Traded as | : CROR |
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Industry | Music industry |
Founded | As Jugoton in 1947, renamed in 1991, registered at the on January 30, 1996 |
Headquarters | Zagreb (Dubrava), Croatia |
Key people
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Želimir Babogredac |
Products | Audio CD, DVD-Video, Audio Cassette, Gramophone record |
Website | www |
Croatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Zagreb (Dubrava).
Croatia Records d.d. is a currently led by the chief executive officer Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer. It releases mostly (but not necessarily) mainstream music, and it has signed many prominent Croatian musicians of various music genres such as: Dražen Zečić, Arsen Dedić, Mišo Kovač, Josipa Lisac, Goran Bare, Teška industrija, Thompson, Maksim Mrvica, Crvena jabuka, Jelena Rozga, Novi fosili, Opća opasnost, Rade Šerbedžija, Jacques Houdek, Parni valjak, Leteći odred, Mladen Grdović, Dino Dvornik, Dino Merlin, Hari Rončević, Adastra, Radojka Šverko, Klapa Sveti Florijan, Giuliano, Dječaci, Mate Bulić, Disciplin a Kitschme, Srebrna krila, Divlje jagode, Bosutski bećari, Indexi, Sinan Alimanović and others. Today, Croatia Records claims to have 70% share of the Croatian music market and has 30 record stores. Being a continuation of Jugoton, from which it inherited a comprehensive audio and video collection, Croatia Records is also active in re-releasing numerous digitally remastered former Yugoslav pop and rock titles. Following the global , the company decided to re-introduce gramophone records as well.