Warner Music Group Recording Artists, Songwriters Take Home Awards at The 50th Annual Grammy Awards

Winners Include Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13, Eric Clapton, Gerald Levert, Michael Bublé, Tim McGraw And The White Stripes

02/11/08 -- Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) artists and distributed recordings earned 27 awards at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night. Among the winners were Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13, Eric Clapton, Lupe Fiasco, Madonna, Michael Bublé, Tim McGraw and The White Stripes.

Additionally, Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records founder Jac Holzman was honored with the Grammy Trustee Award for his outstanding contributions to the music industry while Warner/Chappell Music writers Burt Bacharach and Robbie Robertson from The Band were awarded Lifetime Achievement Award honors for lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium.

About WMG

Warner Music Group became the only stand-alone music company to be publicly traded in the United States in May 2005. With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Asylum, Atlantic, Bad Boy, Cordless, East West, Elektra, Lava, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word. Warner Music International, a leading company in national and international repertoire, operates through numerous international affiliates and licensees in more than 50 countries. Warner Music Group also includes Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's leading music publishers, with a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide.

Source: Warner Music Group

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