Universal Music Publishing Group Signs World-wide Publishing Deal with 7x GRAMMY Winner and Hit-Making Producer of U2, Daniel Lanois

Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Publishing Group) - David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced the signing of an exclusive world-wide publishing agreement with acclaimed hit producer/songwriter/musician Daniel Lanois. The company will publish Daniel Lanois' catalog and future works for the world. Lanois is featured as a co-writer and co-producer with U2 on their highly anticipated 2009 album No Line On The Horizon set for U.S. release on March 3rd.

"We are thrilled to welcome Daniel Lanois, one of the most distinctive and celebrated composers, songwriters, artists, and producers of our time, to our publishing family," said David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group.

Lanois has received seven GRAMMY® wins for U2's The Joshua Tree, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, "Walk On," Beautiful Day," Bob Dylan's Time Out Of Mind, as well as earning Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1992 along with Brian Eno.

With a legendary discography that spans three decades, Lanois has both performed on and produced albums that have come to define rock and roll, including U2's The Unforgettable Fire, All That You Can't Leave Behind, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, Peter Gabriel's So and Us, Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy and Time Out Of Mind, The Neville Brothers' Yellow Moon, Emmylou Harris' Wrecking Ball, Luscious Jackson's Fever In, Fever Out, Willie Nelson's Teatro, and Dashboard Confessional's Dusk and Summer.

Lanois is also a successful film score composer, penning music for the 1996 classic Sling Blade, as well as Camilla, Million Dollar Hotel, Lost in Mississippi, Until the End of the World, All the Pretty Horses, and Here Is What Is. Lanois has also released several solo albums throughout his career including Acadie, For The Beauty of Wynona, Shine (which featured Emmylou Harris and Bono), Rockets, and Belladonna.