Universal Records (Philippines)

Brief Background:

-Universal Records (Philippines) was founded in 1977 as WEA

Records Philippines Inc. The company was the licensee of WEA in

Philippines for 15 years, but the latter still decided to put its own office,

the precursor of what is now Warner Music Philippines. In 1992, the company adopted a new

name, Universal Records Philippines Inc., and since then it rose as one of the Philippines' best

and biggest record labels.

-It is a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

-Universal Records officially distributed K-pop albums from September 2009, to be

followed by some J-pop albums which was announced late May 2011.

-Currently, it is the leading independent recording company in the country, being home to

bestselling OPM artists.

-In 2018, the company launched mustard music, a sub label focusing on the growth of

homegrown indie acts.

Success Indicators:
 The Universal Records (Philippines) had distributed albums from different Filipino artists
that are available for purchase. They also have a YouTube account that gained significant
number of viewers, earning profit from YouTube and from advertisers. The company posts
music videos and lyric videos of various songs from various artist. The company also distributed
K-pop and J-pop albums way back in 2011 which are popular to Filipinos, earning more profit.
Here are some of the famous artists that the company collaborated with:

Ice Seguerra (2015–present), Angelina Cruz (2016–present), Better Days (2017–present),

Christian Bautista (2009–present), Claudia Barretto (2016–present), Coln (2019-present), Donny
Pangilinan (2017–present), Dotty's World (2018–present), Elmo Magalona (2015–present),
Fern. (2017–present), Gary Valenciano (1983–present), Gloc-9 (2012–present), Imago
(band) (2006-2010; 2019-present), Janina Vela (2017–present), JKris (2018–present), Julie
Anne San Jose (2017–present), Kurei (2019-present), Kyle Juliano (2017–present), Mark
Oblea (2017–present), Maine Mendoza (2017–present), Neocolours (reunited, 2012–present),
Noel Cabangon (2009–present), Paolo Mallari (2017–present), Paolo Sandejas (2018–present),
Parokya ni Edgar (1993–present), Shanti Dope (2017–present), Sponge Cola (2006–present),
TALA (2017–present).

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Records_(Philippines)

https://www.youtube.com/user/UniversalRecPH/featured