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Universal Music Group generated $3.83bn in Q2, up 13.3% YoY – driven by Noah Kahan, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake, and Olivia Dean
['Murray Stassen']
Music Business Worldwide
Excluding Downtown, whose results are consolidated from its acquisition date of February 20, revenue grew 6.4% YoY at constant currency.
RECORDED MUSICUniversal’s overall Recorded Music revenue for the second quarter of 2026 was €2.516 billion ($2.93bn), up 16.2% YoY at constant currency.
Excluding Downtown, Recorded Music revenue grew 8.7% YoY at constant currency.
Excluding Downtown, Music Publishing revenue grew 2.7% YoY at constant currency.
Mechanical revenue grew 3.6% YoY at constant currency to €29 million ($33.7m), “driven by release schedules”.