Universal Music Group (also known in the United States as UMG Recordings, Inc. and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi. UMG's global corporate headquarters are in Santa Monica, California. It is considered one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. 

Universal Music was once the record company attached to film studio Universal Pictures. Its origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in September 1934. The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939. MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962. The present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram in May 1998 and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999. However, the name had first appeared in 1996 when MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed Universal Music Group. The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon which traces its ancestry to Berliner Gramophone making Deutsche Grammophon UMG's oldest unit. UMG's Canadian unit traces its ancestry to a Berliner Gramophone breakaway firm the Compo Company. 

Between 1995 and 2000, music companies were found to have artificially inflated compact disc prices through the use of illegal marketing practices such as minimum advertised pricing, doing so in order to end price wars that began in the early 1990s by discounters such as Best Buy and Target. A settlement in 2002 included the music publishers and distributors; Sony Music, Warner Music, Bertelsmann Music Group, EMI Music and Universal Music Group. In restitution for price fixing they agreed to pay a $67.4 million fine and distribute $75.7 million in CDs to public and non-profit groups but admitted no wrongdoing. It is estimated suppliers/customers were overcharged by nearly $500 million and up to $5 per album which conflicts with proof of sale and purchase interests.
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French media conglomerate Vivendi
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group (also known in the United States as UMG Recordings, Inc. and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation
UMG Recordings
(also known in the United States as UMG Recordings
Yes
It is considered one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. 
Warner Music Group
"Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. 
the "Big Three"
 It is considered one of the "Big Three" record labels
the American branch of Decca Records
Its origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in September 1934.
MCA Inc. merged with American Decca
MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962
The parent company
The present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram in May 1998 and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999
PolyGram
Seagram purchased PolyGram in May 1998 and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999
May 1998
Seagram purchased PolyGram in May 1998
Universal Music Group
merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999
Deutsche Grammophon
The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon 
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The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon which traces its ancestry to Berliner Gramophone making Deutsche Grammophon UMG's oldest unit.
the Compo Company
UMG's Canadian unit traces its ancestry to a Berliner Gramophone breakaway firm the Compo Company
pricing
Between 1995 and 2000, music companies were found to have artificially inflated compact disc prices through the use of illegal marketing practices such as minimum advertised pricing
Yes
Between 1995 and 2000, music companies were found to have artificially inflated compact disc prices through the use of illegal marketing practices such as minimum advertised pricing,
end price wars
doing so in order to end price wars that began in the early 1990s by discounters such as Best Buy and Target
Best Buy and Target
by discounters such as Best Buy and Target
$67.4 million
 In restitution for price fixing they agreed to pay a $67.4 million fine