with acts like 3 Doors Down, 98 Degrees, Chamillionaire, Godsmack, Mushroomhead, Flaw, Hatebreed, Lifer, Jack Johnson, Juvenile, Nelly, Big Sha, Lil Wayne, and Mika. In 1999, Universal Records was pooled together with Motown Records and Republic Records to form Universal Motown Republic Group. There have been unrelated Universal Records labels in Europe and the Philippines. Because of the unrelated label in the Philippines owning the rights to the Universal Records name in that country, parent company Universal Music Group does business there as MCA Music, Inc., using UMG's former name. It was also the distributor of Polydor in the United States. Distribution switched to Interscope Geffen A&M and Republic Records after the label's dissolution. Affiliated labels Affiliated labels included Celtic Heartbeat Records, co-founded by U2 manager Paul McGuinness. formerly affiliated with Atlantic Records, and Universal Motown Republic Group (UMRG). Bill Whelan's Riverdance was Celtic Heartbeat's first album to sell more than a million copies. See also Universal Records artists List of record labels References American record labels Record labels based in California Defunct record labels of the United States Labels distributed by Universal Music Group Contemporary R&B record labels Heavy metal record labels Hip hop record labels Pop record labels Rock record labels Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles Record labels established in 1995 Record labels disestablished in 2005 1995 establishments in California 2005 disestablishments in California Universal Music Group