UMG Head Lucian Grainge Outlines Streaming 2.0, Superfan Plans

UMG Head Lucian Grainge Outlines Streaming 2.0, Superfan Plans

Universal Music Group head Lucian Grainge. Photo Credit: UMG Another year, another internal rally-the-troops memo from Universal Music head Lucian Grainge, who’s shed a bit of new light on the major’s 2026 “Streaming 2.0” and superfan plans. Grainge just recently mass-emailed this “UMG New Year’s Memo 2026” to staffers. And naturally, the close to 3,000-word message (plus an additional chart-highlights section on top of that) promptly made its w…