Mercury Records: 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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# Mercury Records <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Mercury Records
disambiguation: UK record company of Universal Music, London (Mercury Records Limited)
legal_name: Mercury Records Limited
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:00586873
founded: 1957-07-08
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/universal-music-leisure | | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^ch-mercury-psc | Person with significant control: 75% or more of shares and voting rights; notified 2016-04-06 |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Mercury Records Limited | legal | en | | |
| Mercury Records Ltd. | name | en | | |
| Phonogram Limited | legal | en | 1957-07-08 | 1994-12-13 |
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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 | | | |
| ch-mercury | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00586873 | Companies House: MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED (00586873) | 2026-09-13 | Companies House | registry | | 00586873 | | | | |
| ch-mercury-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00586873/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED persons with significant control | 2026-09-13 | Companies House | registry | | 00586873 | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Mercury Records Limited is a private limited company registered in England under number 00586873, incorporated on 8 July 1957 and named Phonogram Limited until December 1994, with its registered office at 4 Pancras Square, London, and reproduction of sound recordings as its nature of business.[^ch-mercury] Universal Music Leisure Limited has been its person with significant control since 6 April 2016.[^ch-mercury-psc] UK releases such as Rihanna's A Girl Like Me state that the recording is exclusively licensed to Mercury Records Ltd., a Universal Music company.[^discogs]
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