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Inside This Issue...
2
President’s
Message
3,4,5
International
Spotlight/
Subpublishing
6,7,8
North America
9
Latin America
10,11
Europe
12
Territory Spotlight Sweden
13
Australasia
14
New Media,
Catalogue News
15
Rondor Catalogue
16, 17
Film and Television
18
Staff Update
19
World Directory
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elcome to Universal Music
Publishing Group’s special Midem
edition newsletter. At this year’s
Midem convention, UMPG will be well
represented by our Managing Directors
gathering from around the globe to
meet with our clients.
We will be discussing a host of topics including how we can better service
our clients, the challenges and opportunities of the internet, our launch plans
for our new and improved web site, as
well as meeting with our new friends at
Rondor.
We are well on our way to fully
integrating the
Rondor Catalogue
into
UMPG’s worldwide administration
systems
with due credit
to our hardworking administra- U2
tive staff. This Page 3
process will be
completed on schedule so that writers
and their representatives will be receiving accurate royalty statements without
delay. While this process is underway,
both our Film and TV department and
Creative departments are excited to
now be working with the stellar Rondor
Catalogue and copyrights which contains more than 60,000 songs that
stretch from the 1960’s to the present,
including hits by the Beach Boys, the
Carpenters, Otis Redding, Peter
Frampton, Garbage, Everclear, the
East Memphis Music Catalogue and
W
more.
Furthermore,
the launch of our
new UMPG web
site will give us
an opportunity to
market and exploit the Rondor
and UMPG catalogue in new and
innovative ways.
Along with our e- David Renzer
mail
marketing
campaigns, regular program of CD
samplers (that will soon be en-hanced
to link you to our
new web site)
and this newsletter, we believe
we are marketing and exposing our talent
and the copyrights we own or
control in a truly
unique fashion.
As you will read in the following
pages, UMPG recently completed an
outstanding year with multi-platinum
successes in almost every region of the
world, numerous awards and outstanding growth!
We look forward to doing more business with you and continuing this success story into 2001.
David Renzer
Worldwide President
umpg.newmedia@ umusic.com
3 DOORS DOWN
Page 6 - North America
VENGABOYS
Page 11 - Europe
ABBA
Page 14 - Catalogue News
U
2 ROCKS!
International Spotlight
Legends Return
...with a Vengeance
The album that rocked
the world...Critics call
“All That You Can’t
Leave Behind” a
masterpiece.
Having topped world charts with their first single, "Beautiful Day," U2 released
their tenth CD, All That You Can't Leave Behind (Interscope), on October 31,
2000. It shot to the No. 1 position on more than 29 album charts across the globe
including the U.K., Sweden, Australia, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Norway,
Canada, and Brazil. In the
U.S. alone, the CD scanned over 850,000 units.
“We
“We enjoy
enjoy aa close
close and
and continuing
continuing
Many critics say the record is U2's finest work since their 1987
relationship
relationship with
with David
David Renzer
Renzer and
and masterpiece, The Joshua Tree. The album was produced by
Crispin
Crispin Evans
Evans at
at Universal
Universal Music
Music
Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, and marks the
Publishing
Group.
The
U2
catalog
Publishing Group. The U2 catalog bands return to a "classic U2" sound. The Dublin quartet's
work has been called a renaissance with lush melodies and heart rending lyrics signaling the
of
of songs
songs is
is in
in excellent
excellent hands.”
hands.”
sea of change. Critics have hailed the caliber of U2's songs, written utilizing themes of rebirth
--- Paul
Paul McGuinness,
McGuinness,
and redemption,inspiring in their simplicity, as well as their message which reaches out to a
Manager
manager of
of U2
U2
brighter future. The single, "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" will be the follow up to
their No.1 smash, "Beautiful Day." In America, "Walk On," a song dedicated to Aung San Suu
Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader, is being released to US radio at the same time.
U2 manager Paul McGuinness commented: “We enjoy a close and continuing relationship with David Renzer and Crispin Evans at Universal
Music Publishing Group. The U2 catalog of songs is in excellent hands.”
BON JOVI
Bon Jovi’s “Crush” has sold over
6.3 Million copies Worldwide!
Bon Jovi's new CD, Crush (Island), has sold an estimated 6.3 million copies worldwide. The record,
which has reached No. 1 in nine major countries, reached No. 9 on The U.S. Billboard Top 200. UMPG
writers Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wrote 9.5 songs for the album. The first single, "It's My Life,"
continues to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Top 40 singles charts. Currently on a sold out US
tour, Bon Jovi's latest single and video, "Thank You For Loving Me," is receiving heavy rotation on VH1.
In December, Bon Jovi performed three songs at the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony in Oslo,
Norway.
THE CORRS
U.S. signing The Corrs have sold over 18 million copies of their latest CD, In Blue (143/Lava/Atlantic), which topped charts in 18
countries in Europe and Australia. The CD received rave reviews
(including Album of the Week accolades in Music Week). The Irish
foursome’s first single, “Breathless,” entered the U.K. at No. 1 in
July. The Corrs are currently on an extensive winter European
tour. In July at the IFPI Platinum Europe Awards, The Corrs also
became the IFPI Artist Family Spokepeople. As part of their new
role, the band will continue to speak publicly in support of copyright
protection on the internet.
~UMPG~
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ANASTACIA
F
FATBOY
SLIM
Fatboy Slim’s new
record,
Halfway
Between The Gutter
and The Stars, is
fresh with all the
street beats, pop
hooks, big rock samples and groove as
his enormously successful platinum CD,
You’ve Come a Long
Way Baby. Fatboy
Slim has this time
enlisted funk diva Macy Gray to front two tracks,
“Love Life” and “Demons.” Also, UMPG’s own
funk legend Bootsy Collins plays bass on
“Weapon Of Choice.” The true appeal of “Halfway
Between The Gutter And The Stars” is Fatboy
Slim’s gift for bridging the gap between underground club culture and mainstream pop accessibility. Rolling Stone gave the record a three and
1/2 star review.
~UMPG~
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ueled by the success of her two million selling, No. 1 single, “I’m
Outta Love,” Anastacia’s debut album, Not That Kind
(Epic/Daylight), has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and has
reached Gold status in France, Germany, Switzerland and Norway.
Featuring nine songs co-written by Anastacia and material co-written
and produced by UMPG’s own Sturken and Rogers and Travon Potts,
the album reached No. 1 on Billboard Magazine’s Pan-European chart
and remained in its Top 10 for three months.
Recently Anastacia won Best New International Artist (Revelation
Internationale De L’Annee) at the M6 Awards in France (the French
equivalent to MTV) beating out pop stars Christina Aguilera, Shola
Ama, Enrique Iglesias, Moby and Britney Spears. Based on her worldwide record sales, she has also been chosen as Best New Artist by the
World Music Awards, which will be held in Monaco on May 2, and televised worldwide and as a primetime ABC-TV special in June.
The CD is now set to debut in the U.S. in Spring 2001. Anastacia
performed with Sir Elton John on his CBS/VH1 special at Madison
Square Garden. The show was recorded live for his “One Night Only”
CD released in December (See more on Sir Elton John in UMPG
Catalogue News - Page 14).
“Anastacia is a remarkably dynamic vocalist, performer and songwriter. She is exploding around the world and promises to make a huge
impact in the U.S. in the new year. We have been very excited to welcome her to the Universal Music Publishing Group family this year,”
said Tom Sturges, Executive Director of Creative Affairs, Universal
Music Publishing Group.
For more information on Anastacia, contact Donna Caseine,
Director of Creative Services, e-Mail: donna.caseine@umusic.com.
SONIQUE
In October 2000, Universal Music
Publishing Group U.K. signed Sonique
to an exclusive worldwide publishing
deal. As Farmclub’s first signing and one
of Britain’s top DJ’s and electro-dance
pop artists, Sonique has sold
over 1.7 million copies of her
single, “It Feels So Good,”
which debuted at No. 1 in the
U.K. and was also a Top 10
single in the U.S. and nearly
every European country. Her
CD, Hear My Cry (Farmclub/
Republic/ Universal) has
sold over 1,000,000
copies worldwide.
International Spotlight
THE BENEFITS OF A
SUBPUBLISHING DEAL
WITH UMPG
Some of the most successful names in songwriting history and some of the most prestigious independent
publishing catalogues rely on UMPG and its 43 offices
around the world to handle the administrative tasks
associated with these valuable copyrights.
WHY UMPG?
Our highly advanced, centralized administrative model
provides reliable and accurate song registrations and
innovative income tracking abilities. Our innovative
centralized systems result in your songs being registered quicker, your money being collected and paid
faster from collection societies.
ADMINISTRATION
Whether you choose to have a direct deal with only
one of our offices or have UMPG handle administration
for a region (e.g., ex-North America or S.E. Asia) you
will receive a superior level of service. Our VPs of
International, based in London and in Los Angeles are
available to assist you.
EXPLOITATION
Our strength in the synchronization, Film and TV &
Advertising areas can result in a high level of exploitation.
For more information, on subpublishing, in
Europe contact: Kim Frankiewicz, VP International
– Europe, Tel. +44 20 8752 2600, e-Mail:
kim.frankiewicz@umusic.com. In the U.S.A. contact: Toni Ann Marinaccio, VP International –
U.S.A., Tel. 1-310-235-4766, e-Mail: toni-ann.marinaccio@umusic.com.
TONI-ANN MARINACCIO APPOINTED
VP, INTERNATIONAL - U.S
KIM FRANKIEWICZ ASSUMES VP,
INTERNATIONAL DUTIES IN LONDON
In October, 2000, Toni-Ann Marinaccio was appointed to
the position of VP, International - U.S. Based in Los
Angeles, Toni Ann’s role is to identify and negotiate international sub-publishing deals and
catalogue acquisitions, along with
maintaining current UMPG subpublishing deals. Working handin-hand with Kim Frankiewicz, VP
of International (now based in the
U.K.) Toni Ann acts as a liaison
between
international
and
domesToni Ann Marinaccio tic songwriters,
producers, managers and attorneys.
Following three years as VP of
International at Universal Music
Publishing’s New York office, Kim
Frankiewicz joined the UMPG
European team in September as
Vice President of International.
Frankiewicz’s new role includes
managing European signed
clients’ activities overseas as well
Kim Frankiewicz
as U.S. client/activities in Europe,
finding and negotiating ex-North America deals, maintaining current ex-North America deals, finding and negotiating
European catalogue acquisitions, promoting European catalogues overseas and acting as a liason with management, A&R, creative song-plugging departments in all
European territories. She is also in charge of promoting
new signings & acquisitions, as well as the current U.K.
roster, to all territories both within and outside of Universal.
UMPG SUBPUBLISHING
UMPG subpublishes works by some
of the most prestigious artists, composers and catalogues in the world
including: Mark Knopfler, Randy
Newman, Elvis, Lionel Richie, The
Doors, Bruce Springsteen, Carole
King, Carlos Santana, Burt Bacharach,
Hal David, Acuff Rose, Leiber and
Stoller and Cherry Lane, among many
others!
~UMPG~
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North America
UMPG CONTINUES STRING
OF SUCCESSES WITH THE
WORLD’S HOTTEST ROCK ACTS
INCLUDING NEW SIGNING...
3 DOORS DOWN HAS SOLD
4 MILLION CDS SINCE FEB. 2000!
BLINK-182
Universal Music Publishing Group is currently dominating rock radio with U2, GODSMACK, 3 DOORS DOWN
and FUEL. The recent signing of BLINK-182 (see Page
7) brings another worldwide selling multi-platinum rock
group into the UMPG fold, solidifying the continuing
strategy to work closely with UMG sister labels.
3 DOORS DOWN
Having received Best New Group of the Year by Billboard
Music awards, their incredible story just keeps getting better. The debut CD, The Better Life (Republic/Universal),
was RIAA certified 4X platinum in October. Their second
single, “Loser,” topped R&R’s Rock and Active Rock
charts, holding the No. 1
BLINK-182
position for months. The
first single, “Kryptonite,” won Billboard Music Award’s Best Rock
Track of the Year. It was also named R&R’s No. 1 Rock Song of the
year and No. 1 Rock Track of the Year by FMQB. In May, the single enabled the band to be the first to accomplish a No. 1 in four
radio formats simultaneously.
FUEL
Fuel’s new CD, Something
Like Human, is certified Gold
and continues to gain
momentum. The first single,
“Hemorrhage
(In
My
Hands),” topped R&R’s radio
rock charts and held the No.
1 position on the Alternative
Rock charts for six weeks.
GODSMACK
In
October,
Godsmack
released their sophomore
aggro-rock CD
entitled,
FUEL KEEPS U.S. ROCK RADIO
“Awake”
(Republic/
CHARTS BURNING!
Universal). The first single,
“Awake,” reached No. 1 on
R&R’s Active Rock chart.
Their self-titled debut CD went triple platinum and generated
three consecutive Top 5 Rock Tracks, “Keep Away,” Voodoo,”
and “Whatever.”
~UMPG~
Pg. 6
A NEW RELEASE AND HOT NEW
SINGLE FROM GODSMACK
North America
NELLY LP IS 4X PLATINUM !!!
UMPG PRODUCER/WRITER JAY-E IS
ARCHITECT OF THE ST. LOUIS SOUND
UMPG signing, Jay E (a.k.a. Jason Epperson), scored a No. 1 rap single and
Universal Records first No. 1 album as producer and co-writer of Nelly’s Country
Grammar (Fo’Real/Universal). The album was RIAA certified 4X platinum in
October. In November, the single, “(Hot ***T) Country Grammar,was released in
the U.K. and went Top 10 on Music Week’s single’s chart. Nelly’s latest single and
video, “E.I.,” was Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Top 100 on Billboard’s Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks. Having just completed the St. Lunatics record
(also for Universal) and starting the next Nelly album, Jay-E, a 20-year old St.
Louis native, has signed a 10-song deal with Universal Rrecords. Assisting JayE is St. Louis music consultant, Ronda Theole.
N E W
US WRITERS TOP U.K. CHARTS
ERIC FOSTER WHITE HAS NO. 1 SINGLE
WITH U.K. POP BAND, A1
In November, UMPG songwriter Eric Foster White’s song,
“Same Old Brand New You,” by UK Pop band A1, went to No.
1 on the U.K. singles chart. Eric produced and co-wrote the
song with the band. Earlier in 2000, Foster White had another No. 1 single on the U.S. Christian charts with the boy
band, Plus One.
STURKEN AND ROGERS HAVE NO. 2 IN U.K.
WITH MARTINE MCCUTCHEON’s “I’M OVER YOU”
Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers’s song, “I’m Over You”, performed by Martine McCutcheon reached No. 2 on Music
Week’s singles chart in October. Sturken and Rogers produced the single in London for Innocent/Virgin in July.
S I G N I N G S
Tom Sturges, Executive Vice President of
Creative Affairs of UMPG’s U.S. Operations,
recently announced Universal Music Publishing
Group has signed the following writers to exclusive worldwide publishing deals:
BLINK-182
Tom Sturges
UMPG announced a new worldwide publishing deal with multi-platinum
selling BLINK-182. UMPG’s deal commences after the release of the
band’s next studio album and will be for 2 albums with an additional
option. In November, blink-182 won their first MTV Europe Music Award
for “Best New Act.” Their latest CD on MCA Records, The Mark, Tom &
Travis Show, was released in November and has already achieved Gold
status in Australia, New Zealand & Canada.
PAJAM
UMPG signed hit R&B writing duo Paul Allen and Jimmy Moss (a.k.a.
PAJAM) to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal. Releasing their own
album next year, Pajam wrote the current Kelly Price Top 10 U.S. single
and video, “You Should’ve Told Me.” Their new song, “Without You” is
being recorded for the new Sisqo solo album due in 2001. Also, UMPG
artist Kandice Love is recording their song, “So Long.”
RAPHAEL SAADIQ
UMPG renewed its deal with Raphael Saadiq. Saadiq, who is a member
of the group Lucy Pearl, is currently working on, and in the studio with,
Macy Gray (Eipc), Babyface, Ginuwine (Epic), Kenny Lattimore (Arista),
Christina Aguilera (RCA), Justin (N’Sync) and Bilal (Interscope).
BALLARD PRODUCES NEW DAVE
MATTHEWS LP DUE IN FEBRUARY, 2001
UMPG executives recently visited Glen Ballard and Dave
Matthews at Conway Studios in Hollywood to hear tracks
from the new Dave Matthews Band CD being produced by
Ballard. Ballard and Matthews have co-written 10 songs for
the project, which is slated for a Feb. 2001 release. Pictured
left to right are: Amos Newman, Java Records; Betsy
Anthony-Brodey, VP Talent Acquisition, UMPG; Dave
Matthews; Glen Ballard; David Renzer, UMPG Worldwide
President; and Bruce Flohr, Sr. VP A&R RCA Records.
BOB MARLETTE
UMPG recently signed writer/producer Bob Marlette to an exclusive
worldwide publishing deal. Marlette most recently produced legendary
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi’s debut solo album (Divine/Priority)
and co-wrote 9 of the 10 tracks, including the first single, “Goodbye
Lament,” with Dave Grohl. The single was Top 20 on Billboard’s
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Marlette also co-wrote and produced the
new Alice Cooper CD. Marlette has his own record label through Island
Def Jam and recently produced Sinnistar (Interscope/Geffen) and Saliva
(Island), which is releasing a new LP in the first quarter of 2001.
North America
NASHVILLE NEWS
UMPG’s MARK D. SANDERS
WINS CMA SONG OF YEAR
UMPG WRITERS WIN
HOST OF AWARDS
DURING CMA WEEK
At the Country Music Awards held
October 3, 2000 in Nashville, Universal
Music Publishing Group’s Mark D.
Sanders won Song of the Year for “I Hope You Dance” by Lee
Ann Womack. Womack’s recording of the song won CMA
Single of the Year. UMPG was also represented by The Dixie
Chicks’ win of Album of the Year for their smash country CD,
“Fly,” which features the song, “If I Fall You’re Going Down
With Me,” by UMPG songwriter Matraca Berg. UMPG Writer
Stephanie Bentley also received CMA nominations for Song
of the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Single of the Year for
her No. 1 song, “Breathe,” recorded by Faith Hill, who won
CMA Female Vocalist of the Year. Other UMPG writers,
including Radney Foster, Rivers Rutherford, Carl Sturken and
Evan Rogers, won BMI and ASCAP Performance awards.
BOB MC DILL HONORED
Universal Execs celebrate Sanders’ and
Womack’s CMA Song of the Year win at the
MCA Nashville CMA after-party held at Hard
Rock Cafe. Pictured (L to R): Zach Horowitz,
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Universal Music Group; Mark Wright, Sr. VP
A&R at MCA Nashville; Bruce Hinton, MCA
Nashville Chairman; Sanders; Pat Higdon,
Sr. VP/GM UMPG Nashville; and David
Renzer, UMPG Worldwide President. Lee Ann
Womack (pictured front).
ABOVE: David Renzer (center) congratulated UMPG’s Carl Sturken (left)
and Evan Rogers (right) for receiving
a BMI Performance Award in
Nashville for the song,“God Must
Have Spent A Little More Time On
You,” by Alabama.
ABOVE: UMPG’s Rivers Rutherford (left) and Radney
Foster (right) received ASCAP Awards for the most performed country songs during 1999. Rutherford won for
his song, “Smoke Rings In the Dark,” performed by Gary
Allan. Foster won for his song, “Anyone Else,” peformed
by Collin Raye. PICTURED RIGHT: UMPG’s Stephanie
Bentley (center) also won a BMI performance award for
her No. 1 song, “Breathe,” recorded by Faith Hill.
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP
ACQUIRES FORERUNNER MUSIC CATALOGUE
UMPG Nashville’s Bob McDill was recently surprised with
a plaque commemorating his career of 31 No. 1 songs,
and a recent No. 1 hit with Alan Jackson, “It Must Be
Love.” Pictured (L to R) are McDill; Pat Higdon; Kent
Earls, UMPG Creative Director; and Mark Brown, UMPG
Creative Director.
CHELY WRIGHT GOLD CD
INCLUDING MAJOR HITS BY GARTH BROOKS, VINCE GILL,
KATHY MATTEA, TRISHA YEARWOOD AND MORE
Universal Music Publishing Group has acquired the Forerunner Music Catalogue,
one of contemporary country music’s classic catalogues. Purchased from Garth
Brooks’ producer, Alan Reynolds, and his partners Jim Rooney, Mark Miller and
Terrell Tye, the Forerunner Music Catalogue of nearly 1,500 titles features more
than thirty Top 20 country singles, including twelve No. 1 hits by country music’s
elite superstars Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Brooks & Dunn, Hal Ketchum Kathy
Mattea and Patty Loveless. Songs in the Forerunner Music Catalogue have been
recorded by some of country music’s premier artists. These No. 1 hits include:
Recorded by Garth Brooks
“The Thunder Rolls,” (Alger/Brooks) “Unanswered
Prayers,” (Alger/Bastian/Brooks) “What She’s Doing
Now,” (Alger/Brooks) “That Summer,” (Alger/Brooks)
and “Two Pina Coladas” (Camp/Mason/Hill)
UMPG recently presented UMPG writer Chely Wright with
a plaque commemorating her Gold CD, Single White
Female (MCA Nashville). Pictured above (L to R): Kent
Earls, UMPG Creative Director; Wright; Pat Higdon,
UMPG Nashville Senior VP/GM; and Mark Brown, UMPG
Creative Director.
Recorded by Vince Gill
“Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away,”
(Wasner/Gill) and “Whenever You Come
Around” (Wasner/Gill)
Recorded by Brooks & Dunn
“How Long Gone” (Camp/Sherill)
Recorded by Don Williams
“True Love” (Alger)
Recorded by Hal Ketchum
“Small Town Saturday Night” (Alger/DeVito)
Recorded by Trisha Yearwood
“Like We Never Had A Broken Heart” (Alger/ Brooks)
Recorded by Kathy Mattea
“Goin’ Gone” (Alger/Dale/Koller) and
“She Came From Fort Worth” (Alger/Koller)
RUDY PEREZ ON A ROLL
WITH NO. 1 CDs FOR
AGUILERA, DE LA HOYA
Latin America
Rudy Perez named Billboard’s No. 1
Producer of Year - Hot Latin Tracks
In the year 2000, the pace has not slowed down for five-time Grammy winner and
two-time ASCAP Latin Writer of the Year, Rudy Perez, as he recently experienced a
unique set of major successes with Latin music’s premier recording acts – Christina
Aguilera, Luis Fonsi, Oscar De La Hoya and Jaci Velasquez. He was also named
Billboard’s 2000 - No. 1 Producer of the Year in the Hot Latin Tracks category.
Perez, who this year produced albums and wrote songs for all four Latin stars,
has generated four No. 1 albums and numerous No. 1 singles.
Having successfully adapted the Spanish version of Christina Aguilera’s hit,
“Genie In A Bottle,” Perez was asked to produce her entire Latin album, Mi Reflejo
Rudy Perez
(RCA), which was released in September. The CD, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s
Latin 50, breaking sales records for a female Latin artist. The first single adapted by
Perez, “[Come On Over – All I Want is You] Ven Conmigo Solamente Tu,” also shot to No. 1 of Billboard’s
Hot Latin Tracks. Perez adapted all the songs from her previous album, including “Por Siempre Tu,” the
Spanish version of her current single, “I Turn To You.” He also wrote most of the album’s new material,
including “Si No Te Hubiera Conocido,” a duet with Luis Fonsi, for whom Perez co-wrote and produced
another No. 1 single from earlier this year entitled, “Imaginame Sin Ti” (Universal Latino).
One month after Aguilera’s release, champion boxer Oscar De La Hoya’s debut album for EMI Latin
(also produced by Perez) went to No. 1 and also spawned a No. 1 single, “Ven a Mi (Run to Me),” which
Perez co-wrote with Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. The single knocked out Aguilera’s second single,
“Por Amarte Asi,” from the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Hot Latin Tracks chart. Perez wrote/co-wrote six
of the songs.
This year Perez also took Jaci Velasquez to No. 1 producing and co-writing her single, “Imagine Me Without You,” which topped the Christian
airplay charts at No. 1 for 4 weeks in a row. Her CD, also produced by Perez, led sales at Christian record store for 2 weeks. Perez also guided Jaci Velasquez’ successful foray into the Latin market in 1999 on Sony Discos with “Llegar A Ti,” which earned her a Grammy nod for best
Latin pop performance. With “Llegar A Ti,” Velásquez topped Billboard’s Hot Latin Tracks chart and won the GMA’s Dove Award with producer
Perez for best Spanish-language album of the year.
UMPG RENEWS DEAL WITH
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA
Universal Music Publishing Group has re-signed
songwriter-producer Gustavo Santaolalla to a
worldwide publishing deal. One of the most successful Latin American songwriters, producers,
and recording artists, Gustavo Santaolalla is
credited as one of the pioneers of Rock en
Español and the fusion of Argentine and Mexican
rock. Surco Records, his own joint-venture label
with Universal, is one of the most successful
Latin labels today. Having had his own successful solo career since the age of 16, Santaolalla
has produced, together with fellow Argentine
partner Aníbal Kerpel, such gold and platinum
selling artists as Los Prisioneros, Divididos,
Molotov, Bersuit Vergarabat, Julieta Venegas,
Puya, and Latin Grammy winning Rock En
Español band, Café Tacuba. Santaolalla is also
credited with discovering Leon Gieco, one of
Gustavo Santaolalla
Argentina’s beloved folk musicians. Most recently Santaolalla has been preparing for the solo CD debut of Colombian rocker Juane
(ex-leader of Ekhymosis), Bersuit Vergarabat’s next CD, Hijos del Culo, and a new
album by Latin Grammy nominated Erica García, Argentina’s top female rocker for
release on Surco/Universal in 2001.
KC Porter, Tomatito
Win Latin Grammys
UMPG Latin writer/producer KC
Porter won two Latin Grammy
awards for Record Of The Year
and Best Pop Instrumental
Performance.
Porter co-produced Santana's song, "Corazon
Espinado" (featuring Maná), from
the CD, "Supernatural" (Arista).
Porter's song, "El Farol," also on
the Santana album won Best Pop
Instrumental Performance.
Other Latin Grammy awards
went to UMPG Spain's Tomatito
including Best Latin Jazz Album " Spain" by Michel Camilo &
Tomatito and Best Flamenco
Album -"Paris 1987" by Camaron
& Tomatito.
~UMPG~
Pg. 9
Western and Eastern Europe
UMPG UK HAS 15 NO.1 ALBUMS AND
55 TOP TEN ALBUMS AS WELL AS
4 OUT OF THE 5 TOP SELLING
SINGLES OF THE YEAR!
U.K. HAS 11 NO. 1 SINGLES AND
72 TOP TEN SINGLES!!!!
WESTLIFE’s current album, Coast to Coast,
(released on Nov. 6, 2000) has sold 1.5 million
copies to date in the UK and central Europe. Their
debut album, Westlife, has now sold 3.4 million
copies worldwide. The band’s last 7 singles have
been No. 1 hits. Westlife mania shows little sign of
waning with 38 sold out dates this year. Additionally
UMPG writers Steve Mac (signed via Rokstone
Music) and Wayne Hector wrote 7 songs on their
current album, including their Christmas single,
“What Makes A Man.” ALL SAINTS’ single,
“Pure Shores,” was the biggest UK single in 2000
as it was No. 1 in the UK for 3 weeks selling over
700,000 copies. Their current No 1 album, Saints &
Sinners, has sold 1.2 million copies. All Saints’ selftitled debut album has now sold 6 million copies
worldwide. UMPG writers Tom Nichols and Alex
Von Soos (signed via Good Grooves Music) wrote
their recent No. 1 hit, “Black Coffee.”
TOPLOADER, the guitar band signed to
S2/Sony Records, saw their debut album, Onka’s
Big Moka, go platinum in the UK. Sales to date
exceed 600,000 copies. The band will be supporting Robbie Williams on his European tour.
RONAN KEATING’s No. 1 album, Ronan,
has sold 870,000 copies in the UK and 1.8 million
copies worldwide. Ronan supported Elton John at
his recent Madison Square Gardens gig and recorded “Your Song” with him for his new ‘Live’ album.
GUY SIGSWORTH co-wrote Madonna’s
third single “What It Feels Like For A Girl” and has
a possible 5 songs on Bjork’s up and coming
album. SPILLER’s single, “Groovejet,” was a
No. 1 hit in the UK, Australia and New Zealand with
the single selling over 600,000 copies in the UK and
120,000 in Germany. FRAGMA’s “Togas
Miracle” spent two weeks at No. 1 in the UK selling
550,000 units. MADISON AVENUE’s single,
“Don’t Call Me Baby”
landed another UK No.
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over 310,000 copies in
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alone.
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hit in the UK selling over
500,000 copies.
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SONIQUE SIGNS
WORLDWIDE
PUBLISHING DEAL
& Sonique
UMPG Exec. VP Europe/M.D. UK Paul Connolly
signed Sonique to a worldwide publishing deal in
Oct. 2000 aided by Kim Frankiewicz. Sonique has
sold over 1 million albums worldwide. Frankiewicz
commented: “When I met Sonique a year ago I realized instantly she is a tremendous talent.” Sonique
further commented: “I am excited that Universal
has given me a chance as an artist and a writer, so
let’s get with it.” Pictured at the signing (left to right)
are Kim Frankiewicz, VP of International; Paul
Connolly, UMPG Executive VP Europe/Managing
Director UK; and Sonique.
HOLLAND NEWS:
VENGABOYS’ -- Their 2000 release, The
Platinum Album, has sold 1.5 million copies
worldwide. The album is due for a US release
in March on Atlantic Records. The Vengaboys
are the most successful act to come out of
Holland after Andre Rieu (also a UMPG writer).
ALICE DEEJAY -- UMPG Holland’s Breakout
Artist of the Year -- Their single, “Better Off
Alone,” started out as a club tune and resulted
in single sales of nearly 2 million. The CD, Who
Need Guitars Anyway, has sold 1 million
copies worldwide.
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NEWS:
MODJO’s single,
“LADY,” was a No.
1 hit in 7 territories
selling 1.2 million
units worldwide. A
new single and
album are expected
in the first quarter
of this year.
ROMEO & JULIET
Writer
Gerard
Presqurvic’s first
single, “Aimer,”
from the musical
“Romeo & Juliet”
was released in
April. It sold over
800,000. The second single, “Les
rois du monde,” went to No 1 and stayed there for 4
months and sold over 1.3 million copies. The album
went to No 2 and has sold over 1 million units to date.
GERMANY
NEWS:
BIG BROTHER -- Big Brother, the immensely
successful TV show was a Dutch concept
which was sold around the world. The theme
song, “Leef,” was used almost everywhere.
The single was No. 1 in The Netherlands,
Belgium and Germany for several weeks, selling 700,000 copies in Germany.
ZOMBIE NATION
‘KERNKRAFT 400’
German
signing,
Zombie Nation went to
No 2 in the UK, selling
over 300,000 and a top
ten hit in Germany, Holland and France. The CD,
Kernkraft 400, also went to No 5 on Billboard’s MaxiSingles Sales Chart.
BJORK
SPAIN NEWS:
Having sold more than 8 million albums in her solo career,
Bjork’s latest album, Selmasongs, the soundtrack to the
winner of the Palme d’Or
Cannes 2000 “Dancer In
The Dark,” has sold more
than 600,000 copies
worldwide. Her starring
role in the film won her
Best Female Performance at the Cannes
2000 International Film
Festival and has stimulated sales and a flurry of
other awards. Her latest
project entitled, Domestika, which is being produced by Bjork, is tentatively slated for release around
Oscar time, as it is speculated she has strong possibilities
for Best Actress nomination.
MIGUEL BOSE
Singer, songwriter, actor, presenter, TV producer & one of
Spain’s biggest artists, Miguel Bose has released 25
albums in his career, selling over 10 million units. His last
Greatest Hits CD sold over 1 million copies and reached
No. 1 in Spain and Latin America.
ITALY NEWS:
ZUCCHERO
Although Zucchero needs no introduction, Zucchero is
one of the most successful Italian artists, having sold 10
million albums to date. He is currently working on a new
album which is expected in the fall of 2001.
~UMPG~
Pg. 11
Territory Spotlight - Sweden
UMPG SWEDEN’S ELITE STABLE
OF SONGWRITERS PRODUCE STRING OF
POP HITS FOR WESTLIFE,
BACKSTREET BOYS, BRITNEY SPEARS
As one of Universal Music Publishing Group’s leading territories, UMPG
Sweden is generating a flurry of international chart activity for the world’s
biggest pop bands. Recent hit songs for Westlife, Britney Spears,
Backstreet Boys, and others have put UMPG Sweden’s top songwriters,
including Alexander Kronlund, Franciz, Pelle Nylen and Lisa Miskovsky,
in hot demand. This, combined with relationships with Cheiron Productions
and Murlyn Music, continues to keep the UMPG Swedish tunesmiths quite
active. “In Sweden,
pop
acts
like “In Sweden, pop acts like Backstreet Boys,
Backstreet
Boys, N’Sync and Britney Spears have found what
N’Sync and Britney they were looking for – a strong sense of
Spears have found melody and more than just beats...”
- Martin Ingestrom, M.D, UMPG Sweden
what they were looking for – a strong
sense of melody and
more than just beats. With artists and A&R execs now migrating to Sweden
looking for good songs, the doors have burst open to the international market and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of slowing down in the near future,”
says Martin Ingestrom, Managing Director of UMPG
Sweden.
ALEXANDER KRONLUND
Signed to UMPG for more than 7 years, songwriter
Alexander Kronlund, who co-wrote Meja’s 1 million
selling debut album on Sony, recently co-wrote two
songs for Britney Spears sophomore CD, Oops I
Did It Again. Kronlund co-wrote her hit single,
“Lucky,” with Max Martin and Rami and also coBritney Spears
wrote “Don’t Go Knockin’ On My Door.” As a nonexclusive member of the Cheiron production team,
Kronlund and principal Max Martin are working together on a variety of new
projects. Having also worked with Backstreet Boys and N’Sync, Kronlund is
currently co-writing with Swedish star Robyn and Universal Sweden act
Lambretta.
FRANCIZ
When the Backstreet Boys were recording in Stockholm with Cheiron,
UMPG’s creative team pitched Franciz (half of the Franciz and LePont writing team) to Martin Dodd at Zomba, which resulted in meeting between the
songwriters and the band. Consequently, Backstreet Boys recorded two of
their songs for their current smash CD, Black and Blue (one of which was
produced by Franciz & LePont). With this success and a new track in the
works for Jessica Simpson, UMPG expects many exciting things to come
from Franciz.
Backstreet Boys
LISA MISKOVSKY
Currently working on her own solo album to be
released in 2001 on Stockholm Records, Lisa
Miskovsky co-wrote Backstreet Boys new hit
single, “Shape of My Heart,” with Max Martin
and Rami. The song, originally written for
Miskovsky’s own album, was passed along to
the Backstreet Boys by Max Martin when
Miskovsky determined it didn’t fit her style.
PELLE NYLEN
A new signing to UMPG, Pelle Nylen co-wrote Westlife’s hit single, “My
Love,” which debuted at No. 1 in the UK. He recently worked with new MCA
Records U.S. signing, Carly Hennessy. Nylen is
actively co-writing with some of UMPG’s main
U.K. writers and the Swedish songwriting elite,
including former Cheiron writers Jorgen
Elofsson and Andreas Carlsson. Following the
Westlife single, Nylen has song requests coming in from around the world.
Westlife
Under the direction of Managing
Director, Martin Ingestrom, Universal
Music Publishing Group Sweden is one
of UMPG’s leading territories featuring
some of Europe’s most elite talent
including international artists Meja,
Thomas Rusiak, The Hellacopters,
ABBA, Clawfinger and Aqua, as well as
hot local acts Markoolio, Sahara
Hotnights, Camilla Brinck, Caesar’s
Palace, Shimoli, Hakan hellstrom
amongst others. UMPG Sweden’s top
songwriters include Franciz (of the
Franciz & Lepont team), Alexander
Kronlund, Pelle Nylen, Christer
Sandelin, Harry Sommerdahl and Per
Stappe.
Martin Ingestrom
HOT
ARTISTS
MEJA
A major priority for Sony Music,
artist/writer MEJA is releasing her third
album in 2001. Each of her previous two
albums have sold over 1 million units in
Europe and Asia. Recently, Meja had a
European hit single, “All But The Money,”
from her last CD, which also received
healthy airplay in the U.S. She was also
featured on Ricky Martin’s hit song,
“Private Emotions.” The first single from
her forthcoming album, is the song,
“Spirits.”
Artist/writer/producer and hip-hop act
THOMAS RUSIAK recently exploded in
Sweden with the platinum single,
“Hiphopper” which stayed 19 weeks in
the top 60 singles chart, peaking three
weeks in a row at No. 1 from his debut
album, Magic Villa. Rusiak, who has a
new US deal with Republic, has also
produced Swedish MCKen, Swedish
soul superstar Robyn as well
as the single, “Frozen,” from
Slick Rick’s comeback album,
The Art of Storytelling (Def
Jam/Universal).
THE HELLACOPTERS
THE HELLACOPTERS fourth
CD, High Visibility, (Universal
Music) debuted on the Swedish
album chart at No. 5. It is their
first major label release which
will be released worldwide
through Universal. Their previous albums (all published by
Universal) have also been
released worldwide through
independents. The band has
generated a large following
through several worldwide
tours and even supported
KISS.
Meja
Thomas Rusiak
The Hellacopters
Australasia
S.E. Asia
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:
LOY FEY HUEI
Loy has been signed by UMPG Taiwan
to a long-term exclusive worldwide publishing deal since 1998. His songs have
sold millions of albums in Asia, having
produced mega-hit songs for Asia‘s
Jackie Chueng and Andy Lau, who
reached the top of numerous pop charts
in the Asia region. Loy received the
Singapore Hit Awards 2000 “Best Local
Lyric” award.
UMPG FIRST MAJOR INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL
PUBLISHER T O SET UP A COMPANY
COMPANY IN INDIA
UMPG has become the first major international publisher to set
up a publishing company in India. The local Indian catalogue is
now available for exploitation outside of India, as all titles have
been circulated to all UMPG branch offices. There are many popular film titles which are generating a lot of interest. There will
be a publishers’ delegation to India in early 2001 to meet with
the country’s major record companies in order to reach an
agreement for the payment of mechanical royalties on international repertoire.
FIRST REGIONAL A&R CREATIVE
CONFERENCE
Hosted by Douglas Chan and Steven Fock, the first UMPG regional
A&R Creative conference was held to discuss UMPG’s SE Asia goals
and objectives. Pictured at the conference (Back, from L to R): John
Reston, Senior Manager, Hong Kong; Richard Lee, A&R/Publishing,
Taiwan; Matthew Ma, A&R Executive, Hong Kong; and Douglas Chan,
Managing Director. (Front, from l
to r): Hak Jun Jung, Publishing
Manager, Korea; Steven Frock,
Regional A&R Director, Taiwan;
Sharen Lee, Copyright & Licensing
Manager, Hong Kong; Edith Yu,
Secretary, Hong Kong; and Jack
T
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o
,
Publishing
M a n a g e r,
Malaysia.
FOCK JOINS UMPG
Steven Fock has joined UMPG Asia as Regional
A&R Director/Publishing Manager. Reporting to
Douglas Chan and Michael Huang, Fock began
his 13-year career in the music business as managing director for
Shiok Music. Prior to joining UMPG, he founded Musset Publication
Ltd., one of the most successful independent publishing houses in
the region.
UMPG JOINS KOREAN, TAIWAN
SOCIETIES
UMPG has recently become a member of
the Korean society, KOMCA, and has
begun receiving royalty distribution
for the international catalogue.
UMPG has also recently become a
member of the Taiwanese society,
MUST, and expects to receive the
first performance distributions for
local and international in early 2001.
ASIA SYNCHRONIZATION
SYNCHRONIZATION
BUSINESS
UMPG Asia has stepped up it’s activities
in the area of synchronization and secondary
exploitation by working in partnership with UM3 (UMI Special
Projects) to create a sampler, which appeared as an insert in a
recent Asian media publication “Asian Brand News” along with a
full-page ad.
BOB AIRD APPOINTED
NEW MD OF UMPG
AUSTRALIA
In October, Bob Aird was appointed to the position of
Managing Director of Universal Music Publishing
Australia. Aird came to UMPG from Rondor Music
Australia, where he was Managing Director for more
Bob Aird
than 17 years. In his new position, Aird manages the
daily operations of the Sydney-based office and staff of nine. His responsibilities include expanding UMPG's already successful roster of local talent, as
well as identifying and negotiating international sub-publishing deals. Aird is
also overseeing the integration of the recently acquired Rondor catalogue.
UMPG ARTISTS TAKE
HOME TOP HONORS
AT THE 2000 ARIA
AWARDS
Madison Avenue
At Australia's ARIA (Australian
Record Industry Association)
Awards held in Sydney in October,
UMPG U.K. signing Madison
Avenue took three major awards -Record of the Year, Best New Artist
and the Highest Selling Australian
Single award for their hit dance tune, "Don't Call Me
Baby." Alex Lloyd (local signing through Rondor) who
won the Best New Artist Award in 1999, won this year's
Best Male Artist for his Platinum debut album, Black The
Sun. Dirty Three won Best Alternative Release and
Karma County won Best Adult Contemporary Album.
Australia
BEGAUD / CORISH &
HIRSCHFELDER WRITE
OLYMPIC THEMES
UMPG Australia's Paul Begaud and
Vanessa Corish wrote one of the featured songs of the Sydney 2000
Olympics. Entitled, “Dare to Dream,” the
song is the Athletes Theme which was
played after all athletes marched into
Olympic stadium. John Farnham and
Olivia Newton John, performed the song
Paul Begaud (center) was recently prein front of a global audience. Also persented with his BMI Award for 1 million
formed at the ceremony was "Eternity," plays of his song, “Now That I Found
written & orchestrated by world- You.”
renowned composer David Hirschfelder.
The songs are on the official Olympic Opening Ceremony CD, a Top 40 compilation, which has sold in excess of 175,000 copies (2X platinum) in Australia.
Begaud and Corish, who have been writing together for 5 years, have also
written Terri Clark's No. 1 Country Hit "Now That I Found You" and songs for
multi-platinum artists such as Wynonna Judd, Honeyz, Peter
~UMPG~
Andre and Human Nature.
Pg. 13
New Media / Catalogue News
THE CONVERGENCE OF NEW MEDIA &
TRADITIONAL MARKETING CONCEPTS
UMPG
E-NEWS
UMPG E-SAMPLERS &
ECDs TO ENHANCE
PROMO SAMPLERS
A FIRST FOR
MUSIC PUBLISHERS:
Featuring links to artist
web sites, audio and
video clips, and direct e-mail links to UMPG
Creative and Film and TV staffs, UMPG’s global enewsletter is sent to thousands of music industry
professionals including attorneys, managers,
record executives, film and TV supervisors, advertising executives, media and Universal staff. To
subscribe at no charge, e-mail: umpg.newmedia@umusic.com
Catalogue News
ELTON JOHN BOX
SET REISSUED
UMPG SONGS COME TO LIFE AS
JANE EYRE OPENS ON BROADWAY
Featuring music and lyrics by
UMPG writer Paul Gordon,
Jayne Eyre, the new Broadway
musical, recently opened at the
newly
renovated
Brooks
Atkinson Theatre in New York.
Gordon, who wrote the number-one hits "Next Time I Fall"
and "Friends and Lovers," composed the score and wrote the
lyrics for Jane Eyre, with additional lyrics by John Caird.
Jane Eyre, a musical based on
the Charlotte Bronte novel, portrays one woman's emotional
and spiritual search for her
place in the world and her
enduring story of passion,
courage and forgiveness.
NEW ABBA
MUSICAL HITS
BROADWAY
UMPG’s Film
& TV Dept.
produces
promo CD
compilations
which will
soon become
ECDs.
UMPG’s promotional CD
compilations of current and
upcoming
singles
are
becoming enhanced CDs
(ECDs) to provide more
artist, writer and licensing
information with direct links
into the new UMPG
web site launching in
2001.
Also,
eSamplers
featuring
highlights of the UMPG
catalogue are being
sent via e-mail to film
and tv music supervisors.
UMPG
executives
attended
the
Broadway opening at the Brooks
Atkinson Theatre to congratulate composer Paul Gordon, Co-director Scott
Schwartz, and Co-director John Caird.
Pictured (left to right) are: Andy
Fuhrmann, UMPG Vice President of
Creative Affairs, East Coast; Rebecca
Wright, UMPG Creative Manager; Marla
Schaffel, (Jane Eyre); Paul Gordon; and
Tom Sturges, UMPG Executive Vice
President Creative Affairs.
Mama Mia, the ABBA musical which has experienced huge success in
London and Toronto, will tour the U.S. until it's Broadway Opening at the
Winter Garden Theater on October 18, 2001. The show features 22 of the
Swedish pop group's best-known tunes.
Elton John's 4-CD Box-set, Elton John To
Be Continued… (MCA), is a 68-track retrospective covering his career from 19651990. Featuring such classic UMPG copyrights as, "Your Song," "Goodbye Yellow
Brick Road," "Honky Cat," "Bennie And
The Jets," "Crocodile Rock," "Daniel,"
"Candle In The Wind," and "Rocket Man", this limited edition collection is
packaged with a pictorial montage cover and includes a 40-page booklet
with commentary by John and lyricist, Bernie Taupin.
UMPG CONTROLS 18 SONGS
ON ROLLING STONE'S 100
GREATEST POP SONGS OF ALL
TIME
No. 6 - “I Want To Hold Your Hand” by
The Beatles; No. 8 - “With Or Without
You” by U2; No. 21 - “Brown Eyed Girl”
by Van Morrison; No. 28 - “MMMBOP”
by Hanson; No. 30 - “Your Song” by
Elton John; No. 32, “(Sittin' On) The
Dock of the Bay”* by Otis Redding; No.
34 - “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette; No. 44 - “Dancing Queen” by
ABBA; No. 45 - “Tears In Heaven”* by Eric Clapton; No. 56 - “I Will
Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, No. 64 - “Bennie and the Jets” by Elton
John, No. 68, “Only Happy When It Rains” * by Garbage; No. 70
- “Good Vibrations” * by The Beach Boys; No. 74 - “Tiny Dancer”
by Elton John; No. 77 - “Let's Stay Together” * by Al Green; No.
81- “Don't Speak” by No Doubt; and No. 82 - “Rock With You” *
by Michael Jackson.
*Denotes Rondor Copyrights
RONDOR MUSIC
Lance Freed
UMPG administers the Rondor Catalogue which contains more than
60,000 songs including hits written by the Beach Boys, the
Carpenters, two-time Grammy "Best Song" winner Will Jennings, Al
Green, Otis Redding, Tom Petty, Rod Temperton, Peter Frampton,
Isaac Hayes Paul Williams, Julie Gold Supertramp, Leon Russell,
Melissa Etheridge, Annie Roboff and Beth Neilsen Chapman,
Garbage, Everclear, Gerry Goffin, Shep Crawford, Mark Knopfler of
Dire Straits, Billy Preston, Grace Slick, Darby Slick, Helen Reddy,
Peter Allen, Bryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, Steven Van Zandt, and
Jurassic Five.
Some of the songs include: “California Girls,” “Good Vibrations,”
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Rainy Days and
Mondays,” “American Girl,” “Breakdown,” “In the Midnight Hour,” “Higher Love,” “My Heart
Will Go On,” “The Air That I Breathe,” "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay,"
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" & "I Want To Rock With You,” Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven,”
"Theme From Shaft," "Soul Man", "From A Distance", "This Kiss," "You Are So Beautiful,"
"Somebody To Love," "I Am Woman" and many others.
RONDOR
CATALOGUE SPOTLIGHTS:
THE BEACH BOYS
Among the major catalogues that Rondor Music controls, The Beach Boys is one of the most
extraordinary. With songs like, “Help Me Rhonda,” “I Get Around,” and “Good Vibrations,”
the Beach Boys sound is emblematic of a timeless age of innocence in American music.
THE CARPENTERS
Rondor’s veteran writer of 31 years, Richard Carpenter, has compiled an incredible body of work— the Carpenters catalogue, which
has retained a timeless status with its rich harmonies and pop sensibility. A whole new generation is expressing an appreciation for
this music with covers of “Top of The World,” “Yesterday Once
More,” and “Merry Christmas Darling”. Writers Paul Williams and
Roger Nichols contributed such songs as “Rainy Days and
Mondays,” and “We’ve Only Just Begun,” which are also a part of
this rich catalogue.
THE EAST MEMPHIS MUSIC CATALOGUE
With writers and performers such as Otis Redding, Wilson
Pickett, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes, Booker T., Steve Cropper
and David Porter, the soul of Stax Records and Rondor Music's
East Memphis catalogue is an important part of American history. Thriving during an era of civil unrest it showed the world that
music was a beautiful blend of color. It gave us a much grittier
and sexier sound than what was being released in Detroit, which
was much more polished. Songs like, "I'm A Soulman," "Midnight
Hour," "Green Onions," "Walk-in The Dog," and "Sittin' On The
Dock Of The Bay," are classic works that define our musical heritage. Ron Moss, Senior Director of A&R for Rondor Music, said,
"We feel honored here at Rondor to be trusted guardians of this
rich history."
Pictured above: Ron Moss &
East Memphis writer, Rufus
Thomas, who wrote "Walkin'
The Dog" and "Cause I Love
You."
NEW SIGNINGS: SALIVA
Rondor Music recently signed the
band Saliva (Island/Def Jam), whose
new CD is due for release March 6,
2001. Pictured from left to right,
Dave Novotny (bass); Chris Dabaldo
(Guitar); Ron Moss, Senior Director
of A&R, Rondor Music; Josie
Sappington (Lead singer); Paul
Crosby (drums); and Wayne
Swinney (guitar).
Rondor Catalogue
UMPG’s Successful New
Administration and System
Model To Be Adopted for
Rondor Integration
When MCA and PolyGram merged to form
UMPG as we know it today, it was decided that
the company would be best served by utilizing
PolyGram’s fully integrated, centralized, automated administrative and system model (formerly “PIPS”) to provide the consistency and
completeness demanded to run the joint companies systems efficiently
and effectively.
Theo Strikkers, Director
of Worldwide Admini-stration , and Mike Donegan,
Director
of
Business
Information Systems, were
primarily responsible for
this critical transition and
Strikkers
managed it successfully.
By combining the MCA
data within their unique, centralized data system, UMPG’s 800,000 copyrights are now
administered Internationally via “PIPS”. The
system includes a central administrative headquarters (located in London) , three regional
hubs (Los Angeles, London and Hong Kong)
and 51 systems worldwide . Through this network, UMPG manages and circulates approximately 800,000 copyrights and processes millions of royalty transactions around the world.
With single points of data entry, UMPG’s system makes the territory of acquisition responsible for the completeness of their repertoire in all
territories. This centralized
model gives UMPG a commercial, competitive edge.
“In a rapidly expanding
and evolving publishing
landscape, a scalable,
centralized system such as
UMPG’s is critical.” said
Michael J Sammis, Chief
Donegan
Financial Officer. “Mike
and Theo have developed
a global royalty administration methodology
which soundly differentiates our business
model from that of our competition. They are
motivated executives who’ve taken fundamental backoffice administration to a new level,
ensuring maximized, global collections on all of
our works. The value proposition this creates
for UMPG, our customers and clients is
unequalled.”
Rondor International Integration
In an effort to further capitalize on the efficiencies created by this system, the Rondor catalog
has already been converted and integrated.
Continued integration procedures will be implemented throughout the first half of 2001 under
the supervision of Mike and Theo, who continue to focus their efforts on global administration
synergies.
Film and Television
BRIAN MCKNIGHT AND BJORK
RECEIVE EARLY OSCAR BUZZ
GRINCH MAY ALSO STEAL AN OSCAR
Several UMPG controlled copyrights are strong contenders
for the coveted "Song of the Year" Oscar. These include
Brian McKnight's song, "Win," from the film Men of Honor
and Bjork's song, "I've Seen It All," from the 2000 Cannes
Film Festival, Palme d'Or winning movie musical, Dancer
In The Dark, in which she stars. Also, UMPG controls the
song, "Where Are You Christmas," (recorded by Faith Hill)
which was featured in The Grinch (Universal) feature film
and soundtrack. The song was written by Rondor writers
Will Jennings and James Horner and is another strong
Oscar hopeful.
Fatboy Slim's first U.S. single,
"Ya Mama," from his new CD,
"Halfway Between the
Gutter and the Stars"
(Skint/Astralwerks), is featured
in the new Charlie's Angels
film, trailers and soundtrack.
UMPG TO ADMINISTER
BEACON FILMS - FILM MUSIC
Universal Music Publishing Group has entered into an
exclusive worldwide administration agreement with
Beacon Communications, the company behind such
films as “The Family Man,” “Bring It On,” and “End of
Days.”
“Beacon has a solid history of producing outstanding motion pictures such as the curent release,
Family Man, starring Nicolas Cage. A major element
of their success is their selection of talented and innovative composers. We look forward to a long successful relationship.”
With the additional of Beacon Films, Universal
strengthens its reputation as a company entrusted by
major film studios and libraries to administer their
global publishing rights. In addition to Beacon and
Universal Studios, UMPG also administers the rights
to other prestigious film studios and libraries such as
Orion Films and USA Networks.
UMPG FILM & TV DEPT.
SCOTT JAMES
SR. VP OF MUSIC FOR
MOTION PICTURES & TV WORLDWIDE
FOR CREATIVE
SERVICES CONTACT:
IN LOS ANGELES:
Ph. (310) 235-4719
MARISA PORTERmarisa.porter@umusic.com
BRIAN LAMBERTbrian.lambert@umusic.com
IN NEW YORK:
Ph. (212) 841-8014
The Family Man, a new film distributed by
Universal, features 4 UMPG songs in the film and
3 UMPG controlled songs in the soundtrack. The
lead single, “This Could Be Heaven,” was written
by Rondor writers Dave Palmer & Guy Gershoni.
TOM EATONtom.eaton@umusic.com
UMPG’s TONY BATTAGLIA WRITES
FOR THE SIMPSONS
IN LONDON:
Ph. (011) 44 20 8752 2600
UMPG writer Tony Battaglia has written four cues for
a new episode of The Simpsons in which Bart
Simpson forms a boy-band. The episode will air in
February.
LAURENCE KAYElaurence.kaye@umusic.com
BARBARA ZAMOYSKAbarbara.zamoyska@umusic.com, or
IN AUSTRALIA:
Ph. (612) 9207 0500
DENISE FRASERfraser@groupwise.polygram.com
IN SWEDEN:
Ph. (46 8) 629 5370
OLLE ROMBACKolle.ronnback@umusic.com
IN FRANCE:
Ph. (33 1) 44 41 94 00
CHARLES-HENRI DE PIERREFEU
charles-henri.pierrefeu@umusic.com
UMPG SONGS ARE ALSO FEATURED IN
THE FOLLOWING 2000 FEATURE FILMS
(partial listing): Family Man (Universal), What
Women Want (Paramount), Meet The Parents
(Universal), Road To El Dorado (Dreamworks), Almost
Famous (Dreamworks), Now We Are Free (Dreamworks), Charlie's
Angels (Sony), and Frequency (New Line Cinema)
RECENT UMPG U.S. ADVERTISING
PLACEMENTS: (partial listing)
"Born To Be Wild" - Apple Computers, "I See You Baby" - (Mitsubishi),
"Magic Carpet Ride" - (Sketchers, Dodge Viper), "Praise You" - (Mercedes
Benz). Other major ad campaigns using UMPG copyrights include: Levis,
Mercedes Benz, Verizon Wireless, Denny's, Dodge Ram,
Almost
Talbot's, Lexus, Direct TV, Honda Insight, Coca-Cola, Hewlett
Famous
Packard "Jornado," Mitsubishi, FTD, and Big K-Mart.
UMPG writer
Tony Battaglia
writes songs for
The Simpsons
to air in February
Film and Television
The new feature film, What
Women Want (Paramount),
starring Mel Gibson, features the UMPG song, “I
Won’t Dance,” recorded by
Frank Sinatra. Gibson
sings and dances to the
song in a scene which
some critics call the most
memorable of the film.
UMPG
publishes the
score for all
Universal
Studios films,
including the
recent smash
hit, The Grinch.
UMPG has also
published a
special
songbook of
music from
the film.
Film and TV Spotlight:
LAURENCE KAYE
Head of Film and TV
Music - U.K.
As Head of Film and TV music for UMPG’s UK
office, Laurence Kaye manages an eight person staff which handles the licensing of music
for motion pictures, TV, advertising as well as
multi-media, a new growth area. Since Kaye joined the company more than five years
ago, the department has experienced revenue growth of more than 600%, which is
attributed in part to growth in the market for music in commercials.
“It’s cool for bands to have their music in commercials. Now everyone wants a
new Fatboy Slim,” says Kaye. In the UK, and most of Europe, 50% of licensing
income is generated from advertising. Kaye says that Levi’s started the trend in the
UK by using a number of classic soul songs in hugely successful commercials.
In order to market UMPG’s extensive catalogue, the department frequently produces samplers of new and catalogue material. “They have a long shelf life and the
response is phenomenal,” he says.
Kaye’s team also works closely with Universal’s record companies and acquires
film soundtrack albums (e.g. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) on their behalf,
which can sometimes aid to increase the film’s music budgets and UMPG’s overall
chances of placing music in the film. “Due to lower film budgets in the UK, the work
we do here has to be, in a sense, more creative. We find hidden gems, and hits
before they are hits -- the songs production companies can afford to license,” added
Kaye.
After 12 years experience working for several major labels and music publishing
companies, Kaye says that the volume and intensity of his work (including reading
scripts, listening to music, watching TV, meeting with directors, and creative execs)
has never waned but is part of the thrill. He muses, “There are days when I want to
UK FILM & TV HIGHLIGHTS: BILLY ELLIOT: Stephen Daldry’s film directorial debut, Billy Elliott,
was the biggest UK film of 2000. Two UMPG UK writers Steve Mac (Rokstone Music) and Wayne
Hector co-wrote the end title music, “I Believe,” recorded by UK signed Stephen Gately. The soundtrack was released through Polydor Records. The film has taken £13 million at the UK box office.
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES:The film The Virgin Suicides, which includes a score composed by UMPG
artist Air, has grossed £15 million worldwide. The soundtrack has sold over 500,000 copies. KEVIN
& PERRY: The film Kevin & Perry was a No 1 hit at the UK box office taking in over £10 million.
Universal Music Publishing UK has five songs in the film and on the soundtrack album, including
titles by Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada and The Clash.
Scott James, Sr. VP of Music
for Motion Pictures Worldwide
(left) recently presented Gary
Miller, VP of Motion Picture &
TV Clearance/Licensing, a special recognition award for his
placement of the song, “New
Attitude,” into a major Verizon
Wireless national advertising
campaign.
Film & TV Department
Staff Notes
Scott James, Senior Vice President Film and
Television Worldwide, has announced the following
additions and promotions to the department: Gary
Miller has been promoted to VP of Motion Picture &
TV Clearance/Licensing. Brian Lambert was recently
appointed Vice President of Motion Picture and TV
Music. Marisa Porter has been promoted to Director of
Motion Picture and TV Music. Tom Eaton has relocated from UMPG’s Los Angeles office to the New York office and has also been promoted to Director of Music for Advertising, Motion Picture and TV. Paul Brooks has been promoted to Associate Manager of Music
Clearance. Jackie Curry has been promoted to Director of Music Licensing. Wendy Leshner, has joined UMPG as Film & TV Coordinator
from Rondor. Other recent appointments include: Joanna Puglisi, Assistant to Marisa Porter and Brian Lambert; Lori Rosolino, Assistant to
Deborah Sable and Suzanne Moss; and Chris Lakey, Licensing Assistant.
Brooks
Puglisi
Lakey
Leshner
Eaton
Porter
Lambert
Rosolino
Staff Update
NORTH AMERICA
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Michael
Petersen
Robert
Allen
Brad
Shenfeld
Michael Petersen has been promoted to
Sr. VP of Business Affairs. During his
tenure Michael has been involved in the
company's renegotiations with Glen
Ballard, Brian McKnight, The Corrs, and
Kelly Price, thus far. Robert Allen has
been promoted to Vice President of
Business Affairs, reporting to Petersen.
Robert oversees Los Angeles and New
York contract negotiations for new songwriter signings including exclusive songwriting agreements for Ice Cube, 3 Doors
Down, Godsmack, and Eric Foster
White. Brad Shenfeld has been promoted to Director Of Business and Legal
Affairs. Brad negotiates and drafts exclusive songwriter, co-publishing, catalogue
purchase and administration agreements, with a focus on all agreements for
UMPG's Nashville, Canada, and Latin
American offices. He played an integral
role in negotiating and drafting deals with
Anastacia, Mary J. Blige, Gerald Levert
and Travon Potts, among others. Gene
Whitney was recently appointed
Manager, Business Affairs.
UMPG STAFF ON THE MOVE!
Linda
Newmark
Xuan
Tran
Donna
Young
We are pleased to announce the hiring of Nancy Braun to the position of
UMPG Director of Administrative
Services, reporting to Michael J
Sammis, Chief Financial Officer.
Nancy Braun
Nancy brings to this role more than 6
years of experience working at Universal, most recently as
Manager of Human Resources for the Universal Music Group. Her
new role at UMPG will initially include North American office management and Human Resources issues. It is anticipated that, in
early 2001, this role will expand to include providing Human
Resources assistance internationally, assisting with employment
agreements, compensation administration and other Human
Resources issues as required. "Nancy's hiring is a perfect example of our responding to the growth and evolving needs of our
business" said Mr Sammis. "She is a talented individual who will
bring stability and uniformity to our global Human Resources initiatives." Eire Juarez has joined UMPG as assistant to Braun.
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Neil
Morris
Chemberle
Quinn
Jake
McMillon
NEW YORK: Kim Jackson has been
promoted to Sr. Director of Creative
Services.
Gene
Whitney
HUMAN
RESOURCES
UPDATE
LOS ANGELES: Linda Newmark has
been promoted to Sr. Vice President of
Acquisitions. She will continue to
expand her role in acquiring rights to
musical compositions and promoting
the general business development of
the company. Neil Morris has been promoted to Associate Manager of
Catalogue Services. Chembrle Quinn
has been appointed Assistant to
Newmark and Irwin Griggs. Alex Reyes
has joined as Sr. Financial Analyst. Su
Brazie has been appointed Mechanical
Licensing Supervisor. Xuan Tran has
joined as Coordinator of New Media
Marketing and International. She was
previously Media Relations Coordinator
at Rhino Records. Keith Deuel has
joined as Royalty Analyst and Paul
Woodruff joined UMPG from Rondor as
Royalty Coordinator, both reporting to
Anthony Saragueta. Jake McMillon has
joined as Income Tracking Assistant,
while Selen Guraydin joined as
Assistant to Susan Ranta and Wanda
Moorehead. Mechanical Licensing has
an addition with Donna Young as
Coordinator. Sean McDonald has
joined as Tape Room Operator.
Kim
Jackson
LATIN AMERICA: Miriam Gonzalez
was recently appointed General
Manager in Venezuela. In Argentina,
Daniel Retondano has joined as
Creative Manager. In Chile, Magdalena
Vicuna has joined UMPG as assistant
to Carmen Valencia.
Selen
Guraydin
GERMANY: Petra Niedrich recently
joined UMPG as Copyright Manager
International. Helge Reich has joined
UMPG as Song Marketer.
Daniel
Retondano
BELGIUM: Maja Fredrix has recently
joined the company as Asssistant to
GM Luc Standaert.
NASHVILLE: Victoria Hernandez has
joined the Nashville team as receptionist.
Sean
McDonald
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL LTD:
Aden Kenny and Nick Mahony has joined the company as contractors. At UK & International Joint Administration: Oliver
Grimshaw has joined as new Intl’/European Royalty Asst.
Simon Todd is the new Intl’/European Copyright Assistant.
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP
WORLD HEADQUAR TERS
2440 Sepulveda Boulevard Ste. 100 Los Angeles, CA 90064-1712
Tel. (310) 235-4700 Fax: (310) 235-4900 web site: www.umusicpub.com
GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
Worldwide President:
David Renzer
Sr. VP/Chief Financial Officer:
Michael J. Sammis
Sr. VP of Music for Motion Picture, TV and New
Technologies: Scott James
Sr. VP of International Business and Legal
Affairs: Crispin Evans
Director of International Admin.: Theo Strikkers
Director of Business Systems: Mike Donegan
INTERNATIONAL
VP, International: Kim Frankiewicz (UK)
VP, International: Toni-Ann Marinaccio (L.A.)
NORTH AMERICA REGIONAL OFFICES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Universal Music Publishing Group, LA
2440 Sepulveda Boulevard - Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 91604, USA
Tel: (310) 235-4700 Fax: (310) 235-4900
Exec. VP Creative Affairs, N.A: Tom Sturges
Universal Music Publishing Group, NY
1755 Broadway, 8th Fl, NY, NY 10019, USA
Tel: (1 212) 841-8000 Fax: (1 212) 841-8072
VP Creative Affairs, East Coast:
Andrew Fuhrmann
Universal Music Publishing Group, Nashville
12 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN 37203
Tel: (1 615) 248-4800 Fax: (1 615) 248-9300
Sr. VP/General Manager: Pat Higdon
CANADA
Universal Music Publishing
a division of Universal Studios Canada, Ltd.
2450 Victoria Park Avenue
Willowdale, ON M2J 4A2
Tel: (416) 718-4000 Fax: (416) 718-4224
Vice President/GM: John Redmond
EUROPE REGIONAL OFFICES
UNITED KINGDOM
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. - UK
Elsinore House, 77 Fullham Palace Rd.
London W6 8JA, UK
Tel: (44 20) 8752 2600 Fax: (44 20) 8752 2601
VP Continental Europe/MD, UK: Paul
Connolly
AUSTRIA
Universal Music Publishing Gmbh
P.O. Box 85, 1122 Vienna, Austria
Tel: (43 1) 811 210 xxxx Fax: (43 1) 813 1300
General Manager: Petra Heinrich
BELGIUM
Universal Music Publishing NV
Woluwedal 34, bus 6, 1200
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: (32 2) 775 8188 Fax: (32 2) 770 50 06
General Manager: Luc Standaert
CZECH REPUBLIC
Universal Music Publishing S.R.O.
Na Vysluni 13,
100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic
Tel:(420) 2 74 77 1811 Fax:(420)2 74 77 82 83
Publishing Manager: Jirina Erlebachová
THE NETHERLANDS
PolyGram Music Publishing B.V.
Mozartlaan 27
1217 CM Hilversum, The Netherlands
Tel: (31 35) 6261 646 Fax: (31 35) 6233 291
Managing Director: Kees van der Hoeven
HUNGARY
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Steindl Imre U 12, H-1054
Budapest, Hungary
Tel: (36 1) 269 1142 Fax: (36 1) 269 1140
Publishing Manager: Szilvia Tisler
ITALY
Universal Music Italia Srl
Via Dante, 15
20123 Milano
Tel: (39 02) 802821 Fax: (39 02) 802 82170
Managing Director: Michele del Vecchio
NORWAY
Universal Music Publishing
Drammensveien 88B, 0271 Oslo, Norway
Tel: (47 2) 254 1400 Fax: (47 2) 243 4430
General Manager: Helge H. Barra
POLAND
Universal Music Publishing Sp. Z.O.O.
ul. Jagiellonska 78
03-301 Warszawa, Poland
Tel: (48 22) 811 80 61 Fax: (48 22) 675 7278
Publishing Manager: Piotr Rzeczycki
PORTUGAL
Universal Music Publishing,
a div. of Universal Music Portugal S.A.
Rua Prof. Reinaldo dos Santos 12-D
1549-006 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: (351 21) 771 0410 Fax:(351 21) 778 0212
Assistant Manager Publishing: Carla Lisboa
RUSSIA
Universal Music Publishing
14A Kastanaevskaya Ulitsa
Moscow, Russia 121006
Tel: (70 95) 737 0090 Fax: (70 95) 737 3655
Publishing Manager: Anna Bragina
SWEDEN
Universal Music Publishing AB
Banergatan 16, S-115 23 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: (46 8) 629 5370 Fax: (46 8) 662 7850
Managing Director: Martin Ingestrom
SPAIN
Universal Music Publishing S.A.
c/o Torrelaguna, 64-5th Floor
28043 Madrid, Spain
Tel: (34 91) 744 5500 Fax: (34 91) 744 5664
Managing Director: Daniela Bosé
TURKEY
Universal Music Publishing,
Gumussuyu Is Merkezi
Zafer Tunaya Sok. No. 14, Floor 4
80090 Istanbul, Turkey
Tel:(90 212) 249 7570 Fax: (90 212) 292 4099
Head of Publishing: Gul Kusefoglu
LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL OFFICE
Universal Music Publishing Group
1425 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: (1 305) 604 1310 Fax: (1 305) 604 1319
Sr. VP Latin America: Ivan Alvarez
COSTA RICA
Universal Music Publishing dba
Universal Music de Centro America SA
De la agencia de autos Subaru
150 norte, Barrio Dent
San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 283 9063 - Fax: (506) 253 8861
Publishing Contact: Lilliana Hernandez
MEXICO
Universal Music Publishing
Ave Miguel Angel de Quevedo No. 531
Col. Romero de Terreros
D.F. 04310, Mexico
Tel: (52) 5 422 3343 Fax: (52) 5 422 3382
Sr. Publishing Manager: Antonio Rebollar
VENEZUELA
Universal Music Publishing S.A.
Edifico Centro Colnasa, Av. San Felipe
entre 2da. Transversal y Calle Jose Angel Lamas, Piso 5,
Oficinas 54, 55 y 56
La Castellana, Caracas, Venezuela 1060
Tel: (58 2) 201 90 90 Fax: (58 2) 201 90 91
General Manager: Miriam Gonzales
AUSTRALASIA REGIONAL OFFICES
AUSTRALIA
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd.
3 Munn Reserve, Millers Point
NSW 2000, Australia
Tel: (61 2) 9207 0500 Fax: (61 2) 9252 0503
Managing Director: Bob Aird
SOUTH AFRICA
Universal Music Publishing (Pty) Ltd.
1st Floor, Dean Street Arcade
Dean Street, Newlands 7700, South Africa
Tel: (27 21) 659 4100 Fax: (27 21) 659 4095
Managing Director: John Fishlock
S. E. ASIA REGIONAL OFFICES
HONG KONG
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Unit 1805, 18/F, Railway Plaza
39 Chatham Road South
Kowloon, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2317 5155 Fax: (852) 2735 9308
Managing Director: Douglas Chan
INDONESIA
PT. Suara Publisindo, JI. Pluit Permai 7 No.8, Jakarta 10001,
Indonesia
Tel: (62 21) 662 6938 Fax: (62 21) 662 6931
President/Director: Iwan Sastra Wijaya
JAPAN
Universal Music Publishing K.K.
16F Carrot Tower,
4-1-1, Taishido, Setagaya-ku,
Tokyo 154-0004
Japan
Tel: 813-3487-1901 Fax: 813-3487-1904
President: Kei Ishizaka
SOUTH KOREA
Universal Music Publishing,
Sungsoo Building 284 - 9, Sungsoo-Dong 2-Ka, Sungdong-Ku,
Seoul 133-123, Korea
Tel: (822) 3408 8000 Fax: (822) 468 4165
President: David Lee
FINLAND
Universal Music Oy, Vattuniemenranta 2,
4th Floor, 00210 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: (358 9) 615 46 77 Fax: (358 9) 615 46 700
Managing Director: Gugi Kokljuschkin
ARGENTINA
Universal Music Publishing S.A.
Av. Cordoba 1345 - Piso 7 & 14
(1055) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: (54 11) 4814 9200 Fax: (54 11) 4812 0034
Publishing Manager: Ana Maria Visaggio
MALAYSIA
Universal Music Publishing Sdn Bhd
102, Block C, Phileo Damansara 1
Jalan 16/11,46350 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Tel: (60 3) 7587433 Fax: (60 3) 7546198
Managing Dir: Raymond Hon
FRANCE
Universal Music Publishing S.A.
20/22 rue des Fosses Saint-Jacques
75005 Paris, France
Tel: (33 1) 44 41 94 00 Fax: (33 1) 44 41 94 01
Managing Director: Santiago Casariego
BRAZIL
Universal Music Publishing Ltda.
Av. Erico Verissimo 918, Barra da Tijuca
22621-180 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tel: (55 21) 389 7667 Fax: (55 21) 495 1223
Managing Director: Marcelo Castello Branco
PHILIPPINES
Universal Music Publishing
28 Manga Road, Brgy. Kaunlaran,
Cubao, Quezon City, 1104 Philippines
Tel: (63 2) 727 40 11 Fax: (63 2) 726 28 51
Officer-in-charge: Danny U. Tan
GERMANY
Universal Music Publishing GmbH
93 Kaiser-Wilhelm Strasse
D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
Tel: (49 40) 35008 02 Fax: (49 40) 35008 202
Managing Director: Adrian Facklam-Wolf
CHILE
PolyGram Music Chile Ltda,
Cruz del Sur No. 133, Piso 9
Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Tel: (56 2) 206 6362 Fax: (56 2) 206 0268
General Manager: Carmen Valencia
SINGAPORE
Universal Music Publishing Pte. Ltd.
118 Lorong 23 Geylang, #03-01/02/03/04
SCN Industrial Building, Singapore 388402
Tel: (65) 741 2220 Fax: (65) 741 0500/1266
Publishing Manager: Karen Sim
GREECE
Universal Music Publishing LLC
P.O. Box 66017,155 10 Cholargos,
Athens, Greece
Tel: (30 1) 652 4213 Fax: (30 1) 652 5797
Publishing Contact: Dora Stavroulaki
COLOMBIA
Universal Music Publishing
103 No. 21-60,
Piso 3, Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
Tel: (57 1) 218 5114 Fax: (57 1) 610 2976
Managing Director: Fidel Jaramillo
TAIWAN
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
2F, 2 Min Sheng East Rd., Sec.3,
Taipei, Taiwan
Tel:(886 2) 2502 8958 Fax: (886 2) 2518 3545
Publishing Manager: Yvette Tung
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WHEN THE WORLD SINGS YOUR SONGS
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP
TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS
When The Corrs’ smash LP, In Blue, became an international sensation, Universal Music Publishing Group’s
state-of-the-art administrative system was in place to
ensure them faster song registrations and collections
from every corner of the globe. UMPG’s seamless
administrative process allows for:
- faster, more accurate
royalty payments
- unique centralized data
processing in 3-hub
locations
- global income tracking
- immediate electronic
circulation of copyright
information to our offices
in 38 countries
The Corrs’
New LP
In Blue
Over 18 Million
Albums Sold
# 1 In 14
Countries
If you’re looking for the right music publisher to
provide creative services and administrative
excellence, think of Universal Music
Publishing Group - The New Global Leader.
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP
www.umusicpub.com
Universal Music Publishing Group
2440 Sepulveda Ste. 100
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1712
Tel. 310.235.4700 Fax. 310.235.4900
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