Also branded simply as Universal Motown, The UMRG unit was operated from 1999 to 2011, after the merger of Universal Records and Motown.
In 2006, The Universal Motown Records Group was rebranded as the Universal Motown Republic Group, after Republic Records was rebranded to being Universal Republic Records.
After the UMRG unit was dismantled in 2011, Universal Motown was absorbed to the recently-revived Motown, while Universal Republic was renamed back to Republic. Universal Records in turn was permanently shut down, moving all of its artists to either Motown or Republic.
Today, many of its releases are handled by either Republic or Motown under UMe.