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UMPG has ink Italian producer trio Meduza to an exclusive global pub deal. Consisting of Luca de Gregorio, Mattia Vitale and Simone Giani, Meduza has amassed 600m+ streams on their debut release “Piece of Your Heart” within a year, landing them at the forefront new house music.
The Grammy-nominated single also sold 1m units in the U.K., peaked #2 on the Official U.K. Charts and saw diamond, platinum and gold certification around the world. Their follow up single “Lose Control” with Goodboys and Becky Hill notched upward of 50m streams and 25m+ YouTube views within the first month of its release.
“I’m very happy to be sharing a dancefloor with the Meduza boys, as well as Kevin and Serg, and look forward to delivering strong creative opportunities,” Said UMPG’s UK A&R Manager Pete Simmons. UK Managing Director Mike McCormack adds, “It seems an eternity ago that Pete Simmons first played me ‘Piece Of Your Heart’ and we signed the track. I’m delighted that we have cemented a longer-term relationship with them and their fantastic management team of Kevin and Serg.”
UMPG has also entered into a JV with Box Music Publishing, launched by Meduza’s management company Club Class Music Group, to find and develop more rising talent in dance music.
Pictured above celebrating pre-quarantine woes are (l-r) Giani, Gregorio, Vitale, Club Class Music Group Director/Artist Manager Sergio Bienati, Simmons and Club Class Music Group Director/Artist Manager Kevin Harris.