Artists

21/04/2017

Three Polydor-signed artists are among the nominees for the Ivor Novello awards, which will celebrate the work of songwriters and composers on May 18.

27/03/2017

The Decca team have had the honour of helping Dame Vera Lynn celebrate her 100th birthday - and launch her new album.

24/03/2017

In the biggest transformation since the studios first opened in 1931, Abbey Road is building on its incredible recording legacy with the opening of two new studios and a mix stage for film post production.

16/03/2017

Take That are taking their seats alongside James Corden in a Comic Relief edition of his phenomenally success carpool karaoke sketch. Gary calls shot gun while Howard and Mark take the back seats in an effort to raise money for the charity next weekend.

10/03/2017

UMC has been bathed in the Feelgood factor recently, gearing up for today’s launch of a new Best Of compilation from Wilko Johnson, on the suitably legendary Chess label.

03/03/2017

Lorde has been teasing new music all week, but last night the wait was finally over as she released her stunning new single Green Light. Accompanied by a Grant Singer-directed music video, the single heralds the arrival of Lorde’s sophomore album Melodrama, the follow-up to 2013’s triple-platinum Pure Heroine.

24/02/17

With The 1975’s Matty Healy urging his fellow musicians not to “stay in their lane” – “people who have a platform should use it” – and Katy Perry performing alongside dancing skeletons seemingly dressed as Donald Trump and Theresa May, two Universal Music artists injected a note of politics into the 2017 BRIT Awards.

16/02/17

Island are returning to their roots by signing a multi-talented reggae artist to their roster - 20 year old singer, songwriter and producer Skip Marley, grandson of the legendary Bob Marley.

26/01/2017

Telling stories is central to Polydor’s launch of Elbow’s seventh studio album, Little Fictions

20/01/2017

The UMC team are today celebrating Rick Wakeman’s Piano Portraits entering the chart at number seven, the first album featuring just “two hands and a piano” to chart inside the Top 10.