100-626: The Voice Kids is a version of The Voice TV series franchise in which children participate. The first such variation was The Voice Kids from the Netherlands, which was followed by other international variants: Голос Дети Казахстана ( 1 ) The Voice Kids Kazakhstan Some of the singers who have participated in The Voice Kids have also participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ,
200-518: A Sony -led consortium for $ 2.2 billion. Among the other companies that had competed for the recorded music business was Warner Music Group which was reported to have made a $ 2 billion bid. IMPALA opposed the merger. In March 2012, the European Union opened an investigation into the acquisition The EU asked rivals and consumer groups whether the deal would result in higher prices and shut out competitors. On September 21, 2012,
300-437: A button to rotate their chairs to signify that they are interested in working with that contestant. If more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses the coach he or she wants to work with. The blind auditions end when each coach has a set number of contestants to work with. Coaches will dedicate themselves to developing their singers mentally, musically and in some cases physically, giving them advice, and sharing
400-478: A fifth coach would mentor contestants that failed to make it into a team in the blind auditions, and they would compete against each other in a digital series, broadcast on YouTube . The winner, chosen by the public, secured a spot in the live shows. This round was acquired in other countries such as Germany , Indonesia , Spain , Finland , (Dutch) Belgium , Argentina , Brazil , Netherlands , France , Ukraine , Chile , Canada , Sri Lanka , Thailand , and in
500-458: A following episode. It subsequently appeared in season 14 The Voice la plus belle voix . In the twenty-sixth season of the American version of The Voice , a new feature was introduced, dubbed the "Coach Replay." This addition allows each coach to press their button one time in the span of the blind auditions for an artist that was originally eliminated with no coaches turning. The artist
600-476: A former wife of Tom Petty that seeks class action status for artists whose master recordings were believed to have been destroyed in the Universal Studios fire. On December 9, 2011, Megaupload published a music video titled: "The Mega Song", showing artists including Kanye West , Snoop Dogg , Alicia Keys and will.i.am endorsing the company. The music video was also uploaded to YouTube, but
700-758: A global partnership agreement with UMG across recorded music, music publishing, brand management, and licensing rights. On November 19, 2018, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift signed a new multi-album deal with UMG, in the United States, her future releases will be promoted under the Republic Records imprint. In addition to the promised ownership of her master recordings, UMG agreed to, in case it sells portions of its stake in Spotify , distribute proceeds among its artists and make them non-recoupable. In December 2018, Queen's " Bohemian Rhapsody " became
800-508: A global, multi-year agreement with Facebook becoming the first of The " Big Three " to license its recorded music and publishing catalogs for video and other social experiences across Facebook , Instagram and Oculus . Sony and Warner signed similar contracts with Facebook the following year. Furthermore, on December 19, 2017, UMG signed a multi-year licensing agreement with YouTube . In June 2018, Universal Music Japan announced an exclusive license agreement with Disney Music Group . With
900-528: A junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest . They include: The Voice (franchise) The Voice is an international reality television singing competition franchise originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol Jr. and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen . It has become a rival to the Idol franchise, The Four , Rising Star and The X Factor . The owner of the franchise
1000-469: A new in-car audio collaboration with Apple Music and Universal Music Group. With this new audio standard, UMG allows its artists to base their song approval process on how the final mix sounds in a Mercedes‑Benz and introduced the "Approved in a Mercedes‑Benz" label as a standard. In November 2022, Universal Music Group acquired a 49% stake in Play It Again Sam (PIAS Group), which brings together
1100-441: A new mechanism in the blind auditions on the fourteenth season : the "block" buttons. When a coach wants to get a specific contestant but does not want another coach to do so, they may press that coach's "block" button, blocking them from getting the contestant; then, the coach turns around. The coach who is blocked will not know until pressing their red button and, after that, they will get the word "blocked", instead of their name in
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#17327870999911200-456: A new multi-year licensing agreement with Spotify In June 2021, Pershing Square Tontine Holdings , a special-purpose acquisition company run by investor Bill Ackman, announced it would acquire 10 percent of UMG before it went public, in a $ 4 billion transaction. The deal collapsed in July 2021 due to regulatory concerns, and it was announced that Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings would complete
1300-817: A new multi-year licensing agreement with Spotify , the world's leading streaming service, and in May 2017, UMG signed a deal with Tencent , China's biggest gaming and social media firm. In July 2017, " Despacito " by Luis Fonsi , Daddy Yankee and featuring Justin Bieber , became the most streamed track of all time. By 2018, the song had broken several Guinness World Records , including Most Weeks at Number 1 on Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and most-viewed video online. In August 2017, UMG and Grace/Beyond agreed to develop three new music-based television series, 27 , Melody Island and Mixtape . 27 would focus on musicians at
1400-419: A result of the fire. Representatives for R.E.M. announced they would investigate the effects the fire may have had on the band's archival materials, while Hole , Steely Dan , Rosanne Cash and Geoff Downes made statements on their possible losses from the fire. A representative for Eminem confirmed that the rapper's master recordings were digitized months before the fire, but could not confirm whether
1500-614: A series of independent labels. In January 2023, Sherry Lansing was named the Chairman of Board of Directors of the Universal Music Group. In August 2023, it was announced UMG had acquired the UAE -based music marketing, digital publishing and distribution agency, Chabaka. In 2023, Universal Music Group and Deezer announced their initiative to explore potential new business models for music streaming that better recognize
1600-474: A similar settlement was entered into with music publishers and distributors Sony Music , Warner Music , Bertelsmann Music Group , EMI Music and Universal Music Group and certain retailers, without admission of liability or wrongdoing, with various states. In settlement of the claim, the companies collectively agreed to pay a $ 67.4 million fine and distribute $ 75.7 million in CDs to public and non-profit groups. It
1700-512: A worldwide basis. The exclusive deal also saw UMG granted unlimited access to all rights pertaining to Disney's 85-year back catalog of soundtracks and albums. On April 2, 2013, the gospel music divisions of Motown Records and EMI merged to form a new label called Motown Gospel. In May 2013, Japanese company SoftBank offered $ 8.5 billion to Vivendi for the acquisition of UMG, but Vivendi rejected it. In July 2018, JPMorgan said that UMG could be worth as much as $ 40 billion and then increased
1800-823: Is a Dutch – American multinational music corporation under Dutch law . UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum , Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica , California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three " record labels, along with Sony Music Group and Warner Music Group . Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on
1900-862: Is also headquartered in Hollywood. Universal Music Group operates a secondary office in Woodland Hills that includes finance, royalty, and operations functions. Universal Music Latin Entertainment is headquartered in Miami, Florida . Universal Music Group Nashville is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee . UMG has offices in New York City where Island Records , Def Jam Recordings , Republic Records , Verve Label Group , and Spinefarm Records are headquartered. Universal Music Spain
2000-640: Is based in Madrid , Spain. Universal Music Group Global (formerly known as Universal Music Group International (UMGI) ) operates offices in London. Universal Music GmbH, the German subsidiary, is headquartered in Berlin . It moved in 2002 from Hamburg to the district Friedrichshain at the river Spree . In February 2024 the company moved out of the iconic building also called "Eierspeicher" into another office down
2100-598: Is expected to be of $ 3.36 billion. In February 2020, Vivendi announced it was planning to go public in an IPO within three years. On June 16, 2020, Universal rebranded Virgin EMI Records as EMI Records and named Rebecca Allen (former president of UMG's Decca label) as the label's president, bringing back the EMI brand. The same day, UMG announced launch of its new affiliates in Morocco and Israel. In July 2020, UMG signed
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#17327870999912200-638: Is over a third bigger than initial valuation. In January 2022, UMG (through INgrooves ) acquired the Icelandic record label Alda Music, which owned the rights to nearly 80 percent of all music released in Iceland. In February 2022, Universal Music Group announced a partnership with Curio, an NFT platform, to create NFT collections for its record labels and artists. On May 31, 2022, Universal Music Group announced Baa1/BBB long-term credit ratings from Moody's and S&P. In October 2022, Mercedes-Benz launched
2300-510: Is subsequently defaulted to that team. The seventh season of The Voice of Holland created the non-stop "steal", which means that coaches may replace their stolen contestant as many times as they want until the end of the battles. This feature was adapted in Poland , Romania , Dutch-Belgium , Portugal , Ukraine , Armenia , the Arab World , Norway , Israel , Vietnam , Germany ,
2400-468: The Dominican Republic , Bulgaria , Kazakhstan and France . The fourth season of Spanish La Voz Kids introduced the "supercoach". Instead of the regular coaches choosing whom of their team artists advance in the competition, this rule belonged to the "supercoach". The fifth season of Giọng hát Việt featured the "no-elimination" twist. When a coach wants to advance both artists to
2500-672: The Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. As of April 2024, UMG's catalogue includes over 3 million recordings and 4 million compositions. As of November 2024, UMG is facing accusations of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ; and using deceptive business practices and false advertising under New York state law, to illegally inflate music streams using bots, payola and other methods. The company's origins go back to
2600-509: The Spanish-American version . The sixth season of Giọng hát Việt introduced the "Switch". Coaches with a full team could press the "switch" button to swap one contestant with another contestant that expressed interest in the coach. Each coach only has one "switch" during the course of the blind auditions. With this feature, the "Special coach" was also introduced this season. One of the four coaches has their chair turned towards
2700-835: The first season of the show were hailed as champions of seasons eight and nine, respectively. This status was adapted in Germany , Portugal and Brazil . On the other hand, an "All-Stars" edition that is only for previous candidates was announced by the ITV Studios ' President Maarten Meijs, in September 2020. TF1 was the first broadcaster to air this version. The format was then applied in Finland , Thailand , Spain and Indonesia . Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music )
2800-522: The main edition . In the eleventh season of Glasat na Bulgaria the Button blocks all the other coaches and the contestants goes to The Battles. In the 4th season of the Italian version of The Voice Senior , a new button called "Second Chance Button" was introduced. When a contestant fails to make to a team, one of the coaches can hit this button in order to allow this contestant to audition again in
2900-487: The "Annenberg Inclusion Initiative", becoming the first music company to do so. The initiative is meant to create change for representation of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the media industry. In December 2017, Universal Music Group acquired Stiff and ZTT labels, along with Perfect Songs Publishing, from Trevor Horn 's SPZ Group; BMG Rights Management , through Union Square Music subsidiary, retained its back catalogues. That same month, UMG signed
3000-407: The "Battle pass". In this twist, coaches have a silver button who they can press to send the contestant automatically to the battles round (later removed in the twelfth season). Each coach could only press the button once during the auditions. This addition was also acquired in the fourth season of The Voice Nigeria . In the second season of The Voice Kids Italy , a new button called "Superpass"
3100-405: The "Safe Zone" – which means qualified for the next round – or the "Danger Zone" – at risk of elimination. Each coach can only send three contestants to the "safe zone", and also have two steals to use across the round. After all members from one team have concluded their performances, the coach will save a number of artists from the "danger zone" to move on to the battles. Contestants who are sent to
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3200-583: The "danger zone" and not chosen by their coach are eliminated. However, the audience can also save one artist in the "danger zone" by televoting. This rule was then applied in the eighth season of The Voice: la plus belle voix , where public's vote is not included, and in the third season of The Voice Nigeria . In the 24th season of the American series introduced the "super save", which allows each coach to save an eliminated artist from their or another coach's team and have them advance in their team. In
3300-659: The 'ethical use' of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Also in October 2023, UMG formed a new partnership with BMG Rights Management to develop collaborative initiatives to enlarge opportunities for BMG-signed artists all over the world. Unable to reach a licensing agreement with TikTok, UMG removed its music from the platform in January 2024, During UMG's fourth-quarter earnings call on February 29, Grainge said: "There must not be free rides for massive global platforms such as TikTok." The company reported that quarterly revenue rose 9 percent, to 3.2 billion euros ($ 3.5 billion). Following
3400-413: The 13th season of The Voice of Germany the third phase was called Teamfights. Every coach had nine talents from the battles and in every episode, three of each team are singing for four Hot-Seats. The coaches choose one talent in each round und afterwards they decide against with singer they want to fight for a Hot-Seat. The four talents who are sitting on the seats after the last contestant advanced to
3500-531: The Beatles (formerly of Parlophone) and Robbie Williams (formerly of Chrysalis). The Beatles catalogue was transferred to UMG's newly formed Calderstone Productions , while Williams' catalogue was transferred to Island Records . Universal Music Group completed their acquisition of EMI on September 28, 2012. In November 2012, Steve Barnett was appointed chairman and CEO of Capitol Music Group . He formerly served as COO of Columbia Records . In compliance
3600-659: The Greek market, as part of its divesture plans, Universal Music retained Minos EMI and sold Universal Music Greece to Greek investors who renamed it Cobalt Music. Edel AG acquired the MPS catalogue from Universal in January 2014. On March 20, 2013, UMG announced the worldwide extension of their exclusive distribution deal with the Disney Music Group , excluding Japan. As a result of this deal DMG's labels and artists have access to UMG's roster of producers and songwriters on
3700-510: The LED floor. This feature was adapted to several versions around the world. Mostly, the number of times each coach can block another one is once; however, this and how many blocks are allowed per audition varies in all versions (as described in the table below). In season 11, a coach can block another one after the performance, and the blocked coach's chair will turn to the audience again. It returned in season 9, and coach can block another one after
3800-812: The Philippines and more. Company's legal headquarters are in the Netherlands. Universal Music Group's largest corporate shareholder, Tencent , is headquartered in Shenzhen , China. Tencent's ultimate largest controlling corporate shareholder, Naspers , is headquartered in Cape Town , South Africa. On March 8, 2022, UMG suspended all its operations in Russia , following the country's invasion of Ukraine . In 2023, UMG announced its expansion with its new office in Casablanca , Morocco. As of January 2022,
3900-631: The Top 10 artists, including all of the top five, as well as all of the top eight artists ranked by on-demand audio streams. In August 2018, UMG announced a strategic expansion in Africa, opening an office in Abidjan to oversee French-speaking Africa, and also unveiling a Universal Music Nigeria office in Lagos to focus on signing local artists and taking them global. In September 2018, singer Elton John signed
4000-492: The acquisition was completed on June 25, 2007. In June 2007, UMG acquired Sanctuary, which eventually became UMG's entertainment merchandising and brand management division, Bravado. In 2008, Universal Music Group agreed to make its catalog available to Spotify , then a new streaming service, for use outside the U.S. on a limited basis. Doug Morris stepped down from his position as CEO on January 1, 2011. Former chairman/CEO of Universal Music International Lucian Grainge
4100-545: The addition of Japan, UMG distributes releases from Disney Music Group globally. In July, the Rolling Stones signed a worldwide agreement with UMG covering the band's recorded music and audio-visual catalogues, archival support, global merchandising and brand management. That same month, Vivendi announced it would explore selling as much as half of Universal Music Group to one or more investors. In Nielsen's 2018 US Music Mid-Year report, UMG made history with eight of
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4200-452: The age of 27, an age at which several iconic musicians died . Melody Island was an animated series based on tropical island music with live craft segments. Mixtape had twelve episodes, with each episode connected to a song. In October 2017, UMG announced the launch of its Accelerator Engagement Network, an initiative aimed to help develop music-based startups around the world. In November 2017, USC Annenberg announced UMG's partnership in
4300-461: The audience again. The number of block has decreased to 1 per season and referred as "Super block" The sixth season of the Vietnamese kids' version, Giọng hát Việt nhí , had a new feature called "Mute button". As its name implies, the muted coach is not allowed to speak, but can still do any kind of body language to convince the contestant to join their team. The "mute" only adds excitement to
4400-461: The battle round, the opposing coaches can steal a contestant who was voted off by their own coach by pressing their button. Similar to the blind auditions, if more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses which coach they want. In the final performance phase of the competition, the top contestants from each team compete against each other during a live broadcast. The television audience vote to save one contestant on each team, leaving
4500-442: The battle rounds, coaches pit members of their own team (usually 2/3/4, rarely 6 or 10) against each other. This time, the contestants choose their own song to perform individually while the other watches and waits. After that, the coach chooses one to advance while the other is sent home. At the end of the knockout rounds, the strongest members of each coach's roster proceed to the live stage shows. Some versions include steals. Like in
4600-431: The blind auditions, if more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses which coach they want. Each coach has a set number of steals, usually one or two (raised to three in the seventh season of The Voice Brasil ). The knockout round was introduced in 2012 and is implemented in some versions. The winners of the battle rounds proceed to this round (dubbed Super-battle round/Singoffs in some versions). As in
4700-481: The chairs remained unturned. This format has been used in versions of other countries such as Poland , Finland , Bulgaria , Nigeria , Mongolia , Sri Lanka , Nepal , the United Kingdom , Romania , Belgium-French , Germany , Albania , Thailand , Françafrique , South Africa , France , Armenia , Ukraine , Czech Republic and Slovakia , Lithuania , and Mexico . The American version introduced
4800-431: The coach to decide on live television who they want to save and who will not move on. In the next round, the public chooses between the two artists left on each team, and the coach also has a vote that weighs equally with the public vote. Finally, each coach will have their best contestant left standing to compete in the finals, singing an original song. From these four or five, one will be named "The Voice"—and will receive
4900-587: The coaches did not have a limit on the number of contestants they could turn for during the blind auditions. However, in order to balance out numbers, a following round was introduced (straight after the blind auditions), called "The Cut". Coaches hold a private callback session with their team to make them battle for five spots in the knockouts round. This rule was also adapted in Bulgaria , Dominican Republic , Romania , Finland , Lithuania and Belgium . The eleventh season of Australian The Voice introduced
5000-413: The coaches must be top artists in the music industry. The rotating chairs concept was invented by Roel van Velzen . It would also be the first talent show in which social media was actively involved. On 17 September 2010, The Voice of Holland began to air on RTL 4 with Angela Groothuizen , Roel van Velzen , Nick & Simon , and Jeroen van der Boom as the mentor-judges (dubbed as "coaches") of
5100-425: The company was renamed Universal Studios, Inc. , and its music division was renamed Universal Music Group; MCA Records continued as a label within the Universal Music Group. In May 1998, Seagram purchased PolyGram and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999. Seagram's entertainment assets were then sold to French media conglomerate Vivendi in 2000, along with UMG. In May 2004, Universal Music Group
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#17327870999915200-554: The company's catalog division, are headquartered in Santa Monica. Def Jam , Island and Republic Records also maintain offices there. UMG chairman & CEO Lucian Grainge is based at the company's Santa Monica offices. Universal Music Publishing is also headquartered in the city. Capitol Music Group is headquartered at the Capitol Records Building in Hollywood. Universal Music Latin Entertainment
5300-475: The company's shares were held by: In 2000, music companies including UMG entered into consent agreements with the Federal Trade Commission , with no admission of liability, whereby they agreed to discontinue the use of Minimum Advertised Price programs under which subsidized cooperative advertising was provided to retailers that agreed to adhere to minimum advertised pricing. In 2002,
5400-404: The competition turns to a game of fate via a coin toss, or the coach may combine them into a duo throughout the rest of the competition. In rare cases the coach can also choose to advance neither one (As seen in season eight of The Voice of Holland ). In some versions, there are steals where opposing coaches can steal a contestant who was voted off by their own coach by pressing their button. As in
5500-1472: The conditions of the European Commission after purchase of EMI, Universal Music Group sold the Mute catalogue to the German-based BMG Rights Management on December 22, 2012. Two months later, BMG acquired Sanctuary Records for €50 million ($ 58 million). On February 8, 2013, Warner Music Group acquired the Parlophone Label Group (consisting of Parlophone Records , Chrysalis Records , EMI Classics , Virgin Classics and EMI Records' Belgian, Czech, Danish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovak and Swedish divisions) for $ 765 million (£487 million). Later in February, Sony Music Entertainment acquired UMG's European share in Now That's What I Call Music for approximately $ 60 million. Play It Again Sam acquired Co-Operative Music for £500,000 in March 2013. With EMI's absorption into Universal Music complete, its British operations consist of five label units: Island, Polydor, Decca, Virgin EMI and Capitol. In
5600-533: The court holding a trial on whether UMG had a subjective belief that the video was infringing and not fair to use before sending its request to YouTube. In April 2016, UMG had the audio muted of a video clip showing Katherine Jenkins singing the British national anthem. They claimed that the recording of " God Save the Queen " was copyrighted, and YouTube initially complied with this request, but subsequently offered
5700-527: The disbandment of Island Def Jam Music , one of four operational umbrella groups within Universal Music. Universal CEO Lucian Grainge said of the closure, "No matter how much we might work to build 'IDJ' as a brand, that brand could never be as powerful as each of IDJ's constituent parts." Island Records and Def Jam now operate as autonomous record labels. David Massey and Bartels, who worked respectively at Island and Def Jam Records, were named to
5800-594: The earnings call, UMG began a "strategic organizational redesign" that included company-wide layoffs. Universal Music Group co-developed with Google Vevo , a site designed for music videos inspired by Hulu , which similarly allows free ad-supported streaming of videos and other music content. On May 24, 2018, Vevo announced that it would no longer continue distributing videos to Vevo.com, instead opting to primarily focus on YouTube syndication. UMG's operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica . Interscope-Geffen-A&M and Universal Music Enterprises (UME),
5900-459: The fire which swept through Universal Studios Hollywood on June 1, 2008, caused "the biggest disaster in the history of the music business". In space rented from NBCUniversal, according to an official document marked "Confidential", the fire destroyed at least 118,230 "assets" ( master recordings ), or about 500,000 song titles, owned by UMG. "The vault housed tape masters for Decca , the pop, jazz and classical powerhouse; it housed master tapes for
6000-412: The formation of the American branch of Decca Records in September 1934, and its name and company logo originate from Carl Laemmle 's Universal Pictures . Although the movie studio and the music business share a common history, today the former is part of Comcast and the latter an independent commercial entity. During World War II , many record companies donated their metal masters to recycling for
6100-425: The grand prize of a recording contract and a cash prize. Universal Music Group is the general record company associated and affiliated with The Voice format in most countries. One of the cornerstones of The Voice format is the social media participation via Twitter, Facebook and the specially designed platform "connect". Users are able to log in via their Facebook account and retrieve background information about
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#17327870999916200-671: The major Grammy Awards for the year, with Sam Smith receiving Best New Artist , Record of the Year and Song of the Year awards and Beck winning Album of the Year . In March 2016, Universal Music Canada donated the archives of EMI Music Canada to the University of Calgary . In May 2016, UMG acquired Famehouse, a digital marketing agency. That same year, Paul McCartney and the Bee Gees both signed to UMG's Capitol Records, including their catalog releases. In April 2017, UMG signed
6300-453: The most-streamed song from the pre-streaming era and the most-streamed classic rock song of all time. In February 2019, UMG fully acquired music distributor INgrooves . In June 2019, YouTube and UMG announced that they were upgrading more than 1,000 popular music videos to high definition, releasing them through 2020. In August 2019, Tencent and Vivendi started negotiation to sell 10% Vivendi's stake of Universal Music to Tencent. The deal
6400-481: The new record labels independently. Barry Weiss , who previously moved from Sony Music to lead Island Def Jam Music in 2012 when Motown Records was incorporated into Island Def Jam, stepped down from Universal Music. Additionally, as part of the changes to the labels, Motown Records transferred to Los Angeles to become part of the Capitol Music Group and previous Vice President Ethiopia Habtemariam
6500-415: The next round, they can ask and get consent from both contestants to become a duo throughout the rest of the competition. If a coach does not get consent, they must choose only one to advance to the knockouts, as the original format. The 23rd season of the American series introduced the "playoff pass", which allows each coach to advance further both artists of a battle: one advances to the knockouts, and
6600-416: The number of super blocks has been increased to three and it is possible to block three coaches in one audition In season 9, a coach can block another one after the performance, and the blocked coach's chair will turn to the audience again. This season consists of 3 blocks and 2 superblocks per coach. In season 9, a coach can block another one after the performance, and the blocked coach's chair will turn to
6700-453: The number of superblocks was reduced to two In season 11, a coach can block another one after the performance, and the blocked coach's chair will turn to the audience again. In season 12 three coaches can be superblocked in a single audition. In season 10, a coach can block another one after the performance, and the blocked coach's chair will turn to the audience again. This season consists of 2 blocks and superblocks per coach. In season 11
6800-527: The performance, and the blocked coach's chair will turn to the audience again In season 7, a coach can block another one after the performance, and the blocked coach's chair will turn to the audience again. In season 10, blocking a coach could happen only when the audition ended, and the blocked coach's chair will turn back to the audience. From season 11 two blocks are permitted in a single audition. The "block" buttons were removed in season 7. around. In season 15
6900-434: The performances. Talpa 's John de Mol Jr. , creator of Big Brother , first created The Voice concept with Dutch singer Roel van Velzen . Erland Galjaard, a Dutch program director, asked John de Mol about whether he could come up with a format that went a step further than The X Factor . De Mol then came up with the idea of Blind Audition . He wanted the show's image to be about the focus on singing quality alone, so
7000-596: The physical master reels of his recordings were affected. UMG archivist Patrick Kraus assured that the Impulse! Records , John Coltrane , Muddy Waters , Ahmad Jamal , Nashboro Records , and Chess Records masters survived the fire and were still in Universal's archive. Howard King filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on June 21, 2019, on behalf of Soundgarden , Hole , Steve Earle , the estate of Tupac Shakur and
7100-425: The producers pick fewer contestants (usually from 100, up to 200 contestants), which are deemed "the best artists", to perform in the broadcast auditions. The first televised stage is the blind auditions , in which the four coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, listen to the contestants in chairs facing away from the stage so as to avoid seeing them. If a coach likes what they hear from that contestant, they press
7200-430: The program, as contestants can still pick the muted coach. Each coach has one "mute" per audition. It was shortly removed, in the seventh season , and then returned in the next season. The eleventh season of Vocea României also applied the mute buttons, but the coaches have to use it after the coaches have turned around. In season 11 of La Voz, coaches also have their chances to mute another coach. The "Wild Card" round
7300-677: The purchase instead. In September 2021, IPO , Euronext Amsterdam announces an introduction price of €18,50 and Vivendi set an initial valuation for UMG at €33 billion ($ 38.3 billion). Vivendi distributed 60% of its UMG shares and retaining 10%. The family of French businessman Vincent Bolloré is revealed as the majority shareholder with 28% of UMG shares, through its holding company Bolloré (18%) and its subsidiary Vivendi (10%), headed by his son Yannick Bolloré . Tencent emerged as UMG's biggest corporate shareholder with 20% of shares. Pershing Square Holdings held 10% of UMG shares. In its IPO, UMG hits €54 billion ($ 62.6 billion) valuation which
7400-403: The recipient of the "pass" will bypass the knockouts and go directly to the playoffs. The eleventh season of The Voice Portugal features live battles, the first in the franchise worldwide. The third season of The Voice South Africa introduced a new way to conduct the knockouts round: after each contestant's solo performance, the respective coach will have to decide whether they are in
7500-812: The sale of EMI to UMG was approved in the European Union and the United States by the European Commission and Federal Trade Commission respectively. However, the European Commission approved the deal only under the condition the merged company divest one third of its total operations to other companies with a proven track record in the music industry. UMG divested Mute Records , Parlophone , Roxy Recordings , MPS Records , Cooperative Music , Now That's What I Call Music! , Jazzland , Universal Greece, Sanctuary Records , Chrysalis Records , EMI Classics , Virgin Classics , and EMI's European regional labels to comply with this condition. UMG retained
7600-476: The scope of the incident and affected assets." Following the publication of the New York Times story, Questlove of The Roots confirmed that the master tapes for two of the band's albums, including unused material and multi-track recordings, were lost in the fire. Similarly, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic said he believed the masters for the band's 1991 album Nevermind were "gone forever" as
7700-432: The secrets of their success. The contestants who successfully pass the blind auditions proceed to the battle rounds (dubbed The Cut/Callbacks in some versions), where the coaches put two or sometimes three of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience. After the vocal face-off, the coach must choose only one to advance. If no specific winner can be identified, either
7800-411: The semi final. So it is possible that one coach get the whole team in the next phase or lose all the team members. The winner of each fight was chosen by the studio visitors. The cross-battles were introduced in the semi-final of the fourth season of The Voice of Holland . In this round, two contestants from two different teams compete against each other and the public determines who advances. This
7900-533: The show while most of them are produced with twists of the format added. The franchise maintains official YouTube channels called The Voice Global and La Voz Global (as the Spanish version). The channels upload compilation videos of performances from The Voice all around the world. The Voice Global channel currently has over 10 million subscribers. Other channels on YouTube such as Best of The Voice and Best of The Voice Kids also feature compilations of
8000-604: The show. The show proved to be an instant success in the Netherlands . The format was later sold to different countries, in many cases replacing a previous Endemol music contest format, Operation Triumph / Star Academy . The show's format features five stages of competition: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle rounds, knockouts (since 2012), and live performance shows. Contestants are aspiring singers drawn from public auditions (which are not broadcast) and active recruitment. Unlike Idols and The X Factor ,
8100-408: The show. The platform also offers the possibility to stream the show online as well as to vote, interact with friends and to discuss various topics and questions asked by the producers throughout the show. Starting from the fifth season of The Voice of Holland , if all the coaches rejected one specific contestant, they left the stage straight away, without any conversations with the coaches, and
8200-419: The stage during all performances, allowing them to know how the contestants look like. This coach has the ability to choose unlimited contestants, unlike other coaches, and their selection button is still valid even when the contestant has finished their performance. However, the "special coach" can only select contestants that were not chosen by the other three coaches. In season ten of Australian The Voice ,
8300-584: The state in settlement. In 2007, with the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Stephanie Lenz sued UMG's publishing company for allegedly improperly requesting that, pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act , YouTube remove a 29-second home video in which Lenz's child danced to a recording of Prince's song " Let's Go Crazy ". After years of litigation, the suit settled in 2018, prior to
8400-583: The storied blues label Chess ; it housed masters for Impulse! , the groundbreaking jazz label. The vault held masters for the MCA, ABC, A&M, Geffen and Interscope labels; as well as some smaller subsidiary labels. Nearly all of these masters—in some cases, the complete discographies of entire record labels—were wiped out in the fire." In a statement issued on June 11, 2019, UMG said The New York Times article contained "numerous inaccuracies, misleading statements, contradictions and fundamental misunderstandings of
8500-656: The street. Universal Music Group's Universal Music Polska is located in Warsaw . Universal Music Group's Universal Music Canada is located in Toronto . Universal Music Japan is headquartered in Shibuya , Tokyo. UMG operates in more than 60 territories around the world including Australia, Central America, Brazil, France, India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,
8600-612: The takedown was ordered under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act , and said that the takedown was "pursuant to the UMG-YouTube agreement," which gives UMG "the right to block or remove user-posted videos through YouTube's CMS (Content Management System) based on a number of contractually specified criteria." The video was subsequently returned to YouTube, with the reasons for the UMG takedown remaining unclear. Lawyers for will.i.am initially claimed that he had never agreed to
8700-617: The valuation to $ 50 billion in 2019. In August 2013, UMG became the first company in the US to have nine of the Top 10 songs on the digital charts, according to SoundScan and weeks later, became the first company to hold all 10 of the Top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart . In September 2013, UMG received a SAG-AFTRA American Scene Award for the company's commitment to diversity as exemplified by its "entire catalog and roster of artists." On April 1, 2014, Universal Music announced
8800-440: The value created by artists. Indeed, in September 2023, they announced their launch of an artist-centric streaming model designed to better remunerate the artists and music that fans mostly enjoy. Also in 2023, Universal Music Group introduced a HBCU scholarship program for aspiring doctors. In October 2023, UMG and BandLab Technologies formed a partnership to protect the rights of artists as well as songwriters and guarantee
8900-440: The video with the original audio track. In December 2007, UMG announced a deal with Imeem that allowed users of the social network to listen to any track from Universal's catalogue for free with a portion of the advertising generated by the music being shared with the record label. All traffic was redirected to MySpace after that company acquired Imeem on December 8, 2009. According to Jody Rosen of The New York Times ,
9000-535: The war effort. However, Universal was an exception and donated more than 200,000 of their historic master recordings to the Library of Congress . The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939. MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962. In November 1990, Japanese multinational conglomerate Matsushita Electric agreed to acquire MCA for $ 6.59 billion. In 1995, Seagram acquired 80 percent of MCA from Matsushita. On December 9, 1996,
9100-404: Was Talpa Network up until 2020 and ITV Studios ever since. Originating from the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland , many other countries adapted the format and began airing their own versions starting in 2010. Up till now, seven different versions of The Voice have been produced by countries/regions all around the world. Some programs still stick to the original format of
9200-475: Was also introduced in Brasil , Greece , Vietnam , United States' English and Spanish versions, France , Bulgaria , Lithuania , Ukraine , Belgium Vlaanderen , Canada and Belgium . The eighth and ninth seasons of Australian The Voice introduced a new twist, called all-star . Former contestants from past seasons were able to compete just like new talents. Diana Rouvas and Chris Sebastian from
9300-533: Was cast under separate management from Universal Studios, when Vivendi sold 80% of the latter to General Electric , who subsequently merged it with NBC to form NBCUniversal . This came two months after the separation of Warner Music Group from Time Warner . In February 2006, Vivendi purchased the remaining 20 percent of UMG from Matsushita Electric . On September 6, 2006, Vivendi announced its €1.63 billion ($ 2.4 billion) purchase of BMG Music Publishing ; after receiving European Union regulatory approval,
9400-440: Was estimated that consumers were overcharged by $ 500 million and up to $ 5 per album. In May 2006, an investigation led by then New York Attorney General , Eliot Spitzer , concluded with a determination that Universal Music Group bribed radio stations to play songs from Ashlee Simpson , Brian McKnight , Big Tymers , Nick Lachey , Lindsay Lohan and other performers under Universal labels. The company paid $ 12 million to
9500-516: Was introduced in the first two seasons of The Voice of Holland , wherein the failed contestants from the blind auditions were screened and would perform via radio program Radio 538 . Some coaches would select if they want that contestant on their team to compete in the battles, but it was abandoned in later seasons. In the 15th season of the English-American version , a similar concept was introduced, called "The Comeback Stage". On it,
9600-464: Was introduced. Once a coach presses the button, it automatically blocks the other coaches, and then the talent is defaulted to the coach's team, straight to the finale. This format is applied in the fifth season of The Voice Kids Portugal wherein after a Coach pressed this special button feature, the Talent will move straight ahead to the live shows, it was later introduced in the twelfth season of
9700-507: Was president of production as head of film and television development and production, and theater producer Scott Landis as special advisor on theatrical development and production. UMG Executive Vice President Michele Anthony and Universal Music Publishing Group Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson have oversight of the pair. On February 11, 2017, PolyGram Entertainment was relaunched as a film and television unit of Universal Music Group under David Blackman. In 2015, UMG's Capitol Records earned all
9800-593: Was promoted to CEO of the company. Grainge later replaced Morris as chairman on March 9, 2011. Morris became the next chairman of Sony Music Entertainment on July 1, 2011. With Grainge's appointment as CEO at UMG, Max Hole was promoted to COO of UMGI, effective July 1, 2010. In January 2011, UMG announced it was donating 200,000 master recordings from the 1920s to 1940s to the Library of Congress for preservation. In 2011, EMI agreed to sell its recorded music operations to Universal Music Group for £1.2 billion ($ 1.9 billion) and its music publishing operations to
9900-514: Was promoted to Label President for Motown Records. Universal Music Group entered into film and TV production with the 2014 purchase of Eagle Rock Entertainment . UMG's first major film production was Amy , which won an Oscar for Best Documentary, while taking part in Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week documentaries. In January 2016, UMG hired David Blackman from Laurence Mark Production where he
10000-556: Was removed following a takedown request by UMG. Megaupload said that the video contained no infringing content, commenting: "we have signed agreements with every featured artist for this campaign". Megaupload requested an apology from UMG, and filed a lawsuit against the company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , on December 12, 2011. UMG denied that
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