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Universal Music India (UMI) was launched in 1999; it is a part of the Universal Music Group, an American-based, French-owned multinational music corporation. Universal Music Group operates as a subsidiary of Paris-based media conglomerate Vivendi. Universal Music India is registered with the Indian Music Industry, a trust that represents the recording industry distributors in India. UMI appointed Devraj Sanyal as its managing director in 2011, succeeding Rajat Kakar, managing director of Universal Music India for the past eight years.[1]
Universal Music India brings the latest news, album update, tour update, trivia, of the most happening artists worldwide for their fans.[2] The 'Whats Hot Now' list includes a number of the most revered, loved, and searched about artists from the Universal Music Group (currently including Eminem, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias, Avicii, Akon, Lorde and many more) and their details, album launches, tour dates etc.[3]
It's most popular album was a 5 - volume CD/VCD/Cassette series called UMI - 10 (Universal Music India - 10) which features only remixes of old Hindi songs like Koi Sehri Babu , Saiyaan Dil Mein Aana Re , and Kaliyon Ka Chaman.
Artists
- A. R. Rahman
- Abhijeet Sawant
- Aditya Jassi
- Adnan Sami
- Alka Yagnik
- Amit Kumar
- Anup Jalota
- Asha Bhosle
- Babul Supriyo
- Bally Sagoo
- Bhupinder Singh
- Bohemia
- Boomarang
- Coshish[4]
- Euphoria
- Falguni Pathak
- Farhan Saeed
- Ghulam Ali
- Girish and The Chronicles
- Indus Creed
- Jagjit Singh
- Jal The Band
- Jaz Dhami
- Kavita Seth
- Kishore Kumar
- Lata Mangeshkar
- Lesle Lewis
- Lost Stories
- Mohammed Rafi
- Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Pandit Ram Narayan
- Pandit Ravi Shankar
- Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
- Pankaj Udhas
- Parthiv Gohil
- Poorvi Koutish
- Rabbi Shergill
- Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan
- Sonu Nigam
- Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
- Ustad Zakir Hussain
- Various Artists
- Vipul Mehta
- Yo Yo Honey Singh
Location
Its head office in Bandra West, Mumbai,[5] oversees the company's interests in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan apart from India.
See also
References
- ↑ "Devraj Sanyal appointed Managing Director of Universal Music India". EventFaqs. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "Universal Music India Gives Its Users a Chance to Watch Their Favorite WhatsHotNow Artist LIVE". washingtonbanglaradio.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Universal Music India Gives Its Users a Chance to Watch Their Favorite WhatsHotNow Artist LIVE". indianmusicmug.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nii7_TlyfF0
- ↑ "Universal Music India Pvt Ltd". JustDial.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
External links
- Official website
- UMG Corporate Page
- Universal Music India's channel on YouTube
- Universal Music India on Facebook
- Universal Music India on Twitter
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