**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CHIEF EXECUTIVEOFFICER CERTIFICATION**

 

                                                I, Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chief Executive Officerand Chairman of the Board of WMG Acquisition Corp., certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Qof WMG Acquisition Corp. (the “Registrant”);

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this quarterly report;

 

3.                                       Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.                                       The Registrant’s other certifying officer and Iare responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrantand we have:

 

a)                                      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly reportis being prepared; and

 

b)                                     Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c)                                      Disclosed in this report any change in theRegistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theRegistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5.                                       Registrant’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofRegistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a)                                      All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)                                     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

Dated: May16, 2005

 
|   | /s/ Edgar Bronfman,  Jr.           |
|--------|------------------------------------|
|   | **Chief Executive  Officer and**   |
|   | **Chairman of the  Board**         |
|   | **(principal  executive officer)** |

 

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