Private company

Universal Music Latin Entertainment

Logo: Universal Music Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American record label; record company, division of Universal Music Group

Universal Music Latin Entertainment (UMLE), also known as Universal Música, is the Latin music division of Universal Music Group (UMG), founded in 2008. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Miami, it oversees the marketing and distribution of Latin music in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Mexico.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1

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Universal Music Latin Entertainment (UMLE), also known as Universal Música, is the Latin music division of Universal Music Group (UMG), founded in 2008. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Miami, it oversees the marketing and distribution of Latin music in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Mexico.2

Corporate structure

Universal Music Latin Entertainment is part of a group headed by Universal Music Group. 187 entities, 32 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Fonovisa Records since 2008
  • Discos y Cintas Melody, S.A. since May 2008
  • El Cartel Records since 2019

Divisions

  • Capitol Latin
  • Disa
  • Fonovisa Records
  • Machete Music
  • Universal Music Latino

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Acquisitions

  1. 2019Acquired El Cartel Records1
  2. May 2008Acquired Discos y Cintas Melody, S.A.1
  3. 2008Acquired Fonovisa Records1
  4. Succeeded Univision Music Group1

Timeline

  1. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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