Universal Music Group México S.A. de C.V., often referred to as just UMG México, is a Mexican subsidiary of the

Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

founded in 1963. It was founded as Dusa Discos Universales in 1963, it underwent several name changes over the years. Acquired by Gramophon Philips Group (

PolyGram PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...

) in 1971, it was renamed Polydor, and then became PolyGram Discos in 1979. In 1999, following the merger of PolyGram with UMG through the acquisition of

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, it was changed to the current name Universal Music México.

History

PolyGram Discos, S. A. de C. V. emerged in 1990 by opening a Mexican PolyGram office, which had the intention of manufacturing and distributing records, tapes and CDs by foreign artists from

record labels (such as

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and

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) for the Mexican market. Starting in 1999, due to Seagram's acquisition of PolyGram the previous year (later merging it with Universal Music Group), the Mexican office was renamed Universal Music México, S. A. de C. V.

EMI Music Mexico

The origins of

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

in Mexico arose in 1965, when the American record company

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

arrived in Mexico under the name of Discos Capitol De México, S.A. to form a local company with the aim of distributing the music of Capitol artists in Mexico. On July 1, 1970, the company, due to circumstances, became managed by Capitol Records' parent conglomerate, Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI). After this change in management, the company became known as Discos Capitol De México, S.A. From C.V. In 1975, the company changed its name to EMI Capitol De México, S.A. From C.V. Around 1984, the Mexican record label Melody was created, which during the 1980s featured artists such as Grupo Mojado,

Los Tigres del Norte Los Tigres del Norte (English: ''The Tigers of the North'') are a norteño band from San Jose, California. Originally founded in Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales of 60 million albums, the band is one of the most recognized groups in the g ...

, Los Humildes,

Los Bukis Los Bukis (The Bukis, ''buki'' translates as ''Little Kid'' in the Yaqui language) are a Mexican Grupera band from Ario de Rosales, Michoacan. In 1973, the band was founded by cousins Marco Antonio Solís and Joel Solís. Their first song was ...

Los Caminantes Los Caminantes are a Mexico, Mexican Grupera band hailing from San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato led by singer-songwriter Agustín Ramírez (singer), Agustín Ramírez. Originally called Los Caminantes Aztecas, the group was formed in San Ber ...

Rigo Tovar Rigoberto Tovar García (March 29, 1946 – March 27, 2005), better known as Rigo Tovar, was a Mexican musician, singer and actor. Famous for his cumbias, Tovar infused traditional Mexican and Latin music with modern instruments like the electri ...

Los Yonic's Los Yonic's (or Los Yonics) are a Mexican Grupero band formed in 1975. Los Yonic's began playing together in San Luis San Pedro but later moved to Acapulco, playing both tropical pop music and ballads. Their music became very popular among Amer ...

Timbiriche ''Timbiriche'' (also known for a brief time as ''La Banda Timbiriche'') is a Mexican pop music group. The group started as a children's group in 1981 and managed to evolve successfully into adulthood. Timbiriche is considered one of the most ic ...

Flans Flans are an all-female Mexican music group, which enjoyed popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Its members were the singers Ivonne Margarita Guevara García, Ilse María Olivo Schweinfurth and Irma Angélica Hernández Ochoa. Th ...

, Lucero,

Thalía Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer and actress. Referred to as the " Queen of Latin Pop", she is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists. Havin ...

Cristian Castro Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ...

and

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...

. The really important thing happened in 1994, as Melody changed its name to Fonovisa, and sold some Mexican catalogs to EMI Music México.

References

{{Authority control Universal Music Mexico Universal Music Group Record label distributors 1963 establishments in Mexico Mexican record labels