Universal Music Group Nashville

Universal Music Group Nashville
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	MCA Nashville (1 January 1945; 80 years ago (1945-01-01)) Mercury Nashville (1 January 1945; 80 years ago (1945-01-01)) Capitol Nashville (1 January 1950; 75 years ago (1950-01-01))
Distributor(s)	Universal Music Distribution
Genre	Country
Country of origin	United States
Location	Nashville, Tennessee
Official website	umgnashville.com

Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. It was officially opened on New Year's Day 1945 as MCA Nashville and Mercury Nashville which opened on New Year's Day 1950 as Capitol Nashville. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, Lost Highway Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records Nashville. UMG Nashville not only handles these imprints, but also manages the country music catalogues of record labels Universal Music and predecessor companies acquired over the years including ABC Records, Decca Records, Dot Records, DreamWorks Records, Kapp Records, MGM Records and Polydor Records.^[1]