Universal Music Polska Sp. z o.o. (Universal Music Poland), is a Polish subsidiary of
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 ...
, it was founded in 1998 in Warsaw.
Labels CEO is Maciej Kutak after Jan Kubicki's departure.
Label was founded after
PolyGram, within its Polish subsidiary was brought by
Seagram
The Seagram Company Ltd. (which traded as Seagram's) was a Canadian multinational conglomerate formerly headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Originally a distiller of Canadian whisky based in Waterloo, Ontario, it was once (in the 1990s) the ...
and
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 ...
was formed.
UMP took over PolyGram Poland catalogue which included titles by such artists as
Edyta Bartosiewicz
Edyta Małgorzata Bartosiewicz (born 11 January 1965 in Warsaw) is a Polish rock singer, composer, and songwriter. In Poland, she's known for her highly reflective and unusual lyrics. Sixteen of her singles reached the top of Polish Radio chart ...
, Renata Dąbkowska,
Lidia Kopania
Lidia Kopania-Przebindowska (born 12 May 1978, Koluszki, Poland) is the frontwoman of the musical group Kind of Blue. Kopania had previously represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia.
Biography
In 2003, Kopa ...
,
Kasia Kowalska and
Sweet Noise among others. Although first albums under the label Universal Music Polska have been released in 1999.
UMP catalogue includes also Izabelin Studio (founded in 1989) releases which have been originally brought by
PolyGram Poland
PolyGram Polska Sp. z o.o. (PolyGram Poland), was a Polish subsidiary of PolyGram. The label was founded in 1994 in Warsaw when independent record label Izabelin Studio was brought by PolyGram.
Label was closed in 1998 when PolyGram, within its P ...
in 1994 which included titles by such artists as Kolaboranci, Big Day and
Closterkeller
Closterkeller is a Polish gothic rock band from Warsaw. It was formed in 1988 by Przemysław Guryń, Jacek Skirucha, and the vocalist Anja Orthodox. Despite many changes in the band's line-up it has created a characteristic sound. Orthodox is th ...
among others.
Universal Music Polska runs a subsidiary
Magic Records Sp. z o.o. which was formed in 1998 with owners of record label Magic Records s.c. which releases dance and electronic music artists.
Universal Music Polska runs also music publishing company under the name Universal Music Publishing Sp. z o.o.
UMP distributes in Poland releases of HQT Music Group, that include titles by such artists as
Ewelina Lisowska
Ewelina Monika Lisowska (; born 23 August 1991), is a Polish singer, songwriter and vocal producer.
She has released four solo studio albums: ''Aero-Plan'' (2013), ''Nowe Horyzonty'' (2014), ''Ponad Wszystko'' (2016) and ''Cztery'' (2018). Two ...
, Taraka, Maciej Czaczyk and Patryk Kumór among others.
Artists
Current
*Afro Kolektyw
*Agata Szymczewska
*Agnieszka Hekiert
*Ania "AniKa" Dąbrowska
*Ania Rusowicz
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Andrzej Grabowski
Andrzej Piotr Grabowski (born 15 March 1952 in Chrzanów, Poland) is a Polish actor, singer and comedian. He is best known for playing the role of Ferdynand Kiepski in the TV series ''Świat według Kiepskich''.
Career
Grabowski graduated from ...
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Anna Maria Jopek
Anna Maria Jopek (born 14 December 1970) is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she co ...
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Big Cyc
Big Cyc ("Cyc" is Polish for " Tit") is a Polish rock band formed in March 1988.
The band is well known in Poland for their controversial behaviour. The cover of their first album, ''Z partyjnym pozdrowieniem'' (Polish for ''With a Party Greeting ...
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Blue Café
Blue Café are a Polish musical group with jazz, soul and Latin influences. The band was formed in Łódź in 1998 and had three consecutive hit singles in Poland in 2002-03. They were nominated in the category Best Polish Act at the 2003 MTV ...
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Closterkeller
Closterkeller is a Polish gothic rock band from Warsaw. It was formed in 1988 by Przemysław Guryń, Jacek Skirucha, and the vocalist Anja Orthodox. Despite many changes in the band's line-up it has created a characteristic sound. Orthodox is th ...
*Cree
*Damian Skoczyk
*Damian Ukeje
*Dr Misio
*Edyta Strzycka
*Ellie
*Future Folk
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Goya
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Grzegorz Skawiński
Grzegorz Bogdan Skawiński (July 6, 1954, Mława) is a Polish pop-rock musician, guitarist, singer, composer and record producer. He was the leader of the band O.N.A., and is a member of the Phonographic Academy ZPAV.
Skawiński graduated from ...
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Halina Mlynkova
Halina Mlynkova (born 22 June 1977 in Návsí) is a Polish singer originally from the Czech Republic. From 1998 to 2003, she was the vocalist of a popular Polish folk-rock group Brathanki.
She was born in Zaolzie, Cieszyn Silesia in the Polis ...
*KaCeZet & Fundamenty
*Kamila
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Kasia Kowalska
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Kasia Popowska
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Kasia Wilk
Katarzyna Wilk (born 3 January 1982 in Lubin, Poland) is a Polish contemporary rhythm and blues
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electroni ...
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Kim Nowak
Kim Nowak is a Polish rock band. It was founded in 2008 by hip-hop artist Bartosz "Fisz" Waglewski, producer Piotr "Emade" Waglewski and Michał Sobolewski.
The band name is a Polish spelling variant of the name of American actress Kim Novak. ...
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Kombii
Kombii is a Polish pop rock band created in 2003 by three former members of the group Kombi.
In 2003 Skawiński, Tkaczyk and Pluta created Kombii, without Sławomir Łosowski (who was the leader and creator of the original group Kombi) but wi ...
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Lanberry
Małgorzata Uściłowska (born 12 February 1987), better known by her stage name Lanberry, is a Polish singer and songwriter. She made her debut in 2015 with the release of her debut single "Podpalimy świat", which became certified Gold in Poland. ...
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Maryla Rodowicz
Maria Antonina Rodowicz, known professionally as Maryla Rodowicz, (Polish pronunciation: born 8 December 1945 in Zielona Góra), is a Polish singer, guitarist and actress.
Throughout over 50 years of her career, she released twenty Polish and f ...
*Maleo Reggae Rockers
*MashMish
*Michał Kaczmarek
*Muchy
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Natalia Nykiel
Natalia Nykiel (born 8 February 1995) is a Polish singer and songwriter. She began her career in 2013, finishing in fourth place on season two of ''The Voice of Poland''. Afterwards, she signed a record deal with Universal Music Polska, and relea ...
*Paulla
*Pink Freud
*Popkultura
*Proletaryat
*Rafał Brzozowski
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Roksana Węgiel
Roksana Emilia Węgiel (; born 11 January 2005), also known as Roxie, is a Polish singer who rose to fame in her native country after winning The Voice Kids (Polish series 1), season one of the The Voice Kids (Polish TV series), Polish version of ' ...
*
Sarsa
*Stachursky
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Stanisław Sojka
Stanisław Joachim Sojka (born April 26, 1959 in Żory, Upper Silesia), also known as Stanisław Soyka, is a Polish jazz and pop singer, pianist and composer.
Beginnings
Sojka began performing as a boy soprano in Gliwice Cathedral Choir, whe ...
*Sumptuastic
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Szymon Wydra
Szymon Wydra (; born March 11, 1976 in Radom) is a Polish rock vocalist, poet and finalist on the first edition of Polish '' Idol''. He is also a vocalist of Carpe Diem.
Career
Wydra's first music band, ''Nadzieja'' (''Hope''), existed for two y ...
& Carpe Diem
*Volver
Former
*Agnieszka Chrzanowska
*
Akurat
*Andrzej Cierniewski
*Bartosz Wrona
*Dezire (disbanded)
*Dr Kamszot & Dj Mixdown
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Doda
*Dzika Kiszka
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Edyta Bartosiewicz
Edyta Małgorzata Bartosiewicz (born 11 January 1965 in Warsaw) is a Polish rock singer, composer, and songwriter. In Poland, she's known for her highly reflective and unusual lyrics. Sixteen of her singles reached the top of Polish Radio chart ...
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Edyta Geppert
Edyta Geppert (born 27 November 1953 in Nowa Ruda, Poland) is a popular Polish singer.
Geppert was born to a Polish father and Hungarian mother. She is married to Piotr Loretz. They have one son Mieczysław (born in 1988).
Awards
*1984 – Gr ...
*Elektryczne Gitary
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Ewa Farna
Ewa Farna (born 12 August 1993) is a Polish-Czech pop-rock singer. She released five Polish-language and four Czech-language studio albums, and received platinum and gold certifications for them, both in Poland and the Czech Republic. Farna i ...
*Formacja Nieżywych Schabuff
*Gabriel Fleszar
*
Irena Jarocka (deceased)
*Janusz Wawrowski
*Jacek Krzaklewski
*K2
*Kangaroz
*KarmaComa (disbanded)
*
Katarzyna Nosowska
*Konrad Skolarski
*Krzysztof Herdzin
*Kuba Sienkiewicz
*Kumka Olik
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Lady Pank
Lady Pank is a popular Polish rock band, started in 1981 in Wrocław by Jan Borysewicz and Andrzej Mogielnicki. One of the most popular groups in history of Polish rock. Its first hit was ''Mała Lady Punk'' ("Little Lady Punk").
Lady Pank gar ...
*Levity
*Maciek Starnawski
*
Marek Napiórkowski
*
Michał Szpak
Michał Szpak (born 26 November 1990) is a Polish singer who found fame on the X Factor (Polish season 1), inaugural season of the Polish ''X Factor (Polish TV series), X Factor'' in 2011. On 12 May 2016, Szpak represented Poland at the Eurovisi ...
*Mold
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Natalia Kukulska
Natalia Maria Kukulska (born March 3, 1976) is a Polish singer performing pop and R&B music, turning towards alternative electronica in the 2010s. She debuted as a child singer in 1986, and released her first "adult" solo album in 1996. Her mos ...
*Niebonie
*
Perfect
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Patrycja Markowska
Patrycja Markowska (born 21 December 1979, Warsaw) is a Polish pop rock singer.
Career
She is a judge for ''The Voice of Poland
''The Voice of Poland'' is a Polish reality talent show that premiered on September 3, 2011, on the TVP 2 televisi ...
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Piotr Orzechowski
Piotr Orzechowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 31 December 1990, Kraków), also known by his stage name Pianohooligan, is a Polish jazz pianist and composer. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Valencia and a winner of the Mont ...
(Pianohooligan)
*Shakin Dudi
*Stauros
*Stare Miasto (disbanded)
*Stereo Project
*
Świetliki &
Bogusław Linda
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Tamara Gee
Tamara Diane Wimer (born October 11, 1972), known professionally as Tamara Gee (formerly Isis Gee), is an American pop singer and songwriter. She grew up singing and performing from the age of 5, and was a professional vocalist by the time she w ...
*Tercet Egzotyczny
*Tosteer
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The Jet Set
The Jet Set is a Polish R&B duo which consists of English-born David Junior Serame (South African ancestry) and Russian-born Sasha Strunin. They represented Poland in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki.
Eurovision ...
(disbanded)
*Vir
*
Virgin
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See also
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BMG Poland
BMG Poland Sp. z o.o., was a Polish subsidiary of BMG founded in 1993 in Warsaw.
In 1996 BMG Poland purchased independent label Zic Zac owned by musician Marek Kościkiewicz of De Mono. At the time Zic Zac had 10% share on Polish music market wit ...
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EMI Music Poland
EMI Music Poland Sp. z o.o., was a Polish subsidiary of EMI Group Limited, it was founded in 1995 in Warsaw. Labels CEO was Piotr Kabaj.
The label was founded in 1995 when EMI bought independent record label Kompania Muzyczna Pomaton (founded 199 ...
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Sony Music Entertainment Poland
Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sp. z o.o. (SMEP) is a Polish subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. It was founded in 1995 in Warsaw. The label's CEO is Kazimierz Pułaski.
The label was founded after Sony Music Entertainment took over the cat ...
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland Sp. z o.o., was a Polish subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Label was founded in 2004 after BMG Poland merged with Sony Music Entertainment Poland. In 2008 after BMG was brought by Sony Music corporatio ...
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Warner Music Poland
Warner Music Poland Sp. z o.o., is a Polish subsidiary of Warner Music Group, it was founded in 1994 in Warsaw. The label's CEO is Piotr Kabaj.
The label started with a catalog of Polish national record label Polton which was bought from Starst ...
References
External links
Official website{{Authority control
Universal Music Group
Polish record labels