Labels included under the Universal umbrella are Def Jam, Motown, Decca, Island Records, Interscope Records and Polydor Records.

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Available in both physical and digital formats, the full soundtrack will be available from Polydor from 18 March.

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Shentall's singing ability will be heard when Hear'Say's new single is released over the next few months, said their record company Polydor.

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Woon heads back out on the road in February and his debut album is scheduled for release in the spring through Polydor Records.

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Lord Lloyd-Webber is also proud of Boyzone's success - but still fuming at the way record company Polydor deleted No Matter What from the charts by reducing its price.

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It is such a pity that because Polydor have eliminated it from the charts it has not been given a chance of becoming the biggest selling record of the year.

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Labels are getting a new groove, too: Universal Music's Polydor Records is prepping an enhanced version of the band Snow Patrol's upcoming album, A Hundred Million Suns, for distribution as an Apple iPhone application.

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