1 June 2009
Chichon Joins Powerful Universal Music Group Artists Management Agency
Local conductor, Karel Mark Chichon, has joined the artist roster of Universal Music Classical Management and Productions, which is a part of the Universal Music Group. Universal will represent Karel in all countries in the world other than Spain and Italy, where his agent is Ernesto Palacio, manager of tenor Juan Diego Florez.
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the most influential and powerful music corporation in the world. The most important artists in the world of entertainment, from Pop, Jazz to Classic are part of the Universal Music Group. UMG is a sister company to Universal Studios, the movie studio which is synonymous for producing most of the box-office movies released today.
UMG is also the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Big Four record labels in the world. UMG also owns the largest music publishing business in the world, Universal Music Publishing Group, following the acquisition of BMG Music Publishing in May 2007.
The Artists signed to UMG throughout the world is staggering:–
North America: Akon, All American Rejects, Beck, Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, Bon Jovi, Busta Rhymes, Colbie Caillat, Mariah Carey, Keyshia Cole, Sheryl Crow, Daddy Yankee, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Melissa Etheridge, Eve, Fall Out Boy, Fergie, 50 Cent, Nelly Furtado, The Game, Vince Gill, Godsmack, Keri Hilson, Hinder, India.Arie, Jack Johnson, The Killers, Diana Krall, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Maroon 5, M.I.A., Nelly, Ne-Yo, OneRepublic, Pussycat Dolls, Lionel Richie, Rihanna, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, George Strait, Sugarland, Robin Thicke, Timbaland, Shania Twain, Josh Turner, Stevie Wonder, Sting, 3 Doors Down, and Kanye West.
Europe: Bryan Adams, Bjork (outside North America), Marco Borsato, Calogero, Sergio Dalma, Duffy, Mylene Farmer, Feist, Gianna Nannini, Girls Aloud, Elton John, Jovanotti, Juli, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Ronan Keating, Amy Macdonald, Michael McDonald, Metallica (outside North America), Mika, Noir Désir, Orson, Florent Pagny, Paco de Lucia, Rammstein, Rolling Stones, Rosenstolz, Andre Rieu, Michel Sardou, Scissor Sisters, Snow Patrol, Sugababes, Take That, Tamara, Tokio Hotel, U2, Vitaa, Amy Winehouse, Zazie, and Zucchero.
Latin America: Axel, Babasonicos, Belanova, Bersuit, David Bisbal, Bersuit, Café Tacuba, Antonio Carmona, Christian Castro, Coti, Don Omar, Pedro Fernandez, Luis Fonsi, Enrique Iglesias, Juanes, Looney Tunes, Molotov, Zeca Pagodinho, Paulina Rubio, Sandy & Junior, Ivete Sangalo, Marco Antonio Solis, Los Tigres del Norte, Caetano Veloso (outside North America), Alicia Villarreal, and Wisin y Yandel.
UMG is also the market leader in the classical music market. Universal Music’s classical labels includes the world’s longest-standing recording company, Deutsche Grammophon; the legendary Decca Records, which owns and controls the greatest opera catalogue in the world; and the Philips, Emarcy, and ECM labels.
UMG includes the world’s leading Broadway catalogue and contemporary recordings under the Decca Broadway label with such titles as Wicked, Mamma Mia!, Spring Awakening, The Boy From Oz, Cats, Evita, Les Miserables, Man From La Mancha, Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, and Sunset Boulevard. Universal Music is also responsible for the success of numerous original Soundtracks including The Aviator, Gladiator, Pulp Fiction, and Mamma Mia! as well as such Oscar-winning scores as Elliot Goldenthal’s Frida, John Williams’ Schindler’s List, James Horner’s Braveheart., Gustavo Santaolalla’s Brokeback Mountain, and A.R. Rahman’s Slumdog Millionaire.
UMG owns the world's largest jazz recording company. The Verve Music Group includes the premier jazz label Verve focusing on traditional jazz; adult music label Verve Forecast; contemporary jazz label GRP; and Impulse!, which focuses on reissues of its famed catalog. The group’s unparalleled roster of current and catalog artists include Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Brazilian Girls, Michael Brecker, John Coltrane, Jamie Cullum, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Haden, Herbie Hancock, Billie Holiday, Diana Krall, Queen Latifah, Ledisi, Loreena McKennitt, Wayne Shorter, Nina Simone, Susan Tedeschi, and Lizz Wright.
Representing some of the most influential and legendary recording artists of the last 100 years, UMG has the most extensive catalog of music in the industry including: ABBA, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, James Brown, The Carpenters, Eric Clapton, Patsy Cline, John Coltrane, The Commodores, Count Basie, Bing Crosby, Bo Diddley, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Judy Garland, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Haley and the Comets, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, The Jackson Five, Jay-Z, Loretta Lynn, The Mamas & The Papas, Bob Marley, Nirvana, The Police, Smokey Robinson, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Sublime, The Supremes, The Temptations, Conway Twitty, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, and The Who.
In a statement made via the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society Karel stressed “ this is really a huge step forward for my career, perhaps the final step I was aiming for. Universal is so influential, not only in Classical music, but in Jazz and Pop – all the major Pop, Jazz and Classical artists belong to this group - and I am honoured to have been asked to be part of this unique musical family. The record label Deutsche Gramophon is of course also part of the Universal Music Group and recording plans are underway for me with this label. I begin to realize that everything in life, including my career, is about timing and about having the strength to persevere until the end, particularly when it would be easy to have given in years ago. Joining Universal will mean the responsibility is greater, but that’s life at the top of your profession, which I relish and look forward to. When I look back at my beginnings in Gibraltar, when I was the only serious music student in Bayside School and had never heard a symphony orchestra before I was 17 - I really never thought I would get this far. But I believe that if you are serious about what you do and have a daily discipline that does not allow for flexibility, then anything is possible”.
Further information about Karel can be obtained from his official website - www.karelmarkchichon.com
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