Group: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 13:08 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Rihanna – A Girl Like Me (Special Edition CD)**, barcode 0602498785751 (wanted list; old page "rihanna a girl like me"). - Identity confirmed by MusicBrainz (barcode 602498785751, Def Jam Rec. This is the current version.

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# Island Def Jam Music Group <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Island Def Jam Music Group
country: US
founded: 1998-12-31
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                           | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| The Island Def Jam Music Group | name   | en     |      |       |
| IDJMG                          | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref      | url                                                      | title                                                                                              | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator                                                   | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs  | https://api.discogs.com/releases/1098380                 | Discogs release 1098380: Rihanna – A Girl Like Me (CD, Album, Enhanced, Special Edition, UK, 2006) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 1098380   | identifiers, labels, companies, notes, tracklist, credits |              |             |          |
| wiki-idj | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Def_Jam_Music_Group | Wikipedia: Island Def Jam Music Group                                                              | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |                                                           | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--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.[^wiki-idj] It holds the ℗ and © 2006 credits on Rihanna's A Girl Like Me, licensed in the UK to Mercury Records Ltd.[^discogs] Its legal form and register entry were not confirmed for this stub.
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