Editing Motown (section)

===Relaunch: 2011–present===
In mid-2011, Universal Motown reverted to the Motown brand after having been separated from Universal Motown Republic Group, hired [[Ethiopia Habtemariam]] as its Senior Vice President, and operated under [[The Island Def Jam Music Group]].<ref name="billboard1"/><ref name="universalmusic1"/> Artists from Universal Motown were transferred to the newly revitalized Motown label.<ref name="sisario1"/> On January 25, 2012, it was announced that [[Ne-Yo]] would join the Motown label both as an artist as well as the new Senior Vice President of A&R.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/ne-yo-leaves-def-jam-motown-records_n_1231889.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Brennan | last=Williams | title=Ne-Yo Leaves Def Jam For Motown Records | date=January 25, 2012 | access-date=March 2, 2012 | archive-date=February 7, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207075428/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/ne-yo-leaves-def-jam-motown-records_n_1231889.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677870/ne-yo-motown-def-jam.jhtml|title=Rob Markham, "Ne-Yo Leaves Def Jam To Become Motown Exec", MTV News, January 25, 2012.|work=MTV News|access-date=October 8, 2014|archive-date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420022245/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677870/ne-yo-motown-def-jam.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> On April 1, 2014, it was announced that Island Def Jam would no longer be running following the resignation of CEO Barry Weiss. A press release sent out by Universal Music Group announced that the label would now be reorganizing Def Jam Recordings, Island Records and Motown Records all as separate entities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/04/island-def-jam-will-longer-exist/|title=Island Def Jam Is Over|work=XXL|date=April 2014 |access-date=October 8, 2014|archive-date=April 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406081128/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/04/island-def-jam-will-longer-exist/|url-status=live}}</ref> Motown would then begin serving as a subsidiary of [[Capitol Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frequencynews.com/flippagefreq/flip-freq-may-2014/index.html#p=27|title=Frequency Magazine|date=May 2014|publisher=Frequencynews.com|access-date=October 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508193014/http://www.frequencynews.com/flippagefreq/flip-freq-may-2014/index.html#p=27|archive-date=May 8, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In late 2018, Motown began celebrating its 60th anniversary by reissuing numerous albums from their catalog.

Motown UK launched in September 2020 under Universal UK's [[EMI Records]] (formerly [[Virgin EMI Records]]) division.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Angermiller |first1=Michele |title=Motown Records Launches UK Outpost |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/motown-records-uk-launch-1234768723/ |website=Variety |date=September 14, 2020 |publisher=Variety Music, LLC |access-date=2020-09-14 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914170251/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/motown-records-uk-launch-1234768723/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Motown Records became part of UMG's Republic Corps in 2024.