Island Records | Justin Bieber Wiki | Fandom Island Records is a British-Jamaican record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica. In December, 1998 UMG placed three divisions under the management of the Island brand: One in UK, the others in USA and Germany. In each territory, these companies were merged under umbrella groups. In USA it was combined ...