The Tune Weavers Ike Turner Stanley Turrentine Conway Twitty McCoy Tyner Phil Upchurch Michael Utley Leroy Van Dyke Gino Vannelli Van Zant Billy Vaughan Suzanne Vega Veruca Salt The Vibrations Bobby Vinton Voivod Porter Wagoner The Waikikis Rufus Wainwright Rick Wakeman Jerry Jeff Walker The Wallflowers Joe Walsh Wang Chung Clara Ward Warrior Soul War Washboard Sam Was (Not Was) Baby Washington The Watchmen Muddy Waters Jody Watley Johnny "Guitar" Watson The Weavers Ben Webster Weezer We Five George Wein Lenny Welch Lawrence Welk Kitty Wells Mae West Barry White Michael White Slappy White Whitesnake White Zombie The Who Whycliffe Kim Wilde Don Williams Jody Williams John Williams Larry Williams Lenny Williams Leona Williams Paul Williams Roger Williams Sonny Boy Williamson Walter Winchell Kai Winding Johnny Winter Wishbone Ash Jimmy Witherspoon Bobby Womack Lee Ann Womack Phil Woods Wrecks-N-Effect O. V. Wright Bill Wyman Rusty York Faron Young Neil Young Young Black Teenagers Y&T Rob Zombie Subsequent legal documents filed by Universal Music Group in February 2020 cited four additional artists not included in the New York Times list: And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead David Baerwald Michael McDonald Slayer See also 2008 in music 2008 in the United States List of building or structure fires 1937 Fox vault fire, destroyed many of the studio's pre-1932 silent films 1965 MGM vault fire, destroyed many of the studio's silent and early sound films Myspace, another company involved in a loss of music that also went unreported by the media until 2019 References 2008 in American cinema Universal fire, 2008 Universal fire, 2008 Universal Studios Hollywood Building and structure fires in the United States Universal fire June 2008 events in the United States History of Los Angeles County, California Mass media-related controversies in the United States 2008 controversies 2019 controversies 2020 controversies Universal Music Group Warehouse fires Fires in California