Universal Music Group Holdings: version 1
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| 1 | 1 | # Universal Music Group Holdings <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Universal Music Group Holdings | |
| 5 | − | summary: Delaware holding company of Universal Music Group in the United States, a parent company of UMG Recordings, Inc. under Universal Music Group N.V. | |
| 5 | + | summary: Delaware holding company in Universal Music Group's US chain, owned by Universal Music Group, Inc. and parent of UMG Recordings, Inc. | |
| 6 | 6 | legal_name: Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. | |
| 7 | 7 | country: US | |
| 8 | 8 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 11 | − | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 12 | − | | ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 13 | − | | parent_org | company/universal-music-group | | | | | verified | ^umg-ar2025 | Universal Music Group N.V.'s own 2025 annual report lists Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc., United States, among the group's entities | | |
| 11 | + | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 12 | + | | ---------- | --------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 13 | + | | owned_by | company/universal-music-group-inc | | | | | sourced | ^nolan-cds | The company's own corporate disclosure statement of April 2023 names Universal Music Group, Inc. and Universal Music Group N.V. as its corporate parents; Universal Music Group, Inc. names only the N.V. above itself, which places it directly above this company | | |
| 14 | + | | parent_org | company/universal-music-group | | | | | verified | ^umg-ar2025 | Universal Music Group N.V.'s own 2025 annual report lists Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc., United States, among the group's entities | | |
| 14 | 15 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| 16 | 17 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 17 | 18 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 18 | 19 | | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 19 | 20 | | Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. | legal | en | | | | |
| 20 | 21 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 21 | 22 | ||
| 22 | 23 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 23 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 24 | − | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 25 | − | | umg-ar2025 | https://assets.ctfassets.net/e66ejtqbaazg/7HObJrt5UDQfjjfKYN454B/201bf057190c5ed4ee185b04a34ec095/UMG_2025_Annual_Report.pdf | Universal Music Group N.V.: Annual report 2025 | 2026-09-24 | Universal Music Group N.V. | publication | | | Group entity list; legal proceedings note | | | | | |
| 26 | − | | ca2-brief | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1.32.0.pdf | Brief for Defendant-Appellee UMG Recordings, Inc., James v. UMG Recordings, Inc., No. 26-253 (2d Cir.) | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP) | registry | 2026-05-05 | 26-253 | Corporate disclosure statement, page i | | | | | |
| 24 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 25 | + | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 26 | + | | umg-ar2025 | https://assets.ctfassets.net/e66ejtqbaazg/7HObJrt5UDQfjjfKYN454B/201bf057190c5ed4ee185b04a34ec095/UMG_2025_Annual_Report.pdf | Universal Music Group N.V.: Annual report 2025 | 2026-09-24 | Universal Music Group N.V. | publication | | | Group entity list; legal proceedings note | | | | | |
| 27 | + | | ca2-brief | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1.32.0.pdf | Brief for Defendant-Appellee UMG Recordings, Inc., James v. UMG Recordings, Inc., No. 26-253 (2d Cir.) | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP) | registry | 2026-05-05 | 26-253 | Corporate disclosure statement, page i | | | | | |
| 28 | + | | nolan-cds | https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66801328/kenny-nolan-v-universal-music-group-holdings-inc/ | Kenny Nolan v. Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00979 (C.D. Cal.): corporate disclosure statement and notice of interested parties | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP) | registry | 2023-04-05 | 2:23-cv-00979 | Docket entry 19 | | | | | |
| 29 | + | | lowe-cds | https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73742790/lowe-v-universal-music-group-inc/ | Lowe v. Universal Music Group, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-04506 (N.D. Ga.): certificate of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP) | registry | 2026-09-11 | 1:26-cv-04506 | Docket entry 32 | | | | | |
| 27 | 30 | <!--/references--> | |
| 28 | 31 | ||
| 29 | 32 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 30 | − | Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation in the Universal Music Group, named with Universal Music Group, Inc. as a parent company of UMG Recordings, Inc. in that company's May 2026 corporate disclosure statement.[^ca2-brief] Universal Music Group N.V.'s 2025 annual report lists it among the group's United States entities.[^umg-ar2025] | |
| 33 | + | Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation in the Universal Music Group, named with Universal Music Group, Inc. as a parent company of UMG Recordings, Inc. in that company's May 2026 corporate disclosure statement.[^ca2-brief] In its own corporate disclosure statement, filed in a California copyright case in April 2023, it identified Universal Music Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Universal Music Group N.V., a Netherlands public limited company, as its corporate parents.[^nolan-cds] Universal Music Group, Inc. in turn names Universal Music Group N.V. as its parent.[^lowe-cds] Universal Music Group N.V.'s 2025 annual report lists it among the group's United States entities.[^umg-ar2025] | |
| 31 | 34 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Universal Music Group Holdings <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Universal Music Group Holdings
summary: Delaware holding company of Universal Music Group in the United States, a parent company of UMG Recordings, Inc. under Universal Music Group N.V.
legal_name: Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc.
country: US
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/universal-music-group | | | | | verified | ^umg-ar2025 | Universal Music Group N.V.'s own 2025 annual report lists Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc., United States, among the group's entities |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. | legal | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| umg-ar2025 | https://assets.ctfassets.net/e66ejtqbaazg/7HObJrt5UDQfjjfKYN454B/201bf057190c5ed4ee185b04a34ec095/UMG_2025_Annual_Report.pdf | Universal Music Group N.V.: Annual report 2025 | 2026-09-24 | Universal Music Group N.V. | publication | | | Group entity list; legal proceedings note | | | |
| ca2-brief | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1/gov.uscourts.ca2.a85e1b08-d954-48a3-bb10-fa97b190cfa1.32.0.pdf | Brief for Defendant-Appellee UMG Recordings, Inc., James v. UMG Recordings, Inc., No. 26-253 (2d Cir.) | 2026-09-24 | CourtListener (RECAP) | registry | 2026-05-05 | 26-253 | Corporate disclosure statement, page i | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Universal Music Group Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware corporation in the Universal Music Group, named with Universal Music Group, Inc. as a parent company of UMG Recordings, Inc. in that company's May 2026 corporate disclosure statement.[^ca2-brief] Universal Music Group N.V.'s 2025 annual report lists it among the group's United States entities.[^umg-ar2025]
<!--/about-->