Universal Music Bridge

Universal Music Bridge (Bridge) is Universal Music Group’s (UMG) powerful royalty reporting tool built for managers, financial teams and creators. It transforms complex royalty data into clear, navigable, and interactive insights – helping you understand where, when and how your music is performing.

Designed to be more than a statement repository, Bridge is a destination for royalty analysis, payment-to-statement tracking and your communication hub with UMG. With intuitive dashboards, clear reporting, and integrated support, Bridge provides you with all the tools you need to stay on top of, manage and optimise your royalty activity from anywhere.
Key Features & Functionality
Digital Statements
Access royalty statements in a structured, intuitive and easy-to-navigate format
• Explore statement details, recoupable costs and adjustments with full clarity and transparency
• Save and label custom views to quickly find statements by artist, account, earnings, and payment status

Intelligent Insights & Analytics
Explore royalty activity with granular, interactive and visual analytics
• Access clear royalty and cost breakdowns across accounting periods, platform, releases, and countries
• Spot trends, growth patterns, and performance activity across your artist roster
• Visual insights help you analyse revenue streams and royalty performance metrics in depth

Payment-to-Statement Tracking
Organised space dedicated to royalty payments, connecting each payment directly to its corresponding statement
• Simplified reconciliation helps you manage all your royalty accounts
• Track what has been paid and when
• Understand how multiple statements roll into a single combined payment

Pipeline Balance
View your upcoming royalty balance between statement periods
• Understand how your music is performing globally before your next accounting period

Data Security
Your data stays secure with advanced permission controls and multi-factor authentication
• Role-based security ensures data stays protected and accessible only to authorised users
• Secure document upload functionality

Integrated Support
Support when & how you need it
• Direct communication with UMG, centralised in one place
• Securely manage account updates with guided support and encrypted uploads
• Built-in support tools such as, guided tours, user guides and videos


Universal Music Bridge
• Designed to power global success while supporting local users
• Built for artists and the professionals who support their success
• Stay in control of your royalties and earnings with transparency you can trust

Bridge revolutionises how royalty information is interpreted, explored and managed, giving you confidence, clarity and insight, whenever and from wherever.

Benefits
• Turn complex royalty data into actionable insights
• Track global performance and see where your music connects with fans and how it pays
• Easily reconcile payments to corresponding statements
• Streamline workflows with powerful reporting tools
• Stay connected with integrated communication
• Access everything you need, securely, in one centralised space

Recent changes:
Updated the app to comply with Google Play’s target API level requirements.