Universal Music Latin Entertainment is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. The music label was created with the acquisition of Univision Music Group and combining it with Universal's top Latin artists, along with much of the Latin back catalog of UMG.

UMLE includes famous Latin music labels such as Fonovisa and Disa Records.

Labels[link]

Univision Records (2001–2008)[link]

Launched mid 2001, Univision Records already had an impressive artist roster:^{[citation needed]} Anasol, Pilar Montenegro, Anaís, Jennifer Peña, Graciela Beltrán, Iman, Los Forasteros, Daniel René and most recently Mexican Ranchero music icon, Pepe Aguilar.

• In 2003, Jennifer Peña became the only female artist nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album" category.

• The label was dissolved in May 2008 with Univision Music Group being acquired.

Fonovisa Records[link]

Acquired in 2002 back then by Univision Music Group, Fonovisa is the largest Regional Mexican label in the music industry^{[citation needed]} and since 1984 has launched major Latin stars into international markets and mainstream America.

• Fonovisa's impressive roster of over 120 artists include multi-platinum artists Marco Antonio Solís, La Banda el Recodo, Conjunto Primavera, Los Temerarios, and the legendary Los Tigres del Norte.

Disa Records[link]

Disa Records is the second largest Regional-Mexican label after Fonovisa.^{[citation needed]} It was owned by the Chávez family of Monterrey until June 2001, when Univision acquired 50% of Disa from the Chávez family. In November 2006 Univision acquired the other 50% of the label making it a subsidiary of Univision Music Group.

• Disa represents over 50 artists, many of which are household names in Spanish-language music, including Palomo, Los Angeles Azules, Grupo Bryndis, Liberación, El Poder del Norte, and most recently, renowned Mexican actress and singer, Aracely Arámbula.

Machete Music[link]

Machete Music includes the top reggaeton artists from Puerto Rico and Latin artists from all over the world. Artists like Akwid, Wisin & Yandel, Ivy Queen, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Molotov, and others.

Universal Music Latino[link]

Universal Music Latino includes top artists from the Latin music genre, one of the most important music Lucero, music group Belanova, music artists Luis Fonsi, Enrique Iglesias, Juanes, Olga Tañón, David Bisbal, Paulina Rubio, and recently Dulce María. In 2006 UML with Vene Music started Siente Music. Canadian born artist Nelly Furtado and Miami rapper Pitbull have also joined Universal to release a Spanish album.

Defunct labels[link]

• RMM Records & Video
• PolyGram Latino
  • Rodven Records

List of artists on UMLE[link]

• 24 Horas
• 3BallMTY
• Alacranes Musical
• Alejandro Fernandez
• Alejandro Sanz
• Alerta Zero
• Ana Isabelle
• Angel & Khriz
• Antonio Orozco
• Arthur Hanlon
• Babasonicos
• Banda Carnaval
• Banda El Recodo
• Banda Los Recoditos
• Banda MS
• Belanova
• Beto Zapata
• Calibre 50
• Carlos & Alejandra
• Chenoa
• Chino & Nacho
• Christian Pagan
• Chuy Lizarraga
• Conjunto Atardecer
• Cosculluela
• Cristian Castro
• Cristina
• Danna Paola
• Dareyes de la Sierra
• David Bisbal
• Diego Torres
• Don Omar
• Duelo
• Dulce Maria
• Eddy Lover
• El Bebeto
• El Potro de Sinaloa
• Emmanuel
• Enigma Norteño
• Enrique Iglesias
• Espinoza Paz
• Fanny Lu
• Fidel Rueda
• Frankie J
• German Montero
• Gloria Trevi
• Gustavo Galindo
• Huichol Musical
• Il Volo
• Invasion Del Corrido
• Ivete Sangalo
• Ivy Queen
• Jenni Rivera
• J-King & Maximan
• Joan Sebastian
• Jowell & Randy
• Juanes
• Juan Gabriel
• Juan Velez
• Julion Alvarez
• K-Paz de la Sierra
• La Apuesta
• La Arrolladora Banda El Limon
• La Factoria
• La Original Banda El Limon
• Larry Hernandez
• Los Creadorez del Pasito Duranguense de Alfredo Ramírez
• Los Horoscopos de Durango
• Los Huracanes del Norte
• Los Mas Buscados
• Los Primos de Durango
• Los Tigres del Norte
• Los Titanes de Durango
• Los Tucanes de Tijuana
• Luis Fonsi
• Lupillo Rivera
• Makano
• Marco Antonio Solis
• Margarita La Diosa
• Molotov
• Myriam Hernandez
• Nelly Furtado
• Palomo
• Patrulla 81
• Paulina Rubio
• Pedro Fernandez
• Pesado
• RKM & Ken-Y
• Roberto Tapia
• Rosario
• Saul El Jaguar
• Sergio Dalma
• Trono de Mexico
• Violento
• Voz De Mando
• Wisin y Yandel

See also[link]

• List of record labels

External links[link]

• Universal Latin Music Entertainment (Official site)
• Universal Music Latin Entertainment's channel on YouTube
• Universal Music Latin Entertainment on Facebook
• Universal Music Latin Entertainment on Twitter

Universal Music Group

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Type	Subsidiary of Vivendi
Industry	Music & entertainment
Founded	1934 (as Decca Records USA) 1989 (MCA Music Entertainment Group formed) 1996 (first UMG incarnation from MCA) 1998 (second UMG incarnation from PolyGram)
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California United States
Key people	Lucian Grainge: Chairman & CEO Zach Horowitz: President & COO Boyd Muir: CFO Max Hole: Chief Operating Officer of UMG International
Revenue	€4,449 million (2010)
Operating income	€140 million (2010)
Employees	6,967 (2010)
Parent	Universal (1996–2006) Vivendi (100%)
Divisions	Universal Music Publishing Group Universal Music Group Distribution Universal Pictures Interscope-Geffen-A&M The Island Def Jam Music Group Universal Republic Records Universal Music Group Nashville Verve Music Group Decca Label Group Universal Music Latin Entertainment Universal Music Enterprises Universal Strategic Marketing Show Dog-Universal Music V2/Co-operative Music Polydor Records Mercury Music Group Island Records Group Universal Music TV London Records Bravado Twenty-First Artists eLabs Silver Scope EMI
Website	universalmusic.com

Universal Music Group (UMG) is a multinational music company. It is the largest of the "big four" record companies by its leading market share and its multitude of global operations. Universal Music Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of French media conglomerate Vivendi.

Universal Music Group owns a music publisher, Universal Music Publishing Group, which became the world's largest following the 2007 acquisition of BMG Music Publishing.

The UMG corporate headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California, United States.

History[link]

Early history[link]

"Universal Music" was once the music company attached to film studio Universal Pictures. Its origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in 1934.^[1] The Decca Corporation of England spun American Decca off in 1939.^[2] MCA Inc. bought American Decca in 1962. The present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram and merged it with Universal Music Group in 1998. However, the name first appeared in 1996 when MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed Universal Music Group. The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon which traces its ancestry to Berliner Gramophone making Deutsche Grammophon UMG's oldest unit. UMG's Canadian unit traces its ancestry to a Berliner Gramophone breakaway firm the Compo Company.

Acquisition by Vivendi[link]

With the 2004 acquisition of Vivendi's Vivendi Universal Entertainment by General Electric's NBC, Universal Music Group was entirely separated from Universal Pictures. This is the second time a music company has done so, the first being Time Warner and Warner Music Group completely separating from each other. In February 2006, the group became 100% owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA when Vivendi purchased the last 20% from Matsushita, the group's sole owner from 1990 to 1995 and co-owner from 1995 to 2006. On June 25, 2007, Vivendi completed its €1.63 billion ($2.4 billion) purchase of BMG Music Publishing, after receiving European Union regulatory approval, having announced the acquisition on September 6, 2006.^[3][4]

2010s & EMI purchase[link]

Doug Morris stepped down from his position as CEO on January 1, 2011. Former Chairman/CEO of Universal Music International Lucian Grainge was promoted to CEO of the company. Grainge later replaced him as chairman on March 9, 2011.^[5] Morris became the next chairman of Sony Music Entertainment on July 1, 2011.^[6] With Grainge's appointment as CEO at UMG, Max Hole was promoted to COO of UMGI, effective July 1, 2010.^[7] Starting in 2011 UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records will be signing contestants from American Idol. On January 2011, UMG announced it was donating 200,000 master recordings from the 1920s to 1940s to the Library of Congress for preservation.^[8]

In March 2011, Barry Weiss became Chairman & CEO of The Island Def Jam Music Group & Universal Republic Records.^[9] Both companies are in the process of restructuring under Weiss.^[10]

On November 11, 2011 UMG won its bid for EMI's recorded music operations.^[11] The purchase is currently awaiting regulatory approval. ^[12]

In December 2011, David Foster was named Chairman of Verve Music Group.

In 2012, Teriy Keys CEO of Righteous Organised Always Determined Ltd (UK). R.O.A.D. Group signed a multi-layer deal with Universal Musical Group.

Labels[link]

Multimedia content delivery[link]

Universal Music Group co-developed Vevo, a site designed for music videos inspired by Hulu.com, which similarly, will allow for free, ad-supported streaming of music videos and other music content. The music videos are shown in better quality than the original ones on YouTube. ^[13]

Locations[link]

Santa Monica[link]

The UMG main global headquarters are located at 2220 Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica. The Santa Monica headquarters oversees all of its legal obligations in the US and Canada such as Human Resources, and any legal issues surrounding the company. Interscope-Geffen-A&M and Verve Music Group are based at their LA headquarters with Jimmy Iovine heading Interscope-Geffen-A&M and David Foster heading Verve. ^[14] The Island Def Jam Music Group has some offices at the Santa Monica headquarters. The building is also home to Universal Music Enterprises (UME). UMG Chairman & CEO Lucian Grainge works out of the company's Santa Monica headquarters. Universal Music Publishing is headquartered at 2100 Colorado Avenue, which is down the block from UMG's offices. Universal Music Group Distribution is headquartered in nearby Universal City, CA.

New York City[link]

Even though California is where a lot of UMG's corporate decisions are made, UMG has a major workforce in New York which considers it as a secondary headquarters. UMG's New York City headquarters deals mainly with Universal's marketing, Information Systems, and finance. It is also where several of UMG's labels are headquartered. The Island Def Jam Music Group, Universal Republic Records, Decca Label Group, A&M/Octone and the newly re-launched Geffen Records are all based in New York.

London[link]

Universal Music Group International (UMGI) is headquartered in High Street Kensington, London. UMGI manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America.

Other locations[link]

Universal Music Latin Entertainment is headquartered in Miami, Florida while Universal Music Group Nashville is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Universal Music Group's parent company, Vivendi, is headquartered in Paris, France.

Controversy[link]

Payola[link]

In May 2006, an investigation led by then New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, concluded with a determination that Universal Music Group bribed radio stations to play songs from Ashlee Simpson, Brian McKnight, Big Tymers, Nick Lachey, Lindsay Lohan and other performers under Universal labels. The company paid $12 million to the state in settlement.^[15]

YouTube[link]

In May 2007, UMG was accused of abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in order to squelch criticism, by forcing YouTube to remove several videos that contain UMG's music in it. This has caused much anger and frustration to many YouTubers. One of the videos UMG took off is a Michelle Malkin video critical of singer Akon.^[16][17] Eventually, UMG backed off its claims after being challenged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.^[18][19] In the same year, UMG was accused of using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to indiscriminately remove content related to the artist Prince, most notably a twenty-nine second home video in which children danced to one of Prince's songs.^[20]

Imeem.com[link]

In December 2007 UMG announced a deal with Imeem which allows users of the social network to listen to any track from Universal's catalogue for free with a portion of the advertising generated by the music being shared with the record label.^[21] Two weeks after the deal was announced Michael Robertson speculated on the secret terms of the deal and argued that ultimately this was a bad deal for imeem. This speculation lead to a flame war on the Pho digital media email list as imeem representatives denied his claims and dismissed his theories as unfounded.^[22] Imeem is a defunct website and all traffic was deferred to MySpace.

Megaupload[link]

On December 9, 2011, Megaupload published a music video titled: "The Mega Song", showing artists including Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys and will.i.am endorsing the company.^[23] The music video was also uploaded to YouTube, but was removed following a takedown request by UMG. Megaupload said that the video contained no infringing content, commenting: "we have signed agreements with every featured artist for this campaign".^[24] Megaupload requested an apology from UMG, and filed a lawsuit against the company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, on December 12, 2011.^[25][26] UMG denied that the takedown was ordered under the terms of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and said that the takedown was "pursuant to the UMG-YouTube agreement," which gives UMG "the right to block or remove user-posted videos through YouTube's CMS (Content Management System) based on a number of contractually specified criteria."^[27] The video was subsequently returned to YouTube, with the reasons for the UMG takedown remaining unclear.^[28] Lawyers for will.i.am initially claimed that he had never agreed to the project, but on December 12, he denied any involvement in the takedown notice.^[29] On January 19, universalmusic.com was taken down by hacker group "Anonymous" following the arrest of Megaupload executives.

See also[link]

Companies portal

• List of record labels
• List of RIAA member labels
• List of Universal Music Group artists

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official commercial site
• Official corporate site
• UMG History page
• Universal Music Group's channel on YouTube
• Universal Music Group on Facebook
• Vivendi Entertainment
• Universal Music Group Career Opportunities listed on EntertainmentCareers.Net

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Gloria Trevi
Trevi in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz
Also known as	Gloria Trevi, La Trevi
Born	(1968-02-15) February 15, 1968 (age 44) Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Genres	Rock, Pop, Alternative
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, writer, philanthropist, actress, TV hostess, music video director
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Sony Music Ariola 1989–2004, Univision Music Group 2005–2008, Universal Music Group 2005–
Website	http://gloriatreviweboficial.com

Gloria Trevi (born Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz on February 15, 1968) is a Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter. Called the "Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop" by the music channel VH1, Trevi has sold more than 20 million records.^[1]

Biography[link]

Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, Gloria Trevi left Monterrey at the age of twelve to pursue a career in Mexico City,^[2] where she met her future manager, Sergio Andrade. She had earlier sung and danced on the streets for spare change, taught aerobics, and served quesadillas at a food stand.

In 1985, Trevi was a member of a short-lived girl group named Boquitas Pintadas.^[2] After the group broke up in 1988, she approached Sergio Andrade for the production of her first solo album, ¿Qué Hago Aquí? ("What am I doing Here?"), was released in 1989 and scored a number one hit, Dr. Psiquiatra.^[3]

Trevi followed this first record with Tu Ángel de la Guarda ("Your Guardian Angel"), which was even more successful. Pelo Suelto was successful, two, reaching number one all over Latin America and in Spain. Her third album, Me siento tan sola ("I Feel So Lonely"), was released in 1992 garnering another hit, Zapatos Viejos ("Old Shoes"). All three albums were recorded in Los Angeles, California.

In 2000, Trevi, Andrade, and backup singer Maria Raquenel Portillo were arrested in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on charges of corrupting minors.^[4][5] A year later, Trevi announced that she was pregnant while in prison; the father of the child was Andrade, according to DNA tests by the Brazilian authorities (Trevi and her defence claimed that the results of the DNA test were doctored).^[6] Trevi was cleared of the charges in 2004, due to lack of evidence, after spending four years and eight months in prison.^[7]

Trevi married Armando Gómez, a lawyer, in 2009.^[8]. She now lives in McAllen, Texas.

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

• Tu Ángel de la Guarda literally means "Your guardian angel" but contains the idiomatic expression for "condom".
• Más Turbada Que Nunca literally means "More crazy than ever" but is a sexual reference to the word "Masturbated"

Live Albums[link]

Singles (U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs)[link]

Recompiled Albums[link]

• 1993: Cántalo tú mismo (BMG Ariola)
• 1997: ¡De pelos! Lo mejor de la Trevi (BMG Ariola)
• 1999: No soy monedita de oro (BMG Ariola) (I am not a gold digger)
• 2008: Una Rosa Blu (Deluxe Edition) (Universal)
• 2009: Lo escencial de Gloria Trevi (Sony Music)
• 2009: 6 Super Hits (Universal)

Filmography[link]

• Pelo Suelto
• Zapatos Viejos
• La Papa Sin Catsup

References[link]

1. ^ Gloria Trevi celebrará mañana su cumpleaños número 43
2. ^ ^{a b} ::: Gloria Trevi Página Oficial :::
3. ^ Slick Transit Gloria - New York Times
4. ^ Mexican Star in Sex Case Is Arrested in Rio
5. ^ Prosecutor wants charges against Trevi
6. ^ Mexico's Madonna free at last in climax to real-life soap
7. ^ Mexico's Madonna free at last in climax to real-life soap
8. ^ Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi marries attorney

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gloria Trevi

• Official website
• The New York Times
• Gloria Trevi section on Univision.com
• Gloria Trevi Interview

Frankie J
Background information
Birth name	Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr.
Born	(1975-12-07) December 7, 1975 (age 36) Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	R&B, Pop, Latin
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, Record producer
Instruments	Vocals, Piano
Years active	1997–Present
Labels	EMI (1999-2003) Columbia (2003-2008) Soul Sick/Upstairs (2008-Present)
Associated acts	Baby Bash, Kumbia Kings
Website	http://www.frankiejonline.com

Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr. (born December 7, 1975),^[1] better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings.

Born in Tijuana, he grew up in San Diego and became a freestyle artist under the stage name Frankie Boy in the late 1990s. After his debut freestyle album was shelved, he joined Kumbia Kings. Frankie J's solo debut album, What's a Man to Do, was released in 2003, followed by some more English and Spanish language albums.

Biography[link]

Early career[link]

Bautista was born in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in San Diego, California from the age of 2, after his uncle brought him and his siblings to the United States.^[2] He grew up listening to both traditional Latin music as well as American urban music.^[3] He attended Southwest Senior High School in San Diego.^[2] He later began to develop more interest in singing, with the encouragement of his family. At high school age, he began participating in talent shows and performing at school functions.^[4]

In 1997, Bautista signed with the now defunct Hola Recordings, the brainchild of dance music legend and producer Jellybean Benitez. At the time he was a freestyle artist known as Frankie Boy and his music was released on 3 Maximum Freestyle compilations but his solo CD was shelved before release.^[3]

Kumbia Kings (1999-2003)[link]

In 1999 he became a member of the Kumbia Kings created by A.B. Quintanilla III, brother of Selena. He performed under the name Cisco. Members included A.B. Quintanilla (bass, background vocals), DJ Kane (born Jason Cano; lead vocals), Frankie J/Cisko (born Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr; vocals), Baby Drew (born Andrew Maes; vocals), Cruz Martínez (keyboards), Alex Ramírez (keyboards), Roy "Slim" Ramírez (percussion, background vocals), Frankie Aranda (percussion), Jorge Peña (percussion), Jesse "O'Jay" Martínez (drums), and Robert Del Moral (drums). They released their debut album Amor, Familia Y Respeto in 1999. The album included hit singles like "Azúcar", "Fuiste Mala", "Reggae Kumbia", "Te Quiero A Ti" and "Se Fue Mi Amor". In 2001 they released their second album Shhh! which included the singles "Shhh!", "Boom Boom" and "Desde Que No Estás Aquí". In 2002 the group released their third album called All Mixed Up: Los Remixes which included the single "La Cucaracha". Cisko then started perform under the name Frankie J. In 2003 they released their fourth album called 4 which included the hit singles "No Tengo Dinero", "Insomnio" and "Mi Gente". They also released the albums Presents Kumbia Kings repackaged English-language highlights from the group's back catalog and La Historia repackaged Spanish-language ones. Later in 2003, Frankie J was one of the original Kumbia Kings members to leave the band along with lead singer DJ Kane and other members of the band. Andrew "Baby Drew" Maes, Alex Ramírez, Roy "Slim" Ramírez, and Frankie Aranda formed their own band called K1 while DJ Kane and Frankie J went on to become solo singers.

Solo Career (2003-Present)[link]

Music[link]

As Frankie J, Bautista signed as a solo artist with Columbia Records and released his first album What's A Man To Do on May 23, 2003. His self-titled first Spanish-language album Frankie J was also released later in the same year.^[5] The album's lead single "Don't Wanna Try" peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, while "Ya No Es Igual" went Top 10 on the World Latin charts.^[6] Later that year, he was featured in the Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Suga Suga" by rapper Baby Bash.^[7]

His second album The One was released on March 22, 2005.^[8] It was led by the #3 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Obsession (No Es Amor)" featuring rapper Baby Bash, and followed by the Top40 singles "How To Deal" and "More Than Words". To coincide with the release of "More Than Words", the album was re-released on the DualDisc format in October.^[9] By January 2006, The One was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipping over a million copies.^[10] His second Spanish-language album Un Nuevo Dia was released on June 13, 2006 and featured the single "Pensado En Ti."^[6]

Frankie's third English-language CD, Priceless, was released on October 17, 2006. It debuted at #30 on the Billboard 200.^[11] The lead single "That Girl" featured Chamillionaire and Mannie Fresh and peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100. A second single "Daddy's Little Girl" charted at #23 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

Following his departure from Columbia Records, Frankie J released a few singles ("Pictures" "If You Were My Girlfriend" "Crush" "That's Wussup" w/Baby Bash) between 2008 and 2011, as well as started his own label Soulsick Records.^[12]

He released his fourth English-language studio album Courage on December 7, 2011. The lead single "How Beautiful You Are" was released to digital retailers on October 24, 2011.^[13] The music video was directed by Mike Ho and premiered on YouTube on September 11, 2011.^[14] The video for the album's second single "And I Had You There" premiered on Frankie's YouTube channel on November 26, 2011. Frankie J and Baby Bash shot a video for the album's third single "That's Wussup" in December 2011 in San Diego, California. The video premiered on January 8, 2012.^[15]

Acting[link]

Frankie appeared as a celebrity guest at the 16th birthday party of Marissa Mishelle on MTV's My Super Sweet 16.^[16]

In 2011, he joined the mun2 television series RPM Miami as mechanic Ramon.^[17] The series was quickly renewed for a second season.^[18]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• ^a Performed in Spanish

Singles[link]

Guest appearances[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Official Twitter
• Official Facebook Page
• Official MySpace
• Official Youtube Channel
• Frankie J at the Internet Movie Database